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and leveled several government buildings. The Sharks continue to picking rich contracts from the various faction in the [[Chaos March]] over the next decade.
 
and leveled several government buildings. The Sharks continue to picking rich contracts from the various faction in the [[Chaos March]] over the next decade.
  
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==First battle of Outreach==
  
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Together with the Waco’s Rangers, Smithson’s Chinese Bandits and the 51st Dark Panzer Jaegers + later the Broadsword Legion, the  Tiger Sharks (4 mech regiments with support units) attacked in an well coordinated attack Wolf's Dragoons.
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* Smithson’s Chinese Bandits bombarded the Dropport and Home Guard bases
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* Waco’s Rangers and Smithson’s Chinese Bandits ground forces came from Teptown to assault Harlech
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* Tiger Sharks came back from an training cicle and attacked the guards and joint the attack
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* 51st Dark Panzer Jaegers joint the fight to.
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*on the AMC side the Wolf Spiders and Zeta Bttalion, Beta and Epsilon regiments defended their home
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:=>  Epsilon Regiment (Destroyed)
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:=> Beta lost thirty-five percent of its strentgh
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:=> Home Guard were destroyed to
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:=> Zeta battalion lost thirty-five percent of its strentgh
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:=> Wolf Spider battalion lost half of its strentgh
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:=> the Battle Magic mercenary unit was also destroyed.
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* Alpha + Gamma Regiment came to protect their homeplanet with the support of the Second Dismal Disinherited. LAter the Broad Sword Legion were assigned to.
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* the Dragoons launched a counter assaulted at Mars (Taskforce Vengeance) which contains the Dragoons WarShips, the Beowulf and the Athena, Beta Regiment and Zeta Battalion, The First Dismal Disinherited + Lindon's Battalion all were destroyed
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==Second battle of Outreach==
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* the WoB came with a Warship flotilla (including a Black Lion, an Aegis, two Essex and two Lola III WarShips) support by the Sixth and Tenth Divisions
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*Horatio + Darius Dragoon Warships were destroyed
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* the Broadsword Legion hired  to protect the Dragoons fight the WolF Spiders and lost
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* Alpha Regiment came back with the Alexander Warship
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* WoB used nuclear weapons to destroy all known defenses and the Dragoons left Outreach barely with an regiment => retreating to Arc Royal
  
 
==Officers==
 
==Officers==

Revision as of 16:53, 29 June 2010

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History

The Tiger Sharks were formed from elements with questionable reputation. They escorted merchants and guarded warehouses. Serving for a few years as a Periphery garrison force for the FWL. Acamar Merchants Freedom Guild hired the Tiger Sharks to prevent the capellan nobility to join the Capellan Confederation. The unit killing several prominent nobles, plunder the planet and leveled several government buildings. The Sharks continue to picking rich contracts from the various faction in the Chaos March over the next decade.

First battle of Outreach

Together with the Waco’s Rangers, Smithson’s Chinese Bandits and the 51st Dark Panzer Jaegers + later the Broadsword Legion, the Tiger Sharks (4 mech regiments with support units) attacked in an well coordinated attack Wolf's Dragoons.

  • Smithson’s Chinese Bandits bombarded the Dropport and Home Guard bases
  • Waco’s Rangers and Smithson’s Chinese Bandits ground forces came from Teptown to assault Harlech
  • Tiger Sharks came back from an training cicle and attacked the guards and joint the attack
  • 51st Dark Panzer Jaegers joint the fight to.
  • on the AMC side the Wolf Spiders and Zeta Bttalion, Beta and Epsilon regiments defended their home
=> Epsilon Regiment (Destroyed)
=> Beta lost thirty-five percent of its strentgh
=> Home Guard were destroyed to
=> Zeta battalion lost thirty-five percent of its strentgh
=> Wolf Spider battalion lost half of its strentgh
=> the Battle Magic mercenary unit was also destroyed.
  • Alpha + Gamma Regiment came to protect their homeplanet with the support of the Second Dismal Disinherited. LAter the Broad Sword Legion were assigned to.
  • the Dragoons launched a counter assaulted at Mars (Taskforce Vengeance) which contains the Dragoons WarShips, the Beowulf and the Athena, Beta Regiment and Zeta Battalion, The First Dismal Disinherited + Lindon's Battalion all were destroyed

Second battle of Outreach

  • the WoB came with a Warship flotilla (including a Black Lion, an Aegis, two Essex and two Lola III WarShips) support by the Sixth and Tenth Divisions
  • Horatio + Darius Dragoon Warships were destroyed
  • the Broadsword Legion hired to protect the Dragoons fight the WolF Spiders and lost
  • Alpha Regiment came back with the Alexander Warship
  • WoB used nuclear weapons to destroy all known defenses and the Dragoons left Outreach barely with an regiment => retreating to Arc Royal

Officers

Major Timmus claiming to hail from Dante in the Outworlds Alliance. He has an unorthodox method to acquire new contracts. The Sharks land on a planet in the Chaos March with out a announcement, where two or more small groups are at odds. Each leader faced with the danger the opposition will offer the unit a contract. The result the prizes begin to rise.

Tactics

The unit fight loosely as a cohesive unit more like a mob.


Composition

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Support

  • They have too few technical staff. That's the reason why half of their equipment is sidelined at any time.

Notes

  • After Waco's assault on Harlech the unit (had logistical support by WoB) was annihilated by Dragoon forces.
  • The unit posses a mix of heavy and light BattleMechs with infantry, armor, and aerospace fighter support.

References

  • Mercenaries Supplemental II, p. 62
  • Mercenaries Supplemental Update, p. 15

Bibliography