Acadian Rifles
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| Acadian Rifles | |
| Disbanded | 3152 |
| Affiliation | Mercenary |
| Parent Command | Independent |
History[edit]
The Rifles were a minor sized mercenary unit. It was one of dozens contracted by the Federated Suns into the dawn of the IlClan Era. During Operation DAWN, the reconquest of New Avalon, and later Operation SOLAR FLARE, the reconquest of Dragon's Tongue, all available units had been contracted by the Suns to assist. The Rifles were one of those.
However, their contract was a special one: most of the units weren't paid in money, but in land grants of the freed worlds. Contracting the rest was problematic, as the MRBC was corrupt, slow and inefficient. But a new MRBC had risen, a totally unexpected one: the Clan Sea Fox. SaKhan Ya'el Labov of Fox Khanate had decided to replace the MRBC, and quickly found clients between mercenaries and employers.[1]
The Rifles signed a contract with the Suns. Another contracted unit, Scoleri's Sabres' leader, Marvin Scoleri, convinced Marshal Philip Rahm of the Eighth Crucis Lancers to send the Sabres, along with the Acadians, to launch a raid into the Tongue. Their target was the world of Sullivan, defended by the Draconis Combine Eleventh Ghost. But Marvin's intentions were far from honest ones: as many others mercenary officers, he believed the Foxes naive and tried to take advantage of them. So, previously to landing on Sullivan, he had taken his advance in gold bullion and salvage rights, contacted the Ghosts and made a deal with them. So when the Sabres and Rifles landed, the last ones fell into an ambush than destroyed them. The Sabres and the Eleventh split their salvage from the battle, and the Sabres laughed over their ill-gotten wealth.[2]
However, Scoleri had clearly underestimated the Foxes, and three warriors of the Acadians managed to escape, and inform Rahm and the Foxes about the betrayal. But while the marshal wrote off the event as the peril of doing business, the Foxes did not: they voided the Sabres' contract and reimbursed the Federated Suns of the paid money, and later annihilated the Sabres, which sent a clear message to all Sea Fox clients, both mercenary and clients, than staying off the straight path will be punished with deadly force.[3]
Officers[edit]
| Rank | Name | Command | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commanding Officers of the Acadian Rifles | |||
Tactics[edit]
Unknown.
Composition History[edit]
Bigger than company sized.