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Haha, logic! Your funny

Seriously though I can't imagine more than an Overlord will be needed here with Unions or perhaps Fortresses being more of the rule.

Fluff can justify many things including a Fortress. Combined arms isn't all that common either. Practitioners include the AFFS and the Defenders of Andurien in the not too distant past. Perhaps the origins of this merc company will explain it's transport. Or you could go for a Union or an Overlord (depending on your size) and a Truimph, Condor, Seeker, Gazelle, or a Fury. All depends on your size. Two hard points per Merchant or three per Invader.

But while I am riffing here what of creating a Micro Combat Team (MCT) by some former Fedrat. Smaller than even a jihad era LCT this company of Mechs and lance of fighters supported by a battalion of armor and 5 companies of infantry focuses on combined arms combat. This would likely mean a Union and modified Triumph to pull of lift capacity.

14th Team



Motto: We’ll be back
Unofficial Motto: Never two without three


History:
The 14th Team is made of survivors, having been on the losing side of two Civil Wars in the Free Worlds League and managing both time to make it to safety only through what some would call luck and others the sheer determination of some officers.
The first one was Force Commander Leonard Royal that lead the raid on a “loyalist” JumpShip orbiting around Tiber when the 6th and the 8th Ducal Guards were destroyed in operation and left by their own people to die or surrender there. His daring attack allowed some remains of the “rebel” Ducal Guards to begin a new life as mercenaries in the Periphery.
The second one was Force Commander Genevieve Celandine, which through her sacrifice on Cursa (the 14th Team was training the militia) alongside the local militia gave enough time for the 4th Defenders of Andurien to leave but most importantly allowing the remains of the 14th Team to flee at the same time to Andurien before once more departing for the Periphery.


Composition:
The 14th Team organisation is still linked to the one of the Ducal Guards raised by Anton Marik, although on a smaller scale due to the suffered loses and the lack of cash to expand.

The first generation, those who fought in the last Marik Civil War are no longer part of the unit, being either dead or retired. Their sons and daughters made the bulk of the 14th Team at the beginning of the Andurien Wars but due to the loses suffered both during the offensive and defensive phases, they now represent only a half of the unit, with members of the third generation being offered earlier as expected a place in the unit, Anduriens (mostly from the Cursa Militia), members of other small units that fought in the Andurien Wars and people from the Periphery making the other half.

Tiber’s Tigers
A typical Marik Mechanised Infantry Battalion, Tiber’s Tigers just hit and run, avoiding as much as possible to hold or take ground as the unit is lacking in numbers or support weapons to do this. They usually ambush their target before retreating to a new ambush site and have been known to take down all kind of units through their hit-and-run tactics.
If forced to attack or defend a piece of ground, they usually try to stay mobile and to coordinate their actions with the other units.
Since at this time, the overall command is not with Tiber’s Tigers, there is no officer above the rank of Captain but this doesn’t prevent them from fighting efficiently above company-level as overall command is then given to the most senior officer.

Captain Robin Nidia: 1st Company Nidia’s Roughnecks
Captain Buffy Kellen: 2nd Company The Teachers
Captain Ronald Adella: 3rd Company The Bad Men
Captain Mat Remington; 4th Company The Colts


Clifton‘s Flankers
Made mostly of Galleons with a Platoon of Harassers and under the command of Force Captain Dotty Clifton, they drill to be able to cover the flanks of the 14th Team main force (whichever is leading on a peculiar operation) while making their presence felt both on offensive and defensive phases.
Even if Force Captain Dotty Clifton is an Andurien by birth and came in the 14th Team after the Andurien Wars, her willingness to get back to the Free Worlds League and will to lead from the front as earned her the respect of her men.

Force Captain Dotty Cliffort: 1st Platoon The Phlegmatic ones
Lieutenant Elisavet Paraskevas: 2nd Platoon Paraskevas’ Triremes
Lieutenant Justin Kerensa: 3rd Platoon The Swift Wind


The Duke‘s Heitairoi
The ‘Mech forces of the 14th Team are not the newest on the market as most of them fought in Anton’s Revolt but they do the job, each Lance has its own tactics with the Twisters trying to use their speed and mobility for the best, the Hammers focusing on raw firepower at close ranges and the Crown being perhaps the most versatile of the three units.

Reyes Kaylegh has just been elected to the position of Force Commander and feels the pressure of the great deeds performed by the first two Force Commanders that allowed the 14th Team to make it alive from both Marik Civil Wars. Being already a third generation member of the unit, he lacks the hatred of the Free Worlds League displayed by the first generations and sees it as a kind of Promised Land for his unit.

The Crown
Force Commander Reyes Kayleigh Orion ON1-K
MechWarrior Trixie Calleigh Black Knight BL-7-KNT-L
MechWarrior Graham Truman Wolverine WVR-6M
MechWarrior Kathryn Effie Wasp WSP-1W
Lieutenant Mitchell Carol Stingray F-90
Lieutenant Younus Javed Stingray F-90

The Hammers
Lieutenant Nikoleta Giffard Orion ON1-VA
MechWarrior Delia Jennifer Warhammer WHR-6R
MechWarrior Anemone Zayne Grasshopper GHR-5H
MechWarrior Modesta Fulgencio Hunchback HBK-4P

The Twisters
Lieutenant Ayden Grosvenor Quickdraw QKD-4G
MechWarrior Patton Denny Phoenix Hawk PXH-1
MechWarrior Sandu Tyler Trebuchet TBT-5J
MechWarrior Baudelio Ignacio Spider SDR -5V


Sneakers
Apart from the sale of their original “borrowed” JumpShip for much needed money at that time, the 14th Team has always tried to kept their DropShips operational as they see mobility as the key to their survival. They are always really careful about the transport conditions in their contracts.

Commodore Fae Sharona: Condor, Three Days of the Condor
Commodore   Yasmin Brooklyn: Intruder, Lions for Lambs
Commodore   Basil Melany: Union, The Last Castle

I believe the Ducal Guard was originally the provincial brigade of the Protectorate, which Anton expanded quite legally before the rebellion, as ruler of the province and commander of the Capellan front.

An interesting idea for a What If? What if Anton succeeded in becoming the Captain General...

I was actually going to say Isis as Anton's troops were at least paid in L-Bills but perhaps you are right and they would rather go with another renegade side because of that very experience. So you still think they'd have Liao ties or go against that now?

Interesting, I will sign them up!