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The Alpha Team

   A renegade SLDF lance from a unit that was framed for the massacre of gang members and civilians on Devil's Rock.  The unit went AWOL in early 3091 turning up on Westover in September of the same year they offered their services as mercenaries for hire to the Rim Association which was accepted.  Although they have had opportunities to expand beyond lance strength they have so far not done so instead each of the four MechWarriors each use highly customized BattleMechs which play to their MechWarriors strength.

   The unit accepted a contact with the Marik-Stewart Commonwealth defending Brodon in 3093 from the Isle of Skye intrusion.  They escaped an SLDF unit led by Colonel Hank Lynch by stealing an Overlord-class DropShip assigned to The Thunder Road Mercenary Command.

   Knowing that Lynch would not be far behind them The Alpha Team decided to head away from SLDF territory accepting a contract with the District of Regulus world of Avior (landing in late 3097) who were facing having their world taken over by a corporate entity who wished to strip mine a nature reserve.  Using tactics intended on causing as few deaths as possible Alpha Team frustrated the corporation for nearly six months before a response from Regulus arrived in the form of a Battalion from the First Regulan Hussars.  While the mining would still go ahead it would be controlled by Regulus and the intention was for little to no damage to be done to the people.  Colonel Smith promised the people that if he heard that the strip mining had gone ahead he’d ensure that the leaders on Regulus paid a dear price.

   Nearly two years late in 3099 the Alpha Team showed up again this time on the Magistracy of Canopus leisure world of Gallis when a pirate band attacked their compound cutting them off from their BattleMechs.  The four MechWarriors and a group of civilians from Gallis raided the raiders camp in a daring night attack using modified civilian vehicles to resist the attacks from the raiders vehicles and Mechs.  Although several of the civilians were killed the Alpha Team were able to regain control of their Mechs and went about destroying every single raider BattleMech and armoured vehicle taking control of their DropShip launching an attack on the raider JumpShip several days.  Nearly two months later the Alpha Team dropped on Astrokaszy and finished the job of destroying the remaining raiders at their base on the world.

   It was on Astrokaszy the Alpha Team seemed to find their place defending the Tycho Station (a small town with nearly five thousand inhabitants and a water source) from raiders.  With a Union-class DropShip for their use to cross the planet if they needed to (the crew stayed on the JumpShip left for a pirate haven elsewhere).  Both Smith and Peck married and had children during their time on the world.

   Unfortunately as is the way of things in 3107 an SLDF Pirate Hunting unit arrived on the planet.  As the Alpha Team are still wanted criminals the unit chose to move but this time they have not left alone.  Taking the Union-class DropShip they acquired from the pirates and nearly a dozen modified vehicles along with nearly fifty dependants the unit left heading into the Marian Hegemony.

Colonel John “Hannibal” Smith – Banshee Hannibal
Captain MC “Howling Mad” Murdock – BattleMaster Howling Mad
Lieutenant Tempest “Faceman” Peck – Cyclops Faceman
Sgt Bosco Albert “BA” Baracus – Atlas BA

Captain Jonathan Silberberg, No End Theory, Union-class DropShip
-   Modified has four BattleMech bays, no aerospace bays all else turned over to cargo

A dozen modified civilian vehicles with crews
-   Carried as cargo onboard No End Theory

Original unit
http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=39150.msg905794#msg905794

Their Mechs in my AU
https://www.ourbattletech.com/forum/index.php?topic=2600.msg35487#msg35487

Originally I found this in Field Manual Non-canon which was on the forums somewhere.  Not too sure who originally built them.

THE OBSIDIAN LANCERS

   The Obsidian Lancers were founded in 3035 based on the RCTs that were appearing in the Federated Commonwealth. The complete combined arms package of the group led Steiner and Davion commanders to frequently use the Obsidian Lancers independently to tackle secondary targets while House RCTs handled the primary objectives of a major operation. During the War of 3039   the Obsidian Lancers gained a great deal of respect for its performance on Kessel, despite the ultimate withdrawal from the planet. During the Clan Invasion, the Obsidian Lancers was quickly dispatched to the front lines. Unfortunately, in the face of the Clan juggernaut the Obsidian Lancers found itself constantly re-assigned in transit as their destination worlds fell.    After the Truce of Tukayyid the Obsidian Lancers roamed the Jade Falcon border as a fire brigade, occasionally executed major raids.  The Lancers were tapped for Operation Bulldog where they served as a strategic reserve, bolstering assault forces that met stiffer than expected resistance.

   In 3081 they were part of a joint House Steiner and Mercenary force that unsuccessfully defended Pandora and were forced to retreat.  Since then the Lancers have been among the most vocal of supporters for an assault to take the world back.

   The unit supported the assaults on the Capellan Confederation in 3093.  And then they supported assaults against the Rim Collection by the Draconis Combine in 3100

   The command spearheaded an assault against the Stone Spirits in 3102 striking against the planet of Elba in a dawn raid.  The unit uses its Clan equipped units to break through the Stone Spirit lines securing the planetary capital for the Lyran Commonwealth.   Later that same year they were on Lost as a civil disturbance broke out the unit was ordered to put down the rebels resulting in dozens of casualties.  The unit was then struck by the Rim Collection forces who had arrived to bring about a peace.  After years countering the Rim Collection’s moves the mercenaries attempted to counter the Collection units but were unable alone due to extensive aerospace support from the Rim Collection’s naval forces.  They were later replaced by house troops.

   In 3107 the unit accepted another five year contract this time with the Draconis Combine landing on Irece in late 3107.  Since then they have spent a considerable amount of money buying additional BattleMechs and armoured vehicles all equipped with C3 systems.  These have been added to other units within the command to form the 1-4 Battalion.

MRBC Rating: A*

OFFICERS
   Colonel Melissa Collishaw, though young, shows promise at having inherited leadership abilities from both her parents. Her command, the 1-3 Battalions, is fanatically devoted to her. For some reason, the First Light Regiment is also fiercely devoted to her. If her career arc continues in its current fashion, it seems inevitable that she will eventually command the Obsidian Lancers with no accusations of nepotism following her.  She took command in 3100.  Since the passing of Clifford McEwen she has shouldered the command of the Lancers alone.

TACTICS
The Obsidian Lancers specialize in major unit actions where it can maneuver and engage the enemy with its full strength. Thus the Obsidian Lancers prefers relatively open terrain, but is quite comfortable in any environment. Most members of Obsidian Lancers have fought together for a long time and now operate reflexively together on the field; forming ad-hoc combined arms forces in the middle of battle without needing coordination from their parent units.

The newest C3 Battalion of First BattleMech appears to be an experiment which the Regiment may, or may not, decide to employ throughout their command in the future.

First BattleMech
Reinforced Regiment/Elite
1-1 Battalion: Colonel Melissa Collishaw
1-2 Battalion: Major Michael Restler
1-3 Battalion: Major Obst Willets
1-4 Battalion: Major Hattori Huagi

   The First BattleMech Regiment follows their commander’s lead and prefers a mix of medium and fast heavy designs. The First Battalion has a large collection of Clan equipment in the though very little in the form of Clan OmniMechs. The 1-3 Battalion is a pathfinder formation that uses a variety of drop methods to land at the forefront and secure an LZ for subsequent units.  The newest unit in the Regiment is 1-4 Battalion wish specializes in the use of C3 technology to coordinate its two BattleMech and 1 vehicle companies.

First Light
5 Battalions/Elite

1-1   Battalion: Colonel Bill Lee
Hovercraft
1-2   Battalion: Major Anton Pierre-Louis
Hovercraft
1-3   Battalion: Major Dieter Beiter
Battle Armour
1-4   Battalion: Major Francisco Ortiz
Battle Armour
1-5   Battalion: Major Cameron Redford
Artillery

With the main site down again I'll post here and update the other thread later so if you read these threads enjoy.

Another canon unit that's changed a bit and essentially become three different entities but it survives beyond its days in canon.

Gray Death Legion
 
   Ordered to Hesperus II in Early 3066 to help in the defence of the Defiance Industries plant from the Free Skye Movement troops the Gray Death Legion found itself attacked as they assembled near the Glengarry Spaceport.  Forced into the wilderness by two regiments of the Tikonov Republican Guard, who had joined Free Skye, the Legion lost Lt Colonel Lori Kalmer-Carlyle in the opening engagements, the loss of their commander so early was a devastating blow however they were boosted soon after as Lori’s husband and founder of the Gray Death Legion Baron von Glengarry Grayson Death Carlyle came out of retirement to save his world and his Regiment from destruction.

This morale boost was short lived however when Grayson was also killed by the Tikonov Guard forces and the Legion looked ready to break but Alexander Carlyle arrived with a company of warriors from the First Royal Guards RCT to assist his command.  Although he was AWOL from the LAAF Alex took command of the Legion without a challenge and immediately threw himself and the Legion at the Free Skye Forces driving them back off Glengarry and then assisted the Lyran Military in ending the Free Skye threat.

Following this crisis the regiment returned to Glengarry and said a proper good-bye to their founders and began to look to the future as Alex Carlyle was dismissed from Lyran Military service and became the full time commander of the Legion during this time they also merged with the Denebolah Warriors Mercenary Command and celebrated Alex’s marriage to Samantha Logan the Warriors CO.

   At the very end of 3072 Alexander Carlyle contacted the Lyran Alliance High Command and informed them that the Gray Death Legion was now prepared for duty with the Lyran Alliance and should they not need their services then the Legion would travel to Outreach to look for a contract within a week the LAAF had found them an assignment and by early 3073 they were on the Marian Hegemony/Duchy of Tamarind-Abby border on the former Cirincus Federation world Baltazar III acting as the Lyran’s primary unit in the area holding the newly claimed Cirincus Federation worlds.

   In 3074 after fighting off several Marian Hegemony probes and a heavy raider force the Gray Death Legion were due to be replaced on Baltazar III by Lyran House troops however they were a month late.  The Lyrans gift four modified C-MK-O Malak OmniMechs, a design found at the secret factory on Baltazar III, these Mechs lack the C3i systems and use a regular cockpit instead of the original designs small cockpit.  These four OmniMechs are far more advanced than anything the Legion have, and they become the first unit to field them in the Inner Sphere.  During the rebuilding on Glengarry the Battle Armour Company was expanded to a full battalion of suits mostly Bruce Assault Armour, and Lyran made quad Rottweiler designs.  The Fighter wing was also increased to a full wing.

   In early 3079 Samantha Logan-Carlyle gave birth to a baby daughter Dana Lori Carlyle on Glengarry at the Legion’s main base.  At the same time around half the Gray Death Legion agreed to take a contract with the Star League Defence Force for one year in training duties with the local forces of the Star League Protectorate.  The first time a Gray Death Legion command has taken a contract outside the Lyran realm since the beginning of the Fourth Succession War.

   On returning to Glengarry in 3080 Colonel Alexander Carlyle was invited to the Kelswa Family residence on Skye.  There Alex was offered a contract with the Isle of Skye helping train the new Training Battalions with his Gray Death Legion acting as opposing forces on individual Battalion basis.  Alex accepted to contract his Battalions out to the Isle of Skye one at a time for the entire year while keeping at least three units on Glengarry for defence.

   One of the Legion’s Battalions was on La Blon a few months later when the Draconis Combine launched an assault against the world.  In any situation one battalion against a full DCMS Regiment would surely be long odds however the attacking unit was the Sixth Sword of Light and only newly formed the experienced Legion troops were able to force the Sword of Light Regiment straight back to their DropShips.  Unfortunately a second DCMS regiment arrived in the system just days later forcing the Gray Death to retreat.

   During the unit's extended deployment along the Jade Falcon border in 3094 they test several squads of Gray Death Infiltrator Suits for Gray Death Industries.   By 3100 they had been rotated to the Wolf border shoring up Lyran defences.  During one such raid against the Wolves three battalions of ground forces led a Lyran attack but the mission cost the Legion Alexander Carlyle and his wife Samantha who were killed during the fighting.

   The Legion continued to be rotated onto the Wolf front over the next three years however when Baroness Dana Carlyle was captured by Clan Wolf the remaining two battalions of the command rotated back to Glengarry.  The Legion remained on Glengarry licking their wounds and lobbying the Lyran Command to allow them to attack the Wolves to try and rescue Dana who was confirmed to be alive within the Wolf Empire.  Dana gained her freedom from Clan Wolf in 3104 and chose to sell the unit to the Brewer family of Hesperus II distancing her from the mercenary life.  The unit continues to train with the Carlyle Family Guard, and many members of the Legion have served in the Guard, but the unit is now based on Hesperus II with a third Battalion of heavy and assault Mechs added to the unit’s roster by the Brewer family.

Gray Death Legion    3 Battalions       Veteran      Colonel Michael Rosenburg

Support
Saint Malo Invader-class JumpShips, 6 DropShips, 100% Tech Support

Carlyle Family Guard   

   The unit was formed in 3104 after the Gray Death Legion were sold to the Brewer family of Hesperus II.  They are based on Glengarry with the sole purpose of protecting the Carlyle family.  The unit often trains with the Gray Death Legion and Glengarry Militia so it has not lost its elite Status.  As part of an agreement with the Brewer family members of the Guard can apply for positions within the Gray Death Legion while members of the Legion can also request a transfer back to the Guard.

   Baroness Dana Carlyle officially owns and commands the family guard but while she is a qualified battle armour operator she has chosen not to involve herself in the day to day running of the unit instead trusting it to Colonel Craig Boyd.  The battalion strong family guard uses four companies of BattleMechs, Armoured Vehicles and Battle Armour with a company of each type and one mixed company of BattleMechs and vehicles armed with artillery weapons.  All of the Guard’s units are post-3050 designs with two using Clan weaponry.  All four of the Legion’s Malak OmniMechs were retained by the family guard despite attempts by Defiance Industries to gain the OmniMechs.  The Guard also has six aerospace fighters, two per DropShip, and these are used exclusively for DropShip/JumpShip defence. 

When Carlyle sold the Legion she retained one of the unit’s JumpShips and three of the DropShips.  As the Family Guard does not need all of these assets these are often utilized to increase Glengarry’s trade with nearby worlds which has increased the Baroness’ standing with the local population.  The JumpShip is often utilized by Gray Death Industries to deliver its products to customers who are willing to pay.

Carlyle Family Guard    Reinforced Battalion      Elite      Colonel Craig Boyd
Persephone Invader-class JumpShip, 3 Union-class DropShips (Dirk, Loris, Pele) 100% Tech Support

Other facilities
Gray Death Industries
In late 3063 Defiance Industries of Hesperus II proposed a deal with Grayson Death Carlyle over the ownership rights to the Legion’s unique Battle Armour which have become popular with many mercenary units.  Apparently Grayson countered this with a proposal of his own suggesting that Defiance and the Gray Death Legion go into business together and build a Battle Armour Factory on Glengarry.

   In Mid 3064 Gray Death Industries Factory opened on Glengarry, the factory owned by Defiance but all staff and designs patterned and owned by the Gray Death Legion with profits split equally 50-50.  The first Battle Armour produced at this plant is expected in 3065 and will be available to all Mercenaries before House Units due to the Contract deal between Grayson and Defiance.  Gray Death Industries also lobbied to build a unique Battle Armour for the Lyran military but were beat out by competitors.

In 3072 Gray Death Industries, a Battle Armour Production Plant run by former Gray Death Legion warriors, on Glengarry produced the Bruce Assault Battle Armour suit in a joint effort with Cosara Weaponries of Northwind.  The Gray Death Legion instantly received two platoons of the new suit which went a long way to shoring up the Gray Death Legion’s TO&E. 

   When Baroness Dana Carlyle chose to sell the Gray Death Legion to the Brewer Family she retained her family’s stake in Gray Death Industries and in 3109 convinced Defiance Industries to sell her the other half of the business with an agreement that anything developed by Gray Death Industries in the future would be shared with Defiance Industries at a discounted market price.  The factory has continued to work under Dana’s control selling Battle Armour to the LCAF, the SLDF and to mercenary forces throughout Lyran space.  For an additional price the Carlyle Family’s JumpShip can transport a delivery directly to the unit purchasing their products.

Produced by Gray Death Industries
Gray Death Standard Battle Armour
Gray Death Scout Battle Armour
Gray Death Heavy Battle Armour
Bruce Assault Battle Armour – shared production with Corsara Weaponaries of Northwind

Created by Wrangler

The Thunder Road

Commander:      Colonel John R. Wrangler

   Supported Marik-Stewart forces on Brodon in 3092.  They fought on Emris IV in 3094 against Principality of Regulus forces while under contract with the Oriente Protectorate.  In the Emris IV raid they destroyed the Tenth Regulan Hussars Regiment and captured a production run of WHD-10CT Warhammer BattleMechs for the Oriente Protectorate.  As part of their payment the Thunder Road received two of the captured Warhammers.

   They then moved onto the world of Bowang in early 3095 accepting a contract to train Bowang defences and assist in raiding operations that also netted them a small land hold in the form of a run-down fire-base on Bowang near the capital.  In 3100 they accepted a second contract with the District of Bowang this one described as an ‘open ended’ contract with Bowang on a year long basis.  Under the contract Bowang or the mercenaries must give a year’s notice on termination of the contract should either decide they wish to end the association between the two.

   By 3109 this contact has been renewed nine times and neither Bowang nor the mercenaries seem interested in ending the association.  The Thunder Road have added a Light BattleMech company, additional infantry security forces and a company of fuel cell combat vehicles.  The infantry and vehicles primarily are used on Bowang to guard the Thunder Road’s dependents and the expanded facilities the unit have built there.  There is a continued rumour that The Thunder Road will become House troops belonging to the District of Bowang but Colonel Wrangler has continually refused these claims.

Tactics
   Each year of the unit’s contact brings a new world, more recently Thrace on the periphery border, the Thunder Road typically spends a month learning all they can about a planet then they act as an OppFor for the defenders in training exercises often with part of the Thunder Road assigned to the defenders forces to help guide them on their best practices.

Resources
   During the course of a contract up to a company of the Thunder Road’s warriors can be assigned to Bowang either on medical leave or taking personal time to ensure his unit is never short of pilots Colonel Wrangler has hired an additional companies worth of warriors who officially do not have BattleMechs instead they fill in if other members of the unit are on leave or otherwise missing.

Transport/Support
   Hiring local support has brought the Thunder Road up to full support status while warehouses on Bowang have enough spare parts to allow the Thunder Road to rebuild any of their BattleMechs almost from scratch though it is believed they lack the resources, facilities or expertise to construct full BattleMechs.

   On Bowang and not listed as part of the unit’s combat assets are four ultra-light BattleMechs purchased from the Twin Sons system which are used for training future members of the Regiment.  A full school programme has been established for the unit’s dependants on Bowang.

   The unit has access to only a single Overlord-class DropShip, Stonewall, which means if they choose to leave Bowang service and the district order them to abandon their firebase they will have nowhere near enough transport assets to remove all of their equipment and personnel.

Thunder Road – Regular - Reinforced BattleMech Batalion
Command Company – Colonel John Wrangler Thunder Hawk Assault Mech.
      A reinforced heavy/assault company with fifteen BattleMechs

Heavy Company – Major James Wilson
      12 Assault Machines

Flanker Company – Captain Allison Carlyle
      12 Jump capable Heavy Mechs.  Captain Carlyle is no relation to the Gray Death Legion's Carlyles and takes it as a personal offence should she be compared to them.

   Light Company – Captain Jessica Ridley
      12 Light BattleMechs all capable of a minimum of 100kph

Infantry Company – Captain Roland DeBaku
   1 company of unarmoured infantry – security for the facilities of Bowang.  The unit has recruited heavily from Bowang’s population but is completed trusted by the Thunder Road.
   1 platoon of Battle Armour troopers – all Inner Sphere designs

Vehicle Company – Captain Enrique Neu
   12 Fuel Cell Powered Combat Vehicles – assigned to Bowang in defence of the firebase and other facilities.

Transport
Stonewall, Overlord-class DropShip

Misc
   The unit has a firebase, training facilities, accommodation for their dependants and support assets on Bowang.  As part of the training facilities there are four ultra-light BattleMechs.

Update for this unit originally provided by DOC_Argen I've updated the original unit thread as well but this is where I'm going to put all the merc units so it's all in the same place.

Original unit
https://www.ourbattletech.com/forum/index.php?topic=3078.0

Korbin’s Kommandos (Update)



During the 3100s the Korbin's Kommandos became very adapt at putting out brush fires in the depths of the Lyran Commonwealth helping control the numbers of raiders, criminals and hostile enemy elements from penetrating the nation while Lyran House units and larger mercenary units continued to hold the border worlds.  The Kommandos were the Lyrans primary force operating behind the lines in the Lyran's battles with the Brotherhood of Cirinnatus being the primary force that led to the destruction of the rogue Lyrans in 3103 the Kommandos lost more than half of their infantry platoons, four combat vehicles and three BattleMechs.

The losses taken against the Brotherhood saw the Kommandos laid up over 3104 and 3105 as Burt Korbin recruited new officers and enlisted and purchased new combat units.  Several of the new Mechs were actually advanced OmniMechs purchased from the Lyran Commnand as they retired them for newer Mechs.  During this time Korbin also chose to completely remove the standard infantry troopers investing in Battle Armour upgrades for all the unit's infantry.  This has seen the numbers of Battle Armour double within the Kommandos with the Hammerfall modified to accomodate the additional units losing some of its vehicle bays.  While several of the original Infantry Strike Company balked at upgrading to Battle Armour units Korbin was the first to point out for special operations they didn't need to use the heavy clumbersome suits.

Ready for combat in 3106 the Kommandos were sent to Arcadia where they assisted in repulsing a Clan Wolf raid losing several BattleMechs but claiming a Summoner OmniMech, a Puma OmniMech and several weapon upgrades.  In these battles the Kommandos new Battle Armour units proved their worth fighting against Clan Wolf.  Later in that same year the Kommandos took part in several raids against Clan Wolf's territory being paired with an Invader-class JumpShip the Willow Queen.  These raids were generally successful with each time the mercenary command unsettling the Wolves but also losing units with Korbin forced to replace units with what was made available leading to the vehicles becoming more and more standardized with Manticores and Myrmidons dominating the vehicle ranks while the Kommandos first VTOL craft were added four Aeron Strike VTOLs providing limited close air support when the aerospace fighters were busy while a second Mobile Long Tom Artillery vehicle was also added.

In 3107 the command accepted a one year contract out of the Lyran Commonwealth moving into the Endvynn Province on the Lyran periphery.  Some suspect the unit agreeing to this contract was actually a Lyran Intelligence Operation but truth be told no-one knows for certain.  During their contract the Kommandos helped repulse several raiders from pirate bands and the nearby Clan Fire Mandrill in Rim Collection territory before returning to Lyran territory taking up station on Westerstede in 3108.  They remained there until the Jade Falcon invasion in late 3109 when they engaged some of the Falcon's newest "Bird-Mechs" during the defence of the world.



Under the command of Col Burt Korbin

Fortess Dropship - Hammerfall
   11 Mechs
      1 Avatar Artillery Mech
      1 Hauptmann OmniMech
      2 Warhammer 9D (C)
      1 Summoner OmniMech
      1 Thunderbolt 5SE (C)
      1 Stealth OmniMech
      1 Phoenix (C)
      1 Wolfhound 2
      1 Talon
      1 Puma OmniMech
   4 heavy Combat Vehicles
      4 Manticore
   12 light Combat Vehilces
      12 Myrmidon     
    6 Battle Armour Platoons

Assault Triumph - Knightwatch
   16 heavy Combat Vehicles
      1 Hi-Scout Drone Carrier
      2 Mobile Long Tom
      2 Schiltron
      2 Manticore
      4 Alacorn
      3 Partisan Air Defense Tank
      1 Partisan Lance Command
      1 Musketeer TAV
   12 light Combat Vehilces
      2 Chaparral
      4 Myrmidon
      4 Aeron Strike VTOL
      2 Maxim infantry variant
   6 Fighters
      2 Eisensturm A
      2 ThunderBird D36
      2 F95 Stingray
   6 Mech
      1 Wolverine 8D
      1 Zeus 9s Dual Cockpit
      1 Rampage 4G
      1 Viking 2G
      1 Pillager 3Z
      1 Thug 11eb
   6 Battle Armour Platoons

Union - Pit Bull
   9 Mechs
      1 Battlemaster 1Gc upgrade with Clan Tech weapons
      1 Falconer
      1 TMP-3M2 "Stormtempest"
      1 Stromcrow OmniMech
      1 Bushwacker
      1 Pack Hunter
      1 Rattlesnake
      1 Nighthawk
      1 Owens OmniMech
   2 Fighters
      2 Eagle EGL-R9

This was not originally one of my units but I'm not entirely sure who built the original lance needless to say they've changed a bit as history has gone on.  Without further ado:

The Junkyard Dogs

   The unit was formed in 3091 following heavy fighting with Clan Jade Falcon the Junkyard Dogs are a raiding unit which most often paints their Mechs in a gunmetal Gray with fake rust patches.  The MechWarriors hail from four different units while the DropShip used to run cargo along the border before their parent company was captured on the world of Antares.
   
        A botched raid in 3093 on Koniz resulted in the loss of Stanley Wrigley's Bushwacker.  On returning to Arc Royal the unit was able to purchase a non-standard Stealth STH-6X which the Lyran Commonwealth had been experimenting on.

   In 3094 and 3095 the unit took part in several assaults into the Jade Falcon Occupation Zone each time escaping by the skin of their teeth often with their BattleMechs badly damaged but repairable.  Over the course of the year both the Maelstorm and Black Hawk KU were refitted with Clan technology making the Junkyard Dogs more effective.

   In 3096 the unit took some R&R on Noisel, known for its BattleMech sized games of skill and chance, there after five years of flirtations Brian Coulson proposed to and married Captain Svetlana Gritsenko the commander of the unit’s DropShip, Dog House.  Spending nearly six months on the Niosel the Junkyard Dogs modified the Dog House with the help of the Chaos Irregulars Tech Support converting the Aerospace Fighter Launch facilities into a fifth BattleMech cubicle and expanding the passenger quarters to support the unit.  With the additional space Brian Coulson brought on Stephanie Worchester in her personal Vulcan II BattleMech which she’d brought all the way from the Free Worlds League’s Regulan Hussars.  With the Vulcan II able to keep up with Wrigley’s Stealth they now make up the unit’s heavy scout element with the Vulcan II modified to carry a Clan Active Probe matching the one on the Stealth.

   With the lance reinforced Captain Brian Coulson accepted a Lyran Commonwealth contract to raid Stone Spirit space.  The contract began with a raid against the bandit clansmen on the former pirate world of The Rack in 3097 in which the Junkyard Dogs destroy several defending vehicles and supplies disrupting the Stone Spirits control over the world.  It was on The Rack that Worchester gained her call sign “Eyes” after she spotted an incoming Stone Spirit BattleMech force.

   The Junkyard Dogs raids against the Stone Spirits continued through 3097 through until 3099 when double tragedy struck the unit.  First on the eve of battle against the Stone Spirits Svetlana Coulson suffered a miscarriage with her first child by Brian Coulson and then on the world of Jibbet Lucas Jameson was killed in action as his Maelstorm was gutted in combat and Brian Coulson’s Timber Wolf was badly damaged in the following retreat.

   Exercising an escape clause in their contract the Junkyard Dogs returned to Niosel where Brian Coulson tried to pull his unit and relationship back together.  By the time the unit arrived on Niosel Brian and Svetlana were sleeping separately and barely talking following the pain of losing their child and a valued friend in Lucas Jameson.  On Niosel Captain Svetlana Coulson severed her ties with the unit abandoning the Junkyard Dogs signing up with The Howling Valkyries Mercenary Command who were heading for garrison duty along with Wolf border of the Lyran Commonwealth.  The Junkyard Dogs themselves remained on Niosel for the next six months seeing out 3099 on the world competing in several of the games on the planet during this time MechWarrior Stan Kaufman was brought into the unit along with his PRF-1R Prefect BattleMech as Coulson tried to replace the lost Maelstorm with a BattleMech of similar capabilities.

   In January 3101 the Junkyard Dogs finally were ready to accept a contract when word came to Niosel that The Howling Valkyries had been wiped out on Autumn Wind and that the prisoners were all being placed in POW camps on the world.  Instead of taking a contract Brian Coulson announced he was going to Autumn Wind to rescue anyone who had survived the fighting and rescue his estranged wife.  The Junkyard Dogs moved across the Commonwealth hooking up with two other small mercenary commands including Millie’s Marauders they launched their own independent assault on the planet on 12th September 3101.  The mercenaries hit in waves attacking from different vectors which cumulated in the complete destruction of a Wolf Cluster and the rescue of nearly one hundred survivors including Svetlana Coulson, the majority of her crew and some others, a captured Union C-class DropShip and a Shadow Cat II BattleMech recruiting Gwen Kielyr a former Howling Valkyrie warrior to the command.  With Svetlana Coulson once again agreeing terms with the Junkyard Dogs they named the DropShip the Dog House II after their lost Leopard the Junkyard Dogs and headed back into the Lyran Commonwealth this time turning towards Galatea Station to look for a new contract.

   During a brief spell on Galatea Station which saw the unit see in the New Year there before accepting a contract with the Erdvynn Province on the Lyran border hunting down pirates in a three year contract that they hoped would allow them to recover from the troubles on the Clan borders.  Arriving in June 3102 Brian Coulson was annoyed when the unit ended up on Garrison Duty of Monthey for nearly a year while Erdvynn claimed to lack a JumpShip capable of transporting them beyond the system.

        For the first time since their formation the Junkyard Dogs found themselves in the same place with little need to do anything but train and maintain their formation.  Brian Coulson was sure that this downtime would be the death of his unit believing that such a small unit like his needed to be constantly on the move and have a mission to make a difference but as it turned out their duty on the planet did the complete opposite.  During the year stuck on Monthey Coulson himself was able to repair his relationship with his wife and the two successfully brought their first child into the world Andrey Coulson, named for Svetlana’s father, while several other members of the unit began relationships and collectively the unit got over the losses of Lucas Jameson and of The Howling Valkyries.

        In November 3103 the Junkyard Dogs were finally able to secure transport off the world and go on a pirate hunt, the original intent of their contract, while the command were well within their rights to abandon the Edvynn Province due to the problems that had led to the unit being stranded on Monthey Brian Coulson announced that they would see out their contract and engage some of the raiders which had plagued other worlds while the unit was on Monethy.  Striking at a unnamed system the Junkyard Dogs found what remained of the Heart of Blake Mercenary Command a unit of former Word of Blake warriors who had been targeted by extremists in the Free Worlds League following the Manei Domini Crisis in the 3092 and gone rogue soon after disappearing from sight.  Finding the unit in the state it was in Brian Coulson decided to attack what remained of the command and in a nearly eight month long campaign the Junkyard Dogs attacked the larger command relying on their Clan technology to keep ahead of the rogue mercenaries before fading away and moving around the planet using their DropShip and then striking elsewhere.  When the Junkyard Dogs were finished with the Heart of Blake the rogue mercenaries were destroyed and the Junkyard Dogs had added two BattleMechs to their command, a Toyama and Gurkha.  Returning to Monthey and Brian Coulson decided to hire two locals from the world that had helped his unit heal to fill the two BattleMechs as Apprentice MechWarriors bringing the Junkyard Dogs to two lances in strength, double of that they were when the originally formed.

       By 3107 the newly expanded Junkyard Dogs had returned to Galatea Station and were ready for their next contract.  Looking for a change of pace and not relishing a return to the Clan borders the Junkyard Dogs accepted a contract that would take them back to their routes as a raiding force for the Federated Suns striking against the Draconis Combine.
In 3108 the Junkyard Dogs fought across the Draconis March raiding behind Draconis Combine lines and striking at the flanks of DCMS assault forces.

Tactics
   The Junkyard Dogs do not participate in front-line assaults but as a rule do not accept garrison contracts.  Instead the unit attacks an enemy where they least expect them.  Unlike other units which try to act as a sword for an employer the Junkyard Dogs are knives that can be stabbed into an enemies rubs and twisted until they are felt.

   Generally in combat the two lances act separately from each other however Brian Coulson is comfortable commanding both units together.  If there are weaknesses to the mercenaries it is their lack of experience in working alongside conventional infantry and armoured forces and their complete lack of aerospace support.

Support
   The Junkyard Dogs steady increase in strength has allowed their support to keep pace and as a result they can fully support their BattleMechs and equipment despite having a large amount of Clan technology for a unit of its size.

   As a Union C-class DropShip capable of transporting an entire trinary of BattleMechs the Dog House II is far too big for the unit’s eight BattleMechs as a result the top Mechbay is currently used to transport the unit’s dependents with a series of cargo containers turned into additional living quarters.  When the unit is on a planet the DropShip often contracts out as a bulk carrier ferrying cargo between systems to make extra cash for the unit.

Officers
Captain Brian Coulson
Brian Coulson’s force of personality brought the original four MechWarriors together and convinced a DropShip captain to sign on and support them on Arc Royal in 3091.  Eighteen years later Brian Coulson is still the glue that holds the unit together while his relationship with Captain Svetlana Coulson is one that shouldn’t work with two strong personalities in charge of the command and its transport that is the story of the unit’s existence with the Junkyard Dogs a unit brought together when other units failed.

The year on Monthey was unexpected but exactly what the Junkyard Dogs and what Brian Coulson needed after the years of raids against Clan targets and the losses the unit had taken during that time.  The time allowed Coulson to fix the cracks in his marriage and allowed his son Andrey to be born without the stresses of moving from contract to contract.  Every time Coulson speaks about the backwater world he does so in a very fond way.

Timber Wolf - Captain Brian "Terrace" Coulson
PRF-1R Prefect – MechWarrior Stan Kaufman
Black Hawk-KU - MechWarrior Sarah "Sticks" Wrigley
Toyama TYM-1A – Apprentice MechWarrior Marta Kamen

Stealth STH-6X - Lieutenant Stanley "Apple" Wrigley
Shadow Cat II – MechWarrior Gwen Kielyr
Vulcan II VCN-N3 – MechWarrior Stephanie “Eyes” Worchester
-   This BattleMech is from TRO3063 and replaces one Small Pulse Laser with a Clan ECM Suite.
Gurkha GUR-2R – Apprentice MechWarrior Sabine Vesprey

Captain Svetlana Coulson, Union C-class Dropship, Dog House II
   Andrey Coulson b. 5th July 3103
   He is the first child of Svetlana Coulson and Brian Coulson

I can't remember if this unit was made by someone or where it came from when the main forum come up I'll have a check

Millie's Marauders
   The unit was formed in 3094 by Millie Milovich, granddaughter of Susan Barber commander of the famed Barber's Marauders, and John G. Miller II, grandson of Grisson Miller the original founder of the unit.  With generous prices from the Wolf's Dragoons the unit was able to purchase a pair of Marauder II BattleMechs, one of which (Millie's ride) was upgraded to Clan technology.  Both Milovich and Miller share command of the unit working nearly seamlessly together.

   They defended Great X in 3093 from a Jade Falcon assault in conjunction with the Charlestown Chiefs mercenary command and like the Chiefs they were forced into retreat losing several personnel including all four of their Stronghold and their LRM trailers which were left on the world.  By 3105 they had replaced all four Stronghold trailers and added four more all of which have been purchased from a weapons firm on Millerton in the Lyran Commonwealth.

   In 3101 the unit support an independent mercenary assault on the Wolf held world of Autumn Wind trying to find survivors from the shattered mercenary regiment The Howling Valkyries.  The Marauders were by some margin the largest of the attacking units taking from battle a Timber Wolf OmniMech and two Arctic Wolf II OmniMechs which all replaced losses they also took enough weapons to modify their remaining Inner Sphere designs with Clan weapons.

   The Marauders spent several months on Dar-es-Saleem licking their wounds following the mission to Autumn Wind.  During this time the Marauders took the surprising step of selling both Arctic Wolf II OmniMechs and some of their Clan weapons buying in six Fennec BattleMechs (five slave units and one master C3 variant) from Corean Enterprises of Augusta in the Federated Suns.  While signing a contract with the Lyran Commonwealth the Marauders modified their new purchases with more of the excess Clan weaponry taken on Autumn Wind and some purchased from Clan Sea Fox, much to the displeasure of Clan Wolf.  After nearly five years on Dar-es-Saleem the unit redeployed to Cavannah II in 3109 where they currently watch for incursions from Clan Wolf and from the Free Worlds League.

Unit Composition
   Like the original Miller's and Barber's Marauders the unit is based primarily around the Marauder chassis.  Overall the unit is broken into five distinct areas.  Assault Star commanded by Millie Milovich is where the unit's true fighting power comes from with five Assault Mechs three of which are either purely Clan Mechs or upgraded with Clan technology four of the five Mechs are built with Clan technology while the fifth is currently a salvaged Timber Wolf OmniMech.

   The second unit is a C3i based unit, a Word of Blake/ComStar developed technology which is uncommon in other realms units.  All six of the BattleMechs have been heavily modified with Clan technology with superior firepower coming from the same weapons, heavier armour and superior heat dispensation.  The six BattleMechs are all built on chassis which originated with the Marauder with the Rakshasa the furthest departure from the Marauder line.

   The third Mech lance is the smallest and possibly most distinct led by John Miller II's Berserker which he piloted as a Lyran Commonwealth MechWarrior.  This unit has suffered some losses but has been reinforced since the sale of the Arctic Wolf II OmniMechs with a pair of Fennec BattleMechs all of which have been equipped with clan weapons.

   The fourth Mech element of the unit is a new formation built up since the sale of the two OmniMechs to Corean Enterprises.  Comprised of for Fennec BattleMechs they like Miller’s unit are equipped with C3 technology.  With two lances of C3 equipped BattleMechs there has been talk of investing in a Company command unit or C3 masters for the vehicles.

   Supporting the Mechs is the fifth unit which is based into two sections, although in some ways they are the same unit as one is dependent on the other for transport.  Based around a Clan star sized formation or armoured tanks.  The ten armoured vehicles four Ontos assault Tanks, two Shoden Missile Tanks and two Joust Tanks have origins with Clan Nova Cat which is strange and two Rommel Howitzer Tanks.  Supporting these ten armoured vehicles are ten towed Gun Trailers a relatively new developed weapon concept.  Several of these units have a built in infantry element allowing them to effectively garrison any base.

   The unit's insignia is a Green triangle with the Roman number III.

Officers
Major Millie Milovich
A descendant of the original Barber’s Marauders she believes in the firepower of a heavy or assault BattleMech.  Milovich relishes combat against Clan opponents but as time has worn on has begun to feel the strain of losses taken against the Wolves and Falcons.  She hopes her daughter Willow will take over the command in the next couple of years.

Major John G. Miller II
Although technically a Co-commander of the Marauders he has no real desire to command instead he is purely driven by revenge against the Clans for the deaths they have caused.  As a result Miller allows Milovich to make 90% of the contract and command decisions only becoming involved during battle if Milovich is out of communication range.  He can often be found in the thick of the fighting carving through enemy formations with his BattleMech’s hatchet and Clan grade weapons.

MechWarrior Nikki Hall
A Clan Wolf bondsmen who was taken on Autumn Wind along with her Timber Wolf OmniMech she has adapted to Clan life quickly becoming an integral member of Milovich’s Assault star.

Tactics
They primarily deploy offensively as a walking wall of metal with the armoured vehicles and trailers holding their rear areas.  Defensively the BattleMechs mix with the vehicles hold the line against anything up to a fully equipped assault unit.

Support
The Millie’s Marauders struggle to maintain support for all their Clan technology managing 80% of all support from their core support staff with the MechWarriors and tank crew themselves forming the rest of the support.  In a drawn out conflict the unit’s performance will be degraded due to a lack of maintenance without outside support.

The unit has an Invader-class JumpShip, a single Fortress-class DropShip, a Union-class DropShip and a Mule-class DropShip.  The unit’s trailers are transported onboard the Mule as cargo meaning they are deployed slowly following landings.

Assault/Command Star:
Major Millie Milovich      Marauder II C
Lieutenant Willow Milovich   Mad Cat Mk II Enhanced
MechWarrior Daisy Eagle   Mad Cat II
MechWarrior Ross Sloan      Mad Cat II
MechWarrior Nikki Hall      Timber Wolf

Second Lance
Captain Olympia Creed      Marauder 9W
Lieutenant Jun Grunsfield   Maelstorm
MechWarrior Laci Locker   Marauder II C
MechWarrior Sally Barker   Dragon Fire 3FC
MechWarrior Ellie Tomkins   Marauder II C
MechWarrior John Muriciano   Rakshasa - MDG-2A

   All C3i Lance Mechs are modified with a C3i and with Clan weapons with saved tonnage with additional heat sinks and armour where able.

Miller’s Lance
Major John G. Miller II      Berserker - C3 Master
Lieutenant Wendy Laskey   Marauder 9W2
MechWarrior Mahalia Barnes    Fennec FEC-3C   
MechWarrior Sergi Kolbe      Fennec FEC-3C

   All are modified with C3 systems and Clan weapons

Scout Lance
Captain Sean McDonald      Fennec FEC-1CM
MechWarrior Pietro Sousa   Fennec FEC-3C
MechWarrior Holly Tanaka   Fennec FEC-3C
MechWarrior Andrew Vickers   Fennec FEC-3C

   All have been modified with Clan weapons

Tank Star
CO: Captain Darius Hillhouse
4 Ontos Light Gauss
2 Shoden Advanced Tactical Carriers
2 Joust Main Battle Tanks
2 Rommel Howitzer Main Battle Tank

Trailer Star
(Each trailer is classed as an independent unit – see Stronghold description below.)
8 Stronghold Gun Trailers
2 Thumper Gun Trailers

Stronghold
The Stronghold variant is a twenty ton tracked chassis protected by four tons of standard armor. To protect the rear it carries a pair of Machine Guns (one either side) fed by half ton of ammunition and a pair of Vehicular Grenade Launchers mounted rear. It also carries a Light Autocannon/5 in a turret. The LAC/5 has two tons of ammunition. The Stronghold also has a four ton Infantry Compartment, which allows the Stronghold to act as a mobile checkpoint as well as an infantry support vehicle.