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Line 12: ==History== ==History== − The '''Green Machine''' mercenary command often provided decent, if uninspired, service for their employers. They usually accepted contracts about security duties. Over the years, experienced soldiers left the command. These soldiers reduced the command's experience level, and in turn affected their financial picture. During the [[Clan Invasion]] the [[AFFC]] assigned the unit to another garrison contract on the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] world of [[Kowloon]]. Later they were reassigned to the Federated Commonwealth/[[St. Ives Compact]] border world of Purvo.<ref>''Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised'', p. 70</ref> War games in [[3066]] resulted in the Green Machine being totally destroyed by the [[Purvo]] planetary militia. After this poor showing they relocated to [[Westerhand]], where they were hired by the [[Capellan Confederation]] during the opening years of the [[Jihad]]. They garrisoned [[Ares (system)|Ares]].<ref>''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 58</ref> At that time the unit's failed training programs had left them a decrepit, desertion-prone garrison outfit whose only value is their sheer numbers of BattleMechs.<ref name=frccafp20/> + The '''Green Machine''' mercenary command often provided decent, if uninspired, service for their employers. They usually accepted contracts about security duties. Over the years, experienced soldiers left the command. These soldiers reduced the command's experience level, and in turn affected their financial picture. During the [[Clan Invasion]] the [[AFFC]] assigned the unit to another garrison contract on the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] world of [[Kowloon]]. Later they were reassigned to the Federated Commonwealth/[[St. Ives Compact]] border world of Purvo.<ref>''Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised'', p. 70</ref> War games in [[3066]] resulted in the Green Machine being totally destroyed by the [[Purvo]] planetary militia. After this poor showing they relocated to [[Westerhand]], where they were hired by the [[Capellan Confederation]] during the opening years of the [[Jihad]]. They garrisoned [[Ares (planet)|Ares]].<ref>''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 58</ref> At that time the unit's failed training programs had left them a decrepit, desertion-prone garrison outfit whose only value is their sheer numbers of BattleMechs.<ref name=frccafp20/> Their contract ended in [[3080]], and even the unit's commanding officer, colonel Green, doubted the contract would be renewed.<ref name=frccafp20>''Field Report: CCAF'', p. 20: "Mercenaries"</ref> Their contract ended in [[3080]], and even the unit's commanding officer, colonel Green, doubted the contract would be renewed.<ref name=frccafp20>''Field Report: CCAF'', p. 20: "Mercenaries"</ref>
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| − | The '''Green Machine''' mercenary command often provided decent, if uninspired, service for their employers. They usually accepted contracts about security duties. Over the years, experienced soldiers left the command. These soldiers reduced the command's experience level, and in turn affected their financial picture. During the [[Clan Invasion]] the [[AFFC]] assigned the unit to another garrison contract on the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] world of [[Kowloon]]. Later they were reassigned to the Federated Commonwealth/[[St. Ives Compact]] border world of Purvo.<ref>''Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised'', p. 70</ref> War games in [[3066]] resulted in the Green Machine being totally destroyed by the [[Purvo]] planetary militia. After this poor showing they relocated to [[Westerhand]], where they were hired by the [[Capellan Confederation]] during the opening years of the [[Jihad]]. They garrisoned [[Ares ( | + | The '''Green Machine''' mercenary command often provided decent, if uninspired, service for their employers. They usually accepted contracts about security duties. Over the years, experienced soldiers left the command. These soldiers reduced the command's experience level, and in turn affected their financial picture. During the [[Clan Invasion]] the [[AFFC]] assigned the unit to another garrison contract on the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] world of [[Kowloon]]. Later they were reassigned to the Federated Commonwealth/[[St. Ives Compact]] border world of Purvo.<ref>''Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised'', p. 70</ref> War games in [[3066]] resulted in the Green Machine being totally destroyed by the [[Purvo]] planetary militia. After this poor showing they relocated to [[Westerhand]], where they were hired by the [[Capellan Confederation]] during the opening years of the [[Jihad]]. They garrisoned [[Ares (planet)|Ares]].<ref>''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 58</ref> At that time the unit's failed training programs had left them a decrepit, desertion-prone garrison outfit whose only value is their sheer numbers of BattleMechs.<ref name=frccafp20/> |
Their contract ended in [[3080]], and even the unit's commanding officer, colonel Green, doubted the contract would be renewed.<ref name=frccafp20>''Field Report: CCAF'', p. 20: "Mercenaries"</ref> | Their contract ended in [[3080]], and even the unit's commanding officer, colonel Green, doubted the contract would be renewed.<ref name=frccafp20>''Field Report: CCAF'', p. 20: "Mercenaries"</ref> | ||