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Line 15: ==History== ==History== ===Founding=== ===Founding=== − The unit's origins were hidden at the beginning of the unit's life by a simple lie: they identified themselves as elements of the [[SLDF]], to be exact the missing [[295th BattleMech Division]]. This led to them getting their first contract with the [[LCAF]]. + The unit's origins were hidden at the beginning of the unit's life by a simple lie: they identified themselves as elements of the [[SLDF]], to be exact the missing [[295th BattleMech Division]]. This lie legitimized themselves enough to get their first contract with the [[LCAF]]. The unit would be employed as anti-bandit forces on the Steiner Periphery for over thirty years when the truth came out, identifying '''Raymond's Redcoats''' as former pirates themselves. [[LIC]] confronted Colonel Juanita Raymond (commander at that time) and she confessed the unit's real past: they were descendants from a shattered [[Rim Worlds Republic]], to be precise the [[38th Amaris Fusiliers]] force that for over fifty years after the [[Amaris Civil War]] survived as the bandits/pirates known as [[Cameron's Curse]] by scrounging and stealing. When Irwin Raymond took over, he conceived the false identity in an effort to cloak his band in a more positive, employable image, and chose the identity of the lost SLDF Division that he had learned about from an old history text.<ref name="MSU">''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 98 - "RAYMOND’S REDCOATS"</ref> The unit would be employed as anti-bandit forces on the Steiner Periphery for over thirty years when the truth came out, identifying '''Raymond's Redcoats''' as former pirates themselves. [[LIC]] confronted Colonel Juanita Raymond (commander at that time) and she confessed the unit's real past: they were descendants from a shattered [[Rim Worlds Republic]], to be precise the [[38th Amaris Fusiliers]] force that for over fifty years after the [[Amaris Civil War]] survived as the bandits/pirates known as [[Cameron's Curse]] by scrounging and stealing. When Irwin Raymond took over, he conceived the false identity in an effort to cloak his band in a more positive, employable image, and chose the identity of the lost SLDF Division that he had learned about from an old history text.<ref name="MSU">''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 98 - "RAYMOND’S REDCOATS"</ref> Line 63:
Line 62: ==Composition History== ==Composition History== − === 2821=== + === 2786 - 2821=== − '''Raymond's Redcoats''' (Regiment/Regular/Questionable)<ref name= FSSp140>''First Succession War'', p. 140</ref> + '''Raymond's Redcoats''' (Regiment/Regular/Questionable)<ref name= FSSp140>’’ First Succession War’’, p. 140</ref> : Note: In 2821 the medium-weight command was reduced to 77 percent of its strength and was deployed on [[Langhorne]]. <ref name= FSSp140/> : Note: In 2821 the medium-weight command was reduced to 77 percent of its strength and was deployed on [[Langhorne]]. <ref name= FSSp140/> ===3069=== ===3069=== − * '''Raymond's Redcoats''' (1x [[BattleMech]] [[regiment]])<ref name="MSU"/> + * '''Raymond's Redcoats''' (1 [[BattleMech]] [[Regiment]])<ref name="MSU"/> − * '''Raymond's Redhawks''' (2x [[aerospace fighter]] [[squadron]]s) + * '''Raymond's Redhawks''' (2 [[Aerospace]] [[Aerospace Fighter]] [[Squadron]]s) − ** This is the air support of the mercenary unit. It combines two aerospace fighter squadrons (used to spot and flush out the unit's quarry)), as well as three ''[[Overlord]]''-class [[DropShips]] and an ''[[Invader]]''-class [[JumpShip]].<ref name="MSU"/> + **This is the air support of the mercenary unit. It combines two aerospace fighter squadrons (used to spot and flush out the unit's quarry)), as well as three ''[[Overlord]]''-class [[DropShips]] and an ''[[Invader]]''-class [[JumpShip]].<ref name="MSU"/> ==Rules== ==Rules== Line 83:
Line 82: ==Bibliography== ==Bibliography== − * ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]'' + *''[[Mercenaries Supplemental Update]]'' − * ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental Update]]'' + * ''[[First Succession War (Source Book)|First Succession War]]'' − − [[Category:Mercenary Commands|Raymond's Redcoats]] [[Category:Mercenary Commands|Raymond's Redcoats]]
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==Unit Description== | ==Unit Description== | ||
The '''Raymond's Redcoats''' is a unit that started with a shadowy background to finally become a top unit. | The '''Raymond's Redcoats''' is a unit that started with a shadowy background to finally become a top unit. | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
===Founding=== | ===Founding=== | ||
| − | The unit's origins were hidden at the beginning of the unit's life by a simple lie: they identified themselves as elements of the [[SLDF]], to be exact the missing [[295th BattleMech Division]]. This | + | The unit's origins were hidden at the beginning of the unit's life by a simple lie: they identified themselves as elements of the [[SLDF]], to be exact the missing [[295th BattleMech Division]]. This lie legitimized themselves enough to get their first contract with the [[LCAF]]. |
The unit would be employed as anti-bandit forces on the Steiner Periphery for over thirty years when the truth came out, identifying '''Raymond's Redcoats''' as former pirates themselves. [[LIC]] confronted Colonel Juanita Raymond (commander at that time) and she confessed the unit's real past: they were descendants from a shattered [[Rim Worlds Republic]], to be precise the [[38th Amaris Fusiliers]] force that for over fifty years after the [[Amaris Civil War]] survived as the bandits/pirates known as [[Cameron's Curse]] by scrounging and stealing. When Irwin Raymond took over, he conceived the false identity in an effort to cloak his band in a more positive, employable image, and chose the identity of the lost SLDF Division that he had learned about from an old history text.<ref name="MSU">''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 98 - "RAYMOND’S REDCOATS"</ref> | The unit would be employed as anti-bandit forces on the Steiner Periphery for over thirty years when the truth came out, identifying '''Raymond's Redcoats''' as former pirates themselves. [[LIC]] confronted Colonel Juanita Raymond (commander at that time) and she confessed the unit's real past: they were descendants from a shattered [[Rim Worlds Republic]], to be precise the [[38th Amaris Fusiliers]] force that for over fifty years after the [[Amaris Civil War]] survived as the bandits/pirates known as [[Cameron's Curse]] by scrounging and stealing. When Irwin Raymond took over, he conceived the false identity in an effort to cloak his band in a more positive, employable image, and chose the identity of the lost SLDF Division that he had learned about from an old history text.<ref name="MSU">''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 98 - "RAYMOND’S REDCOATS"</ref> | ||
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==Composition History== | ==Composition History== | ||
| − | === 2821=== | + | === 2786 - 2821=== |
| − | '''Raymond's Redcoats''' (Regiment/Regular/Questionable)<ref name= FSSp140> | + | '''Raymond's Redcoats''' (Regiment/Regular/Questionable)<ref name= FSSp140>’’ First Succession War’’, p. 140</ref> |
: Note: In 2821 the medium-weight command was reduced to 77 percent of its strength and was deployed on [[Langhorne]]. <ref name= FSSp140/> | : Note: In 2821 the medium-weight command was reduced to 77 percent of its strength and was deployed on [[Langhorne]]. <ref name= FSSp140/> | ||
===3069=== | ===3069=== | ||
| − | * '''Raymond's Redcoats''' ( | + | * '''Raymond's Redcoats''' (1 [[BattleMech]] [[Regiment]])<ref name="MSU"/> |
| − | * '''Raymond's Redhawks''' ( | + | * '''Raymond's Redhawks''' (2 [[Aerospace]] [[Aerospace Fighter]] [[Squadron]]s) |
| − | ** This is the air support of the mercenary unit. It combines two aerospace fighter squadrons (used to spot and flush out the unit's quarry)), as well as three ''[[Overlord]]''-class [[DropShips]] and an ''[[Invader]]''-class [[JumpShip]].<ref name="MSU"/> | + | **This is the air support of the mercenary unit. It combines two aerospace fighter squadrons (used to spot and flush out the unit's quarry)), as well as three ''[[Overlord]]''-class [[DropShips]] and an ''[[Invader]]''-class [[JumpShip]].<ref name="MSU"/> |
==Rules== | ==Rules== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
| − | * ''[[ | + | *''[[Mercenaries Supplemental Update]]'' |
| − | * ''[[ | + | * ''[[First Succession War (Source Book)|First Succession War]]'' |
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[[Category:Mercenary Commands|Raymond's Redcoats]] | [[Category:Mercenary Commands|Raymond's Redcoats]] | ||