Free Verthandi Rangers

Free Verthandi Rangers
Affiliation Lyran Commonwealth
Parent Command Independent

History[edit]

The Gray Death Legion is hired to break through the blockade, smuggle a consignment of arms and equipment to the rebels, and provide cadre duty for at least 900 hours to the Free Verthandi Rangers in-system according to the initial contract.

However, the rebel leadership aims for a quick victory. Against Grayson Carlyle's advice, the Rangers under James Thorvald leadership launch an ill-fated attack against the capital city of Regis, hoping to decapitate the occupying forces' government. Although the Gray Death Legion was explicitly not hired to fight, Carlyle moves his 'Mechs to Regis on a hunch and, involving his unit in the fight against orders, manages to save some of the trapped Rangers and lead them back to their secret base on Fox Island. Almost against his will, he becomes their war leader following the death of the rebel general in the attack.

Led by Carlyle, the raiding force narrowly escapes the trap but Lori Kalmar's Locust is destroyed and she is captured. Arguing that his executive officer could be tortured to reveal critical information to the enemy, Carlyle tries to organize an extraction raid against the University Tower (where the Kurita prisoners are held and tortured) but cannot bring Brasednewic to cooperate. Consequently, the Gray Death Legion embarks on the mission without the Verthandi Free Rangers. They sneak their BattleMechs and infantry onto the University perimeter through a secret tunnel and start a mass breakout of prisoners (including Devic Erudin). Sue Ellen Klein confronts and (it is implied) kills Nagumo. Carlyle literally rescues Lori Kalmar from a torture chamber. As the battle in and around the university building degrades into chaos, they commandeer an enemy Marauder from the repair hangar but before long, the Gray Death Legion find themselves and the prisoners cut-off and besieged. They are saved by the arrival of the Free Verthandi Rangers, after Brasednewic had a change of heart. The entire city of Regis joins in the uprising, ejecting the Kurita troops.

Over the next days, Kurita forces from across the planet move to the starport, the only area they still hold, and a standoff ensues. Both the Lyran Commonwealth and Duke Ricol have sent relief fleets which arrive within a few days of each other, keeping each other in check. Duke Hassid Ricol has little choice but to accept the peace agreement the ranking Draconis Combine officer had already signed.

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of Free Verthandi Rangers
"General" James Thorvald 3025

Tactics[edit]

No specific tactics are known for this unit.

Composition History[edit]

3026[edit]

A disparate rebel army of BattleMechs, armed IndustrialMechs, infantry and support vehicles.

It is implied that the unit is disbanded once control of the planet returns to the Lyran Alliance.

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