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| Designation = Cunningham's Cutthroats
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| unitname  = Cunningham's Cutthroats
| Formed =  
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| year      = 3136
| Disbanded = [[3136]]
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| commander = Reggie Cunningham
| Previous Designation =  
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| disbanded = 3136
| Nickname =  
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| jumpships = No
| Affiliation = [[Mercenary]]
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| dropships = No
| Parent Command = Independent
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| aero      = No
| Sub-Command =  
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| armor    = No
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| infantry  = No
 
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== History ==
 
== History ==
 
=== The Dark Age ===
 
=== The Dark Age ===
 
'''Cunningham's Cutthroats''' was a small [[mercenary]] unit.
 
'''Cunningham's Cutthroats''' was a small [[mercenary]] unit.
  
[[Lyons]] hired the unit, along [[Zelandia Unbound]] to augment its defenses in August 3136 against an anticipated [[Clan Jade Falcon]] attack.
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[[Lyons]] hired the unit, along [[Zelandia Unbound]] to augment its defenses in August 3136 against an expected [[Clan Jade Falcon]] attack.
  
 
Both units were preparing defenses near the Fedkirk Badlands when everything went sideways. Reports are contradictory regarding whether Cunningham or Samir of the Zelandia fired first, but within five minutes, Samir's 'Mech was a smoking ruin and Cunningham's entire command lance had gone weapons free.
 
Both units were preparing defenses near the Fedkirk Badlands when everything went sideways. Reports are contradictory regarding whether Cunningham or Samir of the Zelandia fired first, but within five minutes, Samir's 'Mech was a smoking ruin and Cunningham's entire command lance had gone weapons free.
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Cunningham was convicted by a kangaroo court and left to rot in prison until the Jade Falcons conquered the world almost a decade later.
 
Cunningham was convicted by a kangaroo court and left to rot in prison until the Jade Falcons conquered the world almost a decade later.
  
Many have speculated about the Lyons Incident, but only three command lance members (two from Zelandia and one from the Cutthroats) survived, and none have volunteered any useful explanations.<ref name="TRO:3145FWLp22"/>
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Many have speculated about the Lyons Incident, but only three command lance members (two from Zelandia and one from the
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Cutthroats) survived, and none have volunteered any useful explanations.<ref name="TRO:3145FWLp22"/>
  
 
==Officers==
 
==Officers==
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of Cunningham's Cutthroats'''
 
| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of Cunningham's Cutthroats'''
 
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| ||[[Reggie Cunningham]]||[[3136]]<ref name="TRO:3145FWLp22"/><ref name="TRO:3145FWLp24">''Technical Readout: 3145 Free Worlds League'', p. 24 "HVC-P6 Havoc"</ref>
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| ||[[Reggie Cunningham]]||[[3136]]<ref name="TRO:3145FWLp22"/>
 
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===3136===
 
===3136===
 
A company size unit.<ref name="TRO:3145FWLp22">''Technical Readout: 3145 Free Worlds League'', p. 22 "GBT-1G Gambit"</ref>
 
A company size unit.<ref name="TRO:3145FWLp22">''Technical Readout: 3145 Free Worlds League'', p. 22 "GBT-1G Gambit"</ref>
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==Notes==
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==References==
 
==References==

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