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In [[3145]] the Battle Corps was the only mercenary formation of a significant size employed by the [[Calderon Protectorate]] and were deployed to the world of [[Albaracht]].<ref name=FM:3145p182/>
 
In [[3145]] the Battle Corps was the only mercenary formation of a significant size employed by the [[Calderon Protectorate]] and were deployed to the world of [[Albaracht]].<ref name=FM:3145p182/>
  
==Organization and Equipment==
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==Organization and equipment==
The Battle Corps has often owed its survival to the effective tactics of the Baker Street Irregulars, the distinctly unconventional infantry forces that acted as scouts for the Legion. Comprised almost uniformly of orphans from various worlds affected by the [[Jihad]], all of whom were capable as passing for teenagers or even adolescents, the Baker Street Irregulars infiltrated cities and other urban environments to obtain vital information. With few people paying attention to "children", the Irregulars were able to gather information essential to the Battle Corps, just as their fictional counterparts had once done for the Victorian era detective, Sherlock Holmes.<ref name="TRO:3085Sp6">''Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental'', p. 6, "Key Infantry"</ref>
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The Battle Corps often owed its' survival to the effective tactics of the Baker Street Irregulars, the distinctly unconventional infantry forces that acted as scouts for the Legion. Comprised almost uniformly of orphans from various worlds affected by the [[Jihad]], all of whom were capable as passing for teenagers or even adolescents, the Baker Street Irregulars infiltrated cities and other urban environments to obtain vital information. With few people paying attention to children, the Irregulars were able to gather information essential to the Battle Corps, just as their fictional counterparts had once done for the Victorian era detective, Sherlock Holmes.<ref name="TRO:3085Sp6">''Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental'', p. 6, "Key Infantry"</ref>
  
 
A few years before [[3100]], the Battle Corps acquired two [[Arrow IV (Combat Vehicle)|Arrow IV Assault Vehicles]]. The vehicles had served the Legion well, being rebuilt at least eight times by [[3145]].<ref>''Technical Readout: 3145 Capellan Confederation'', p. 22</ref>
 
A few years before [[3100]], the Battle Corps acquired two [[Arrow IV (Combat Vehicle)|Arrow IV Assault Vehicles]]. The vehicles had served the Legion well, being rebuilt at least eight times by [[3145]].<ref>''Technical Readout: 3145 Capellan Confederation'', p. 22</ref>

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