Allied Mercenary Command

Overview

The Allied Mercenary Command (AMC) was created in 3066 by Jaime Wolf as a response to Word of Blake expansionism in the Chaos March. The stated goal of the AMC was to provide aid to planets who wished to remain autonomous, but could not afford the military forces or mercenaries to stop a determined invasion. While Jaime expressed that the formation of the AMC was not a declaration of war against the Word of Blake, it was clear that the AMC was created to oppose it.

The AMC suffered a pair of setbacks in late 3067 when a group of disaffected mercenaries under the command of Colonel Wayne Waco assaulted Wolf's Dragoons positions on their homeworld of Outreach. Jaime Wolf and Wayne Waco killed each other in the city of Harlech in what was to become known as the first battle of the Jihad.

Around the same time, the Northwind Highlanders executed escape clauses in their contracts to return to Northwind to elect new Elders after the untimely, consecutive deaths of some of them. The Word of Blake quickly moved to blockade the system and contact with Northwind and the Highlanders was lost.

After the Dragoons were assaulted on their home soil, they organized an assault on the Terran system, the Blakist capital. Rather than attacking Terra, however, they assaulted Mars. It is unclear why this decision was made, but the result was that the invasion force- which included elements of the Dragoons, the Dismal Disinherited, and Lindon's Battalion- was wiped out.

After this assault, the Word made every AMC member a target. Many AMC members joined resistance movements against the Blakists, but many also continued to serve contracts to employers that did not involve the Word at all.

AMC Members

3067[1]

This list contains information about members, strength and contract status.

  • Wolf’s Dragoons: 5 Regiments (3 currently under foreign contracts), Elite
  • Northwind Highlanders: 5 Regiments (3 currently under foreign contracts), Elite
  • Dismal Disinherited: 3 Regiments, Veteran
  • Always Faithful: 1 Regiment, Regular
  • 51st Dark Panzer Jaegers: 1 Regiment, Veteran
  • Grim Determination: 1 Regiment, Veteran
  • Wild Geese: 1 Regiment (currently under foreign contract), Veteran
  • The Furies: 1 Armored Regiment, Regular
  • The Dioscuri: 2 Battalions (currently under foreign contract), Veteran
  • Tooth of Ymir: 2 Battalions, Veteran
  • Lindon's Battalion: 1 Strengthened Battalion, Veteran
  • 13th Stalking Horse: 1 Strengthened Battalion (currently under foreign contract), Veteran
  • Crimson Crusaders: 1 Mixed Battalion, Veteran
  • Burton's Brigade: 1 Company, Regular

References

  1. ↑ Mercenaries Supplemental II, p. 10

Bibliography

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