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Line 7: | Nickname = | Nickname = | Affiliation = [[Mercenary]] | Affiliation = [[Mercenary]] − | Parent Command = Independent + | Parent Command = Independent | Sub-Command = | Sub-Command = }} }} − ==History== ==History== ===Succession Wars=== ===Succession Wars=== Larsen's Loners once formed part of [[Bullard's Armored Cavalry]]. They were formed when Bullard's Armored Cavalry disintegrated during the Chaos March chaos in [[3058]]. Initially they planned to head separate ways, but then-Captain [[Gary Larsen|Garys Larsen's]] brother [[Eric Larsen|Eric]] offered them an opportunity. Eric was the head of one of the travel companies bringing wealthy thrill seekers to the Mica Majority and hired the Loners to provide security for these tourists and several primary facilities. Larsen's Loners once formed part of [[Bullard's Armored Cavalry]]. They were formed when Bullard's Armored Cavalry disintegrated during the Chaos March chaos in [[3058]]. Initially they planned to head separate ways, but then-Captain [[Gary Larsen|Garys Larsen's]] brother [[Eric Larsen|Eric]] offered them an opportunity. Eric was the head of one of the travel companies bringing wealthy thrill seekers to the Mica Majority and hired the Loners to provide security for these tourists and several primary facilities. − Sometime after that, the Loners signed a new contract directly with the government of the Mica Majority which also includes training of the small citizen's brigade, which is expected to improve its performance. The Loners have dealt with only a few minor incursions during these time. + Sometime after that, the Loners signed a new contract directly with the government of the Mica Majority which also includes training of the small citizen's brigade, which is expected to improve its performance. The Loners have dealt with only a few minor incursions during these time. − Though all Mican citizens contribute a token tax to pay the mercenary unit, the Majority's tour operators contribute most of the unit's pay. The small unit serves to deter pirate attacks against the Mican planets, and it rotates between garrison facilities located on each of the major Mican worlds.<ref name=FMPLarsenLoners1>''Field Manual: Periphery'', p. 118: Larsen's Loners</ref> + Though all Mican citizens contribute a token tax to pay the mercenary unit, the Majority's tour operators contribute most of the unit's pay. The small unit serves to deter pirate attacks against the Mican planets, and it rotates between garrison facilities located on each of the major Mican worlds.<ref name=FMPLarsenLoners1>''Field Manual: Periphery'', pa. 118, Larsen's Loners</ref> ===The Jihad=== ===The Jihad=== Line 21:
Line 20: The details of the battle are unknown, but the main body of the Loners arrived at Oropolis to find the dome leveled. Radiation sensors detected the remnants of a nuclear detonation. No survivors were found of the Loners’ lance, the bounty hunters, the Blakists, or the The details of the battle are unknown, but the main body of the Loners arrived at Oropolis to find the dome leveled. Radiation sensors detected the remnants of a nuclear detonation. No survivors were found of the Loners’ lance, the bounty hunters, the Blakists, or the fifteen thousand inhabitants of Oropolis. fifteen thousand inhabitants of Oropolis. − This reduced the Loners to four lances, with little opportunity to add pilots to their roster. Contact with [[Randis IV]] garnered an offer for Brotherhood trainees to garrison the Majority, but no willing recruits for the Loners. As per their contract, The Loners continue training the citizen’s brigade. Despite their best efforts, the militia is little more than an armed mob with slightly more legitimacy than the hard-luck flotsam that regularly washes into the Mica system.<ref name=FM3085-1>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 148: Larsen's Loners</ref> + This reduced the Loners to four lances, with little opportunity to add pilots to their roster. Contact with [[Randis IV]] garnered an offer for Brotherhood trainees to garrison the Majority, but no willing recruits for the Loners. As per their contract, The Loners continue training the citizen’s brigade. Despite their best efforts, the militia is little more than an armed mob with slightly more legitimacy than the hard-luck flotsam that regularly washes into the Mica system.<ref name=FM3085-1>''Field Manual 3085'', pa. 148, Larsen's Loners</ref> ===Dark Ages=== ===Dark Ages=== − The Loners decided to stay when the Mica Majority government collapsed in 3111, and even continued to serve without pay for nearly five years as the mining corporations took control. Larsen's Loners are thus loved and hated by the citizens of the Majority, with many praising their skill at defending their cities and mining outposts, while others criticize them as an example of "wasteful government spending." Larsen's Loners maintains an overstrength battalion distributed between the inhabited Mica worlds, with their units primarily concentrated around the critical life support facilities, sprawling mines, and foundries.<ref name=FM3145-1>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 199: Larsen's Loners</ref> + The Loners decided to stay when the Mica Majority government collapsed in 3111, and even continued to serve without pay for nearly five years as the mining corporations took control. Larsen's Loners are thus loved and hated by the citizens of the Majority, with many praising their skill at defending their cities and mining outposts, while others criticize them as an example of "wasteful government spending." Larsen's Loners maintains an overstrength battalion distributed between the inhabited Mica worlds, with their units primarily concentrated around the critical life support facilities, sprawling mines, and foundries.<ref name=FM3145-1>''Field Manual 3145'', pa. 199, Larsen's Loners</ref> ==Officers== ==Officers== {| class="wikitable" {| class="wikitable" − |- + |- ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name Line 51:
Line 50: ==Composition History== ==Composition History== ===3059=== ===3059=== − '''Larsen's Loners ''' (2 Companies/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FMMercsp113/> + '''Larsen's Loners ''' (2 Companies/Regular/Reliable) <ref name= FMMercsp113/> − :* CO: Major Jesee Larsen<ref name=FMMercsp113/> + :* CO: Major Jesee Larsen <ref name= FMMercsp113/> − : Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Mica V]].<ref name=FMMercsp113>''Field Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 113</ref> + : Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Mica V]]. <ref name = FMMercsp113 >'' Field Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 113</ref> ===Succession Wars=== ===Succession Wars=== − Larsen's Loners (4 Lances/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=FMPLarsenLoners1>''Field Manual: Periphery'', p. 118: Larsen's Loners</ref> + Larsen's Loners (4 Lances/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=FMPLarsenLoners1>''Field Manual: Periphery'', pa. 118, Larsen's Loners</ref> * CO: Colonel Gary Larsen * CO: Colonel Gary Larsen * Deployment: Mica II, V and VII * Deployment: Mica II, V and VII Line 62:
Line 61: ===Jihad=== ===Jihad=== ====3079==== ====3079==== − Larsen's Loners (Company/Veteran/Reliable) 165% strength | 35% Upgraded | Current Base: Mica II, V, & VII<ref name=FRPeriphery>''Field Report: Periphery'', p. 16: Larsen's Loners</ref> + Larsen's Loners (Company/Veteran/Reliable) 165% strength | 35% Upgraded | Current Base: Mica II, V, & VII<ref name=FRPeriphery>''Field Report: Periphery'', pa. 16, Larsen's Loners</ref> * Deployment: Mica II, V and VII * Deployment: Mica II, V and VII ====3085==== ====3085==== − Larsen's Loners (Company/Veteran/Reliable) 160% strength | 35% Upgraded Level (D) | Current Base: Mica II, V, and VII<ref name=FM3085-2>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 152: Lesser Periphery States - Larsen's Loners</ref> + Larsen's Loners (Company/Veteran/Reliable) 160% strength | 35% Upgraded Level (D) | Current Base: Mica II, V, and VII<ref name=FM3085-2>''Field Manual 3085'', pa. 152, Lesser Periphery States - Larsen's Loners</ref> * CO: Colonel Laren Larsen * CO: Colonel Laren Larsen ** Aide: Major [[Gina Larsen]] ** Aide: Major [[Gina Larsen]] ===Dark Ages=== ===Dark Ages=== − Larsen's Loners (Battalion/Veteran/Reliable) 120% strength | Upgrade Level (C) | Current Base: Mica II, V, and VII<ref name=FM3145-2>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 203: Mica Majority - Larsen's Loners</ref> + Larsen's Loners (Battalion/Veteran/Reliable) 120% strength | Upgrade Level (C) | Current Base: Mica II, V, and VII<ref name=FM3145-2>''Field Manual 3145'', pa. 203, Mica Majority - Larsen's Loners</ref> * CO: Colonel Ole Larsen * CO: Colonel Ole Larsen ** Aide: Major [[Jonas Larsen]] ** Aide: Major [[Jonas Larsen]] Line 77:
Line 76: ==Notes== ==Notes== There is a discrepancy in the unit composition as [[The Periphery, 2nd Edition (sourcebook)|The Periphery (2nd Edition)]] displays a different commanding officer, skill Level and strength of the unit. There, Larsen's Loners are described as: There is a discrepancy in the unit composition as [[The Periphery, 2nd Edition (sourcebook)|The Periphery (2nd Edition)]] displays a different commanding officer, skill Level and strength of the unit. There, Larsen's Loners are described as: − Larsen's Loners (2 companies/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=TP2ndE>''The Periphery (2nd Edition)'', p. 78: Larsen's Loners</ref> + Larsen's Loners (2 companies/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=TP2ndE>''The Periphery (2nd Edition)'', pa. 78, Larsen's Loners</ref> * CO: Major Jesse Larsen * CO: Major Jesse Larsen * Deployment Mica Majority * Deployment Mica Majority We have kept the information of the latest document as the correct one. We have kept the information of the latest document as the correct one. + ==Rules== ==Rules== Line 88:
Line 88: ====Jihad==== ====Jihad==== In any scenario where the Loners are the defenders, the controlling player may set minefields (standard, vibrabomb or command detonated mines). Multiply by 3 the number of Loners 'Mechs fielded to determine how many hexes the minefields may cover. In any scenario where the Loners are the defenders, the controlling player may set minefields (standard, vibrabomb or command detonated mines). Multiply by 3 the number of Loners 'Mechs fielded to determine how many hexes the minefields may cover. − Additionally, the Loners possess the Overrun Combat special ability.<ref name=FMPLarsenLoners2>''Field Manual: Periphery'', p. 154: Larsen's Loners</ref> + Additionally, the Loners possess the Overrun Combat special ability.<ref name=FMPLarsenLoners2>''Field Manual: Periphery'', pa. 154, Larsen's Loners</ref> </div> </div> Line 95:
Line 95: ==Bibliography== ==Bibliography== − * ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]'' + * [[Field Manual: 3085]] − * ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]'' + * [[Field Manual: 3145]] − * ''[[Field Manual: Periphery]]'' + * [[Field Manual: Periphery]] − * ''[[Field Report: Periphery]]'' + * [[Field Report: Periphery]] − * ''[[The Periphery, 2nd Edition (sourcebook)|The Periphery (2nd Edition)]]'' + * [[The Periphery, 2nd Edition (sourcebook)|The Periphery (2nd Edition)]] [[Category:Mercenary Commands|Larsen's Loners]] [[Category:Mercenary Commands|Larsen's Loners]]
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==History== | ==History== | ||
===Succession Wars=== | ===Succession Wars=== | ||
Larsen's Loners once formed part of [[Bullard's Armored Cavalry]]. They were formed when Bullard's Armored Cavalry disintegrated during the Chaos March chaos in [[3058]]. Initially they planned to head separate ways, but then-Captain [[Gary Larsen|Garys Larsen's]] brother [[Eric Larsen|Eric]] offered them an opportunity. Eric was the head of one of the travel companies bringing wealthy thrill seekers to the Mica Majority and hired the Loners to provide security for these tourists and several primary facilities. | Larsen's Loners once formed part of [[Bullard's Armored Cavalry]]. They were formed when Bullard's Armored Cavalry disintegrated during the Chaos March chaos in [[3058]]. Initially they planned to head separate ways, but then-Captain [[Gary Larsen|Garys Larsen's]] brother [[Eric Larsen|Eric]] offered them an opportunity. Eric was the head of one of the travel companies bringing wealthy thrill seekers to the Mica Majority and hired the Loners to provide security for these tourists and several primary facilities. | ||
| − | Sometime after that, the Loners signed a new contract directly with the government of the Mica Majority which also includes training of the small citizen's brigade, which is expected to improve its performance. The Loners have dealt with only a few minor incursions during these time. | + | Sometime after that, the Loners signed a new contract directly with the government of the Mica Majority which also includes training of the small citizen's brigade, which is expected to improve its performance. The Loners have dealt with only a few minor incursions during these time. |
| − | Though all Mican citizens contribute a token tax to pay the mercenary unit, the Majority's tour operators contribute most of the unit's pay. The small unit serves to deter pirate attacks against the Mican planets, and it rotates between garrison facilities located on each of the major Mican worlds.<ref name=FMPLarsenLoners1>''Field Manual: Periphery'', | + | Though all Mican citizens contribute a token tax to pay the mercenary unit, the Majority's tour operators contribute most of the unit's pay. The small unit serves to deter pirate attacks against the Mican planets, and it rotates between garrison facilities located on each of the major Mican worlds.<ref name=FMPLarsenLoners1>''Field Manual: Periphery'', pa. 118, Larsen's Loners</ref> |
===The Jihad=== | ===The Jihad=== | ||
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The details of the battle are unknown, but the main body of the Loners arrived at Oropolis to find the dome leveled. Radiation sensors detected the remnants of a nuclear detonation. No survivors were found of the Loners’ lance, the bounty hunters, the Blakists, or the | The details of the battle are unknown, but the main body of the Loners arrived at Oropolis to find the dome leveled. Radiation sensors detected the remnants of a nuclear detonation. No survivors were found of the Loners’ lance, the bounty hunters, the Blakists, or the | ||
fifteen thousand inhabitants of Oropolis. | fifteen thousand inhabitants of Oropolis. | ||
| − | This reduced the Loners to four lances, with little opportunity to add pilots to their roster. Contact with [[Randis IV]] garnered an offer for Brotherhood trainees to garrison the Majority, but no willing recruits for the Loners. As per their contract, The Loners continue training the citizen’s brigade. Despite their best efforts, the militia is little more than an armed mob with slightly more legitimacy than the hard-luck flotsam that regularly washes into the Mica system.<ref name=FM3085-1>''Field Manual | + | This reduced the Loners to four lances, with little opportunity to add pilots to their roster. Contact with [[Randis IV]] garnered an offer for Brotherhood trainees to garrison the Majority, but no willing recruits for the Loners. As per their contract, The Loners continue training the citizen’s brigade. Despite their best efforts, the militia is little more than an armed mob with slightly more legitimacy than the hard-luck flotsam that regularly washes into the Mica system.<ref name=FM3085-1>''Field Manual 3085'', pa. 148, Larsen's Loners</ref> |
===Dark Ages=== | ===Dark Ages=== | ||
| − | The Loners decided to stay when the Mica Majority government collapsed in 3111, and even continued to serve without pay for nearly five years as the mining corporations took control. Larsen's Loners are thus loved and hated by the citizens of the Majority, with many praising their skill at defending their cities and mining outposts, while others criticize them as an example of "wasteful government spending." Larsen's Loners maintains an overstrength battalion distributed between the inhabited Mica worlds, with their units primarily concentrated around the critical life support facilities, sprawling mines, and foundries.<ref name=FM3145-1>''Field Manual | + | The Loners decided to stay when the Mica Majority government collapsed in 3111, and even continued to serve without pay for nearly five years as the mining corporations took control. Larsen's Loners are thus loved and hated by the citizens of the Majority, with many praising their skill at defending their cities and mining outposts, while others criticize them as an example of "wasteful government spending." Larsen's Loners maintains an overstrength battalion distributed between the inhabited Mica worlds, with their units primarily concentrated around the critical life support facilities, sprawling mines, and foundries.<ref name=FM3145-1>''Field Manual 3145'', pa. 199, Larsen's Loners</ref> |
==Officers== | ==Officers== | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
| − | |- | + | |- |
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank | ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank | ||
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name | ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name | ||
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==Composition History== | ==Composition History== | ||
===3059=== | ===3059=== | ||
| − | '''Larsen's Loners ''' (2 Companies/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FMMercsp113/> | + | '''Larsen's Loners ''' (2 Companies/Regular/Reliable) <ref name= FMMercsp113/> |
| − | :* CO: Major Jesee Larsen<ref name=FMMercsp113/> | + | :* CO: Major Jesee Larsen <ref name= FMMercsp113/> |
| − | : Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Mica V]].<ref name=FMMercsp113>''Field Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 113</ref> | + | : Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Mica V]]. <ref name = FMMercsp113 >'' Field Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 113</ref> |
===Succession Wars=== | ===Succession Wars=== | ||
| − | Larsen's Loners (4 Lances/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=FMPLarsenLoners1>''Field Manual: Periphery'', | + | Larsen's Loners (4 Lances/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=FMPLarsenLoners1>''Field Manual: Periphery'', pa. 118, Larsen's Loners</ref> |
* CO: Colonel Gary Larsen | * CO: Colonel Gary Larsen | ||
* Deployment: Mica II, V and VII | * Deployment: Mica II, V and VII | ||
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===Jihad=== | ===Jihad=== | ||
====3079==== | ====3079==== | ||
| − | Larsen's Loners (Company/Veteran/Reliable) 165% strength | 35% Upgraded | Current Base: Mica II, V, & VII<ref name=FRPeriphery>''Field Report: Periphery'', | + | Larsen's Loners (Company/Veteran/Reliable) 165% strength | 35% Upgraded | Current Base: Mica II, V, & VII<ref name=FRPeriphery>''Field Report: Periphery'', pa. 16, Larsen's Loners</ref> |
* Deployment: Mica II, V and VII | * Deployment: Mica II, V and VII | ||
====3085==== | ====3085==== | ||
| − | Larsen's Loners (Company/Veteran/Reliable) 160% strength | 35% Upgraded Level (D) | Current Base: Mica II, V, and VII<ref name=FM3085-2>''Field Manual | + | Larsen's Loners (Company/Veteran/Reliable) 160% strength | 35% Upgraded Level (D) | Current Base: Mica II, V, and VII<ref name=FM3085-2>''Field Manual 3085'', pa. 152, Lesser Periphery States - Larsen's Loners</ref> |
* CO: Colonel Laren Larsen | * CO: Colonel Laren Larsen | ||
** Aide: Major [[Gina Larsen]] | ** Aide: Major [[Gina Larsen]] | ||
===Dark Ages=== | ===Dark Ages=== | ||
| − | Larsen's Loners (Battalion/Veteran/Reliable) 120% strength | Upgrade Level (C) | Current Base: Mica II, V, and VII<ref name=FM3145-2>''Field Manual | + | Larsen's Loners (Battalion/Veteran/Reliable) 120% strength | Upgrade Level (C) | Current Base: Mica II, V, and VII<ref name=FM3145-2>''Field Manual 3145'', pa. 203, Mica Majority - Larsen's Loners</ref> |
* CO: Colonel Ole Larsen | * CO: Colonel Ole Larsen | ||
** Aide: Major [[Jonas Larsen]] | ** Aide: Major [[Jonas Larsen]] | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
There is a discrepancy in the unit composition as [[The Periphery, 2nd Edition (sourcebook)|The Periphery (2nd Edition)]] displays a different commanding officer, skill Level and strength of the unit. There, Larsen's Loners are described as: | There is a discrepancy in the unit composition as [[The Periphery, 2nd Edition (sourcebook)|The Periphery (2nd Edition)]] displays a different commanding officer, skill Level and strength of the unit. There, Larsen's Loners are described as: | ||
| − | Larsen's Loners (2 companies/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=TP2ndE>''The Periphery (2nd Edition)'', | + | Larsen's Loners (2 companies/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=TP2ndE>''The Periphery (2nd Edition)'', pa. 78, Larsen's Loners</ref> |
* CO: Major Jesse Larsen | * CO: Major Jesse Larsen | ||
* Deployment Mica Majority | * Deployment Mica Majority | ||
We have kept the information of the latest document as the correct one. | We have kept the information of the latest document as the correct one. | ||
| + | |||
==Rules== | ==Rules== | ||
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====Jihad==== | ====Jihad==== | ||
In any scenario where the Loners are the defenders, the controlling player may set minefields (standard, vibrabomb or command detonated mines). Multiply by 3 the number of Loners 'Mechs fielded to determine how many hexes the minefields may cover. | In any scenario where the Loners are the defenders, the controlling player may set minefields (standard, vibrabomb or command detonated mines). Multiply by 3 the number of Loners 'Mechs fielded to determine how many hexes the minefields may cover. | ||
| − | Additionally, the Loners possess the Overrun Combat special ability.<ref name=FMPLarsenLoners2>''Field Manual: Periphery'', | + | Additionally, the Loners possess the Overrun Combat special ability.<ref name=FMPLarsenLoners2>''Field Manual: Periphery'', pa. 154, Larsen's Loners</ref> |
</div> | </div> | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
| − | * | + | * [[Field Manual: 3085]] |
| − | * | + | * [[Field Manual: 3145]] |
| − | * | + | * [[Field Manual: Periphery]] |
| − | * | + | * [[Field Report: Periphery]] |
| − | * | + | * [[The Periphery, 2nd Edition (sourcebook)|The Periphery (2nd Edition)]] |
[[Category:Mercenary Commands|Larsen's Loners]] | [[Category:Mercenary Commands|Larsen's Loners]] | ||