The mech forces of the Company were originally scrounged or salvaged from whatever source was available. As the Company has had more and more success, Colonel Ferrer has begun the process of upgrading and organizing units more to his liking. At present, Colonel Ferrer does not intend to grow the Free Company any further and so has focused resources on upgrading units rather than expanding. As a result, almost all mechs in First Battalion now field upgraded technology. In addition, the Company fields some clantech from the one foray into Clan territory.
Colonel Ferrer prefers mechs of medium weight class or greater. He prefers to assign conventional armor and infantry units to the tasks frequently assigned to light mech units. Each company in First Battalion contains one lance of medium jump-capable mechs who act as harrassers and probing units and two lances of heavy and assault mechs that are intended to serve as anchors and fire support for all other units in the Company.
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Colonel Xavier Ferrer, Behemoth (Stone Rhino) (Standard)
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Mechwarrior Feyzi, Cestus CTS-6Y
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Mechwarrior Connor Calada, Warhammer WHM-7A
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Lieutenant Isabella Fuentes, Cataphract CTF-3L
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Mechwarrior Tibalt Tsao, Stalker STK-3Fb
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Mechwarrior Michael, Orion ON1-MA
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Mechwarrior Jim Nava, Awesome AWS-8O
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Lieutenant Boyd French, Komodo KIM-2A
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Mechwarrior Nazibe Bambach, Enforcer ENF-5D (Daniel)
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Mechwarrior Jay Tibbett, Shadow Hawk SHD-5M
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Lieutenant Tim Kohn, Guillotine GLT-5M
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Mechwarrior Leonardo Yang, Exterminator EXT-4Db
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Mechwarrior Christopher Theophanous, Axman AXM-1N
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Mechwarrior Aythegul, Marauder MAD-5M
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Lieutenant Cristi Constantin, Crockett CRK-5003-1b
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Mechwarrior Sami Yoshikawa, Orion ON1-MA
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Mechwarrior Markko Kokko, Thug THG-11Eb
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Mechwarrior Eryx Gennadios, Thug THG-11Eb
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Lieutenant Rasmus, Marauder MAD-5S
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Mechwarrior Ricardo, Penetrator PTR-6M
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Mechwarrior Dulcine, Penetrator PTR-6M
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Mechwarrior Darryl Hughes, Thunderbolt TDR-9SE
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Lieutenant Adrian Muth, Lynx LNX-9Q
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Mechwarrior Joyce Lamberti, Phoenix Hawk PXH-3K
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Mechwarrior Gülbahar Shorey, Shadow Hawk SHD-5M
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Mechwarrior Girard, Wolverine WVR-7M
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Captain Januari Winkler, Gallowglas GAL-2GLS
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Mechwarrior Mary Sørheim, Caesar CES-3R
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Mechwarrior Finnan, Marauder MAD-2R
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Mechwarrior Daud Baburkhel, Catapult CPLT-C1b
Second Battalion is the conventional armor battalion of the Free Company. It rarely acts as a full battalion, but rather loans out its companies, and sometimes lances, to other units to provide necessary support. Each company is organized along similiar principles and is capable of acting independently.
Manticore heavy tanks form the backbone of the heavy units in Second Battalion while Pegasus hovercraft are the hovercraft unit of choice. Both of these units are relatively cheap and have a proven battle record. Second Battalion also contains a VTOL lance of Pinto attack VTOLs that often coordinates with the infantry of Third Battalion.
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Lieutenant Bagus Kartodirdjo, Pegasus Scout Hover Tank (Missile)
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Sergeant Xenos Iliopoulos, Pegasus Scout Hover Tank (Missile)
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Corporal Simon Pollock, Pegasus Scout Hover Tank (Missile)
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Corporal Pat Fabila, Pegasus Scout Hover Tank (Missile)
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Major Piero Toselli, Manticore Heavy Tank (Standard)
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Sergeant Kani Joe, Manticore Heavy Tank (Standard)
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Corporal Yeong-ha Ch'oe, Manticore Heavy Tank (Standard)
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Corporal Drew Mamalis, Manticore Heavy Tank (Standard)
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Lieutenant Phil Hakro, Zhukov Heavy Tank (Standard)
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Sergeant Katine Gorzynski, Zhukov Heavy Tank (Standard)
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Corporal Luis Gracía, Zhukov Heavy Tank (Standard)
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Corporal Cyril Tsardikos, Zhukov Heavy Tank (Standard)
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Captain Christa Henderson, Schrek PPC Carrier (Standard)
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Sergeant Terry Hernández, Schrek PPC Carrier (Standard)
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Corporal Lester Hasler, Burke Defense Tank (Royal)
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Corporal Damen Pantelakos, Alacorn Heavy Tank Mk VI
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Lieutenant Napoleon Dhawan, Manticore Heavy Tank (Standard)
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Sergeant Angela Vanni, Patton Tank (Standard)
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Corporal Norberto Rosado, Manticore Heavy Tank (Standard)
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Corporal Michael Nviciutie, Manticore Heavy Tank (Standard)
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Lieutenant Casper Blackberg, Pinto Attack VTOL (Standard)
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Sergeant Luis Rivera, Pinto Attack VTOL (Standard)
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Corporal Stela Tilea, Pinto Attack VTOL (Standard)
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Corporal Meliza Despines, Pinto Attack VTOL (Standard)
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Captain Tomas Lustgarten, LRM Carrier (Standard)
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Sergeant Major Naim Chandrashaker, LRM Carrier (Standard)
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Corporal Stuart Coffman, LRM Carrier (Standard)
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Corporal Neil Balkwill, LRM Carrier (Standard)
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Lieutenant Thomas Lilly, Manticore Heavy Tank (Standard)
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Corporal Stephen Calabrese, Manticore Heavy Tank (Standard)
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Corporal Rahma bin Isma'il, Manticore Heavy Tank (Standard)
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Corporal Branislava Oluwa, Von Luckner Heavy Tank VNL-K70
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Lieutenant Charlie MacColl, Pegasus Scout Hover Tank (Standard)
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Corporal Sára Pipko, Pegasus Scout Hover Tank (Missile)
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Corporal Shane Azimont, J. Edgar Light Hover Tank (TAG)
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Corporal Eddie Jouan, J. Edgar Light Hover Tank (TAG)
Third Battalion is the Free Company’s infantry battalion. It follows the Free World League organizational system of four platoons per company and four companies to a Battalion and is thus much larger than many enemies expect. In addition, Third Battalion contains a separate Transport Company whose units are parceled out to other infantry platoons as needed and a recon platoon that acts independent of the main companies.
As with most infantry units, Third Battalion’s main role is to hold ground and occupy defensive positions rather than assume an attacking position. However, Third Battalion’s companies also have a variety of specialist roles including recon, spotting, security, salvage, engineering, and first aid that make infantry an indispensable part of the Free Company’s organization.
Sierra Company is made up of mechanized infantry platoons. Each squad is equipped with a Rock Rover Half-Track or a hover jeep with mountings for heavy/pulse lasers. These platoons have the most long range hitting power of any of Third Battalion’s companies, but are also typically more exposed on the battlefield than other companies. To mitigate this exposure, all infantry unit members in this company wear heavy myomer vests. They will typically advance behind the main line of mech and armor forces to avoid drawing fire and hit targets of opportunity as they present themselves. Sierra Company is also highly effective against other infantry units.
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Major Casian DeNiro, Mechanized Tracked Squad Heavy Laser
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Banner Tomás Cirese, Mechanized Tracked Squad Heavy Laser
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Corporal Robin Damasco, Mechanized Tracked Squad Heavy Laser
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Corporal Rhonda Nedim, Mechanized Tracked Squad Heavy Laser
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Lieutenant Wesley Mathieu, Mechanized Hover Squad Pulse Laser
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Sergeant Sanasar Ghorkhmasian, Mechanized Hover Squad Pulse Laser
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Corporal Leander Shinas, Mechanized Hover Squad Pulse Laser
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Corporal John Espinosa, Mechanized Hover Squad Pulse Laser
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Lieutenant Billy Ferrario, Mechanized Tracked Squad Heavy Laser
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Sergeant Ekval Subba, Mechanized Tracked Squad Heavy Laser
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Corporal Jan Svendsen, Mechanized Tracked Squad Heavy Laser
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Corporal Díoguo Jorge, Mechanized Tracked Squad Heavy Laser
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Lieutenant Salim Baig, Mechanized Hover Squad Pulse Laser
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Sergeant Kamasrama Bahl, Mechanized Hover Squad Pulse Laser
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Corporal Obiniana Akiaten, Mechanized Hover Squad Pulse Laser
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Corporal Lewis Moore, Mechanized Hover Squad Pulse Laser
Romeo and Tango Company are the utility formations of Third Battalion. Each is organized along the exact same principles. Each company contains two platoons of jump infantry wearing camo suits and two platoons of motorized infantry in heavy armor.
The first jump platoon uses man-portable TAG units to provide spotting services for the Company’s artillery and semi-guided missile systems. The squads of these platoons will typically try to find a concealed position on the battlefield that will boost the effectiveness of their camo suits and call in directed strikes that can quickly take down enemy units.
The second jump platoon is a more traditional recon platoon. They can also provide spotting services, but instead of TAG units they carry remote sensors that can decrease the fog of war for the Company’s other units.
The two platoons of motorized infantry are equipped with individual hoverskates that soldiers use to quickly zip about the battlefield. Each soldier is equipped with a hard-hitting Federated-Barrett M61A laser rifle and each squad is also provided an automatic grenade launcher for attacking armored targets. When necessary, these platoons can also switch their loadout to that of a heavily armored jump platoon with support PPCs. These platoons are the ultimate utility platoons in Third Battalion and can be called upon to serve a variety of roles.
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Captain Orion Cano, Jump Squad TAG Recon
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Sergeant Timuçin Özergin, Jump Squad TAG Recon
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Corporal Talos Koryzis, Jump Squad TAG Recon
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Corporal George Thanou, Jump Squad TAG Recon
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Lieutenant Rosetta Grande, Jump Squad Sensor Recon
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Master Sergeant Maruccia Subbarayan, Jump Squad Sensor Recon
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Corporal Josh Keshaw, Jump Squad Sensor Recon
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PFC Myung-Sun Le, Jump Squad Sensor Recon
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Lieutenant Ryan Kuo, Hoverskate Motorized Squad
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Sergeant Krishnamurthi Giridhar, Hoverskate Motorized Squad
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Corporal Zarina Ivuti, Hoverskate Motorized Squad
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Corporal Michael Andros, Hoverskate Motorized Squad
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Lieutenant Zakia Tolr, Hoverskate Motorized Squad
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Sergeant Constantin Florea, Hoverskate Motorized Squad
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Corporal Ghaffar Tagmaoui, Hoverskate Motorized Squad
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Corporal Draupadi Sangameswar, Hoverskate Motorized Squad
Romeo and Tango Company are the utility formations of Third Battalion. Each is organized along the exact same principles. Each company contains two platoons of jump infantry wearing camo suits and two platoons of motorized infantry in heavy armor.
The first jump platoon uses man-portable TAG units to provide spotting services for the Company’s artillery and semi-guided missile systems. The squads of these platoons will typically try to find a concealed position on the battlefield that will boost the effectiveness of their camo suits and call in directed strikes that can quickly take down enemy units.
The second jump platoon is a more traditional recon platoon. They can also provide spotting services, but instead of TAG units they carry remote sensors that can decrease the fog of war for the Company’s other units.
The two platoons of motorized infantry are equipped with individual hoverskates that soldiers use to quickly zip about the battlefield. Each soldier is equipped with a hard-hitting Federated-Barrett M61A laser rifle and each squad is also provided an automatic grenade launcher for attacking armored targets. When necessary, these platoons can also switch their loadout to that of a heavily armored jump platoon with support PPCs. These platoons are the ultimate utility platoons in Third Battalion and can be called upon to serve a variety of roles.
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Lieutenant José Cortéz, Jump Squad TAG Recon
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Sergeant Anemone Verdanis, Jump Squad TAG Recon
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Corporal Paul Gutiérrez, Jump Squad TAG Recon
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Corporal Crispino Corosi, Jump Squad TAG Recon
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Captain Aaron Prost, Hoverskate Motorized Squad
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Sergeant Ryan Leslie, Hoverskate Motorized Squad
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Corporal Sebastiano Pacho, Hoverskate Motorized Squad
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Corporal Olympia Ming, Hoverskate Motorized Squad
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Lieutenant Habib Selçuk, Hoverskate Motorized Squad
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Sergeant David McFadden, Hoverskate Motorized Squad
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Corporal Václava Drivakis, Hoverskate Motorized Squad
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Corporal Alexander Kolar, Hoverskate Motorized Squad
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Lieutenant Edik Hruby, Jump Squad Sensor Recon
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Sergeant Stanislav Jovovich, Jump Squad Sensor Recon
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Corporal Syreeta Akbar, Jump Squad Sensor Recon
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Corporal Abdelahi Jumaane, Jump Squad Sensor Recon
Transport company is a company in name only. Its four Karnov VTOLs and twelve wheeled APCs are distributed amongst the rest of Third Battalions’ units as needed.
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Lieutenant John Peczak, Karnov UR Transport (Standard)
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Sergeant Les Hauli, Karnov UR Transport (Standard)
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Corporal Kamalamaya Vasava, Karnov UR Transport (Standard)
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Corporal Alfie Ita, Karnov UR Transport (Standard)
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Corporal Maria Hussein, Armored Personnel Carrier (Wheeled)
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Private Salvador Cafasso, Armored Personnel Carrier (Wheeled)
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Private Quint Bresson, Armored Personnel Carrier (Wheeled)
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Private Ksitinatha Louganis, Armored Personnel Carrier (Wheeled)
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Corporal Thuc-An Law, Armored Personnel Carrier (Wheeled)
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PFC Dinh Yi, Armored Personnel Carrier (Wheeled)
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Private Libuše Lang, Armored Personnel Carrier (Wheeled)
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Private Aline Natividad, Armored Personnel Carrier (Wheeled)
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Corporal Craig Ganea, Armored Personnel Carrier (Wheeled)
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Private Kyung-tae Chon, Armored Personnel Carrier (Wheeled)
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Private Devlin Ibeson, Armored Personnel Carrier (Wheeled)
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Private Anne-Karien Jeyiranian, Armored Personnel Carrier (Wheeled)
Victor Company is the specialist company of Third Battalion. It contains two motorized platoons of combat engineers and two motorized platoons of medics. Each platoon of combat engineers also contains an integral engineering vehicle, while the medic platoons each include a Switfram VTOL that can be used for search and rescue missions as well as medical emergencies.
Victor Company is only employed in direct combat situations in dire situations.
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Captain Benes Cibik, Combat Engineer Squad Motorized
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Sergeant Richard Dalton, Combat Engineer Squad Motorized
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Corporal Vladik MacCorkill, Combat Engineer Squad Motorized
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Corporal Gabriela Nejedly, Combat Engineer Squad Motorized
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Private Bendik Kost, Engineering Vehicle (Standard)
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Lieutenant Marlene Veena, Combat Engineer Squad Motorized
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Sergeant Gerald Atif, Combat Engineer Squad Motorized
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Corporal Giselle Binge, Combat Engineer Squad Motorized
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Corporal Aleksis Hamrlik, Combat Engineer Squad Motorized
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Private Chandan Sumon, Engineering Vehicle (Standard)
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Lieutenant Yessenia Bond, Paramedic Squad Motorized
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Sergeant Philip Papadakis, Paramedic Squad Motorized
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Corporal Ralph Banerjee, Cal-Boeing Swiftran RTC-215M (Passenger)
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Corporal Kyoichi Nishikawa, Paramedic Squad Motorized
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Corporal Hun Dinu, Paramedic Squad Motorized
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Lieutenant Roshan Ghilzai, Paramedic Squad Motorized
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Sergeant Aberama Jirra, Paramedic Squad Motorized
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Corporal Xenophon Alatza, Paramedic Squad Motorized
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Corporal Hami Yamasaki, Cal-Boeing Swiftran RTC-215M (Passenger)
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Corporal Drew Rousakis, Paramedic Squad Motorized
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Master Sergeant Tony Jones, Heavy BattleMech Recovery Vehicle (Standard)
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Sergeant Cecilia García, Heavy BattleMech Recovery Vehicle (Standard)
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Corporal Ptolemy Wall, Heavy BattleMech Recovery Vehicle (Standard)
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Corporal Pham Leontarakis, Heavy BattleMech Recovery Vehicle (Standard)
After the mission to Bryant, Colonel Ferrer tasked Major Casian DeNiro with organizing a platoon of recon scouts who could fulfill a variety of roles, including undercover scouting missions on planets prior to the arrival of the Company’s main forces and missions of sabotage against targets of opportunities. As much spies and commandos as soldiers, the members of this unit would need to be highly trained and resourceful.
Major DeNiro drew some of his most talented soldiers from Third Battalion’s infantry companies to create “Ghost Platoon.” Each member of Ghost Platoon is an elite soldier but has also received training in demolitions, stealth, wilderness survival, and undercover operations. Although, they are organized as four separate squads, the members of Ghost Platoon typically operate solo or in small groups to avoid detection. Their missions are typically covert, and involve subterfuge and/or sabotage.
Ghost Platoon is rarely deployed onto the battlefield directly, but if necessary, they can operate as jump demolition squads with camo suits.
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Lieutenant Maria Cestini, Commando Squad Demo
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Sergeant Nicolae Stanciu, Commando Squad Demo
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Corporal Luminita Dumitrescu, Commando Squad Demo
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Corporal Frederick Martínez, Commando Squad Demo
The artillery batteries in the Company operate as an independent company under the command of Captain Graeme Graves. They were originally built around the Chaparral artillery tanks and Zephyr hovertanks that the Company received from Comstar for their services. Since then Colonel Ferrer has added eight motorized platoons of infantry hauling Sniper artillery pieces.
Although not technically organized as part of Zulu Company, the Long Toms of the two Fortress dropships can also be added to the Company’s artillery fire when needed.
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Captain Graeme Graves, Field Artillery (Sniper)
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Lieutenant Franco Silva, Field Artillery (Sniper)
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Sergeant Kenny Moundalexakis, Field Artillery (Sniper)
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Sergeant Brontë Mousa, Field Artillery (Sniper)
Arrow lance is built around the two Chaparral artillery tanks that the Company received from Comstar for services rendered. Although other units in the Company also have the TAG equipment that the Chaparrals require, Arrow lance also contains its own squadron of light hovercraft all equipped with TAG equipment.
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Lieutenant Tara Hoover, Chaparral Missile Artillery Tank (Standard)
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Sergeant Zory Mokerov, Chaparral Missile Artillery Tank (Standard)
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Sergeant Kaymet Yazîcîoglu, Zephyr Hovertank (Standard)
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Corporal Stephen Yi, Pegasus Scout Hover Tank (3058 Upgrade)
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Corporal Osan Andrada, Zephyr Hovertank (Standard)
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Corporal Gagan Nithin, J. Edgar Light Hover Tank (TAG)
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Lieutenant Zora Panic, Field Artillery (Sniper)
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Sergeant Yuk Chu, Field Artillery (Sniper)
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Sergeant Magda Smiga, Field Artillery (Sniper)
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Sergeant Aloyoshenka Efimyev, Field Artillery (Sniper)
Colonel Ferrer is slowly working towards having full transport assets available for the Company. He received a major boon during the Bryant mission when he was able to claim a Fortress-class and Mule-class dropship as prizes. After receiving a hefty advance from GM/Johnston Industries for the contract on Acamar, he was able to add a second Fortress-class dropship.
The Fortress-class dropship appeals to Colonel Ferrer’s taste for combined arms operations. He hopes to eventually acquire a third Fortress. He would then be able to put a company from each batallion on each Fortress with the few excess infantry and support troops occupying the Mule.
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Captain Cowan Sykes, Fortress (2613)
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Commander Shaun Abley, Fortress (2613)
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Lt. Commander Lovise Diehl, Mule (2737)