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October 4, 3064 - An old comrade has arrived at Outreach, and jumped over to Epsilon Eridani to talk with Duke Essex. He is Col. Jurgen Peterson, CO of the Legion of the Rising Sun, a regiment of ex-Combine mercenaries.
The Legion served a variety of states, and both Kilts and Commandoes and the Legion were staging on the world of Wolcott against Clan Smoke Jaguar for the Draconis Combine at the same that. That was the mission were Essex personally led his unit, and found and captured a WarShip the Manassas from the clan, which they then traded to ComStar for the one they have now. Both groups operated from the same base for a while, and that led to mutual meetings together, working on administrative aspects of command, such as materiel and supply, and even had some joint training sessions to keep people fresh a few times.
They finished the Combine deal in 3059 and Word of Blake made them an offer, but they instead took a 5 year deal with the Free Worlds League, which is almost over (It ends December 1, 3064). The price of a mercenary has dropped in the FWLM and they aren’t being offered as much to renew, so they are casting about for new offers. Consider the high price the Coalition offers folks, as well as the professional relationship between Essex and Peterson, he’s here to see what might be done for his unit.
The Legion is a strong regiment of mechs. Peterson considers himself a samurai (albeit a masterless ronin) and he only hires soldiers that meet his criteria of honor, duty, principles, and martial standing. That’s a good fit for who we are – keeping fights out of cities, keeping locals out of battle, restoring and investing in people and more. They are a very good, strong unit, and would immediately give us a nasty force, on the level of us, or Smithson’s Chinese Bandits.
They have their own DropShips, although no JumpShips. They are a veteran reliable unit, withal upgraded units, as well as some clan tech and mechs in there too.
Essex makes Peterson a nice offer. A 5 year contract, as a retainer, in order to be used. We’ll toss in a little extra, plus one more bonus. He escorts Peterson to their mech garage and shows him a clan OmniMech captured during the Liberty campaign. The Blood Asp. It’s a power, potent, nasty assault omni mech recently made. You get that, and the extra money too.
They shake hands. By December 18, 3064, the Legion of the Rising Sun arrives under a contract with the Celestial Coalition and will head to Caph for now. We fear the Combine could strike at Caph now that we are rebuilding it. Putting a unit on planet that is made up of ex-Combine folks, who is on great relations with the DCMS and locals there, garrisoning the world will hopefully keep the Dragon from attacking a world that might end up being a political snafu.
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