Matthew Simonson

Matthew Simonson
Character Profile
Affiliation McGee's Cutthroats
Simonson's Cutthroats
Rank Colonel
Children Jeri Simonson[1]


Matthew Simonson was an officer of McGee's Cutthroats in May 3029.[2]

History[edit]

The unit was still under Draconis Combine employ and successfully invaded the Federated Suns world of Groveld III. Although they took the world, the planetary militia put up a hard fight, and a commando team of survivors from the militia infiltrated the Cutthroats' camp and assassinated their second-in-command.[2]

Freshly made executive officer, Matthew Simonson, responding to rising anti-mercenary sentiment in the Combine, deposed Colonel Andrew McGee in a bloody power struggle. Now known as Simonson's Cutthroats, the unit left the Combine's service and traveled to Galatea, then considered the "mercenary star" of the Inner Sphere, where they replaced their losses and searched for a new employer. They eventually found one in the newly-formed Federated Commonwealth, working for House Davion. [3]

References[edit]

  1. Combat Manual: Mercenaries, p. 64
  2. 2.0 2.1 NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2, p. 26, "Federated Suns Front"
  3. Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised, p. 100, "Simonson's Cutthroats: Reluctant Renegades"

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