Longwood's Bluecoats

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History

Have been employed by the Taurian Concordat for the past 15 years.

Officers

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Dragoons Rating: B+

Col. Longwood is walking a fine line between the Taurian Concordat's need for a skilled mercenary force and the constant demands from the Federated Commonwealth. So far the Colonel has managed to milk the Federated Suns for parts, technology and money and keep the Taurian Concordat at bay. All of this has raised the hackles and called into question the reliablity of the unit, but so far the Concordat has had no grounds to alter thier contract or find for breach of contract.

Tactics

The Bluecoats prefer urban combat and will go to great lengths to set up ambushes for hostile forces. This preference has led to some problems with open and swampy terrain. In urban settings the infantry are dispersed throughout the city to act as eyes and ears of the mech unit. In this way they can easily track the movement of hostile forces.

Composition

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Longwood's Bluecoats 2 BattlemechBattalons\Veteran\Questionable
CO: Col Moses Longwood
1st Batt: Major Belinda MacKelvy
2nd Batt: Major Ivan Tchorgin
3rd Cmpny: Augustus Foley

The Bluecoat Pikemen Regiment\Regular\Questionable
Deployed chiefly as security, they have been used in urban combat unit trackers, and at times for riot control.

Notes

The Bluecoast operate thier own Dropships, but have no Jumpship support. Even with Concordat techs, the staff can only maintain about 70% of the units needed maintenance.
As part of the attempt to lure away the Bluecoats the Federated Commonwealth were sold refit packages. As such the Bluecoats have 20% upgrade rating.


References

  1. Field Manual: Mercenaries, p. 75

Bibliography

Field Manual: Mercenaries