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===Dark Age===
 
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Records regarding the Narhal's Raiders service and history during the Jihad are spotty and incomplete, but they managed to survive the catastrophic conflict, still in the employ of the Federated Suns.<ref name=FM3085>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 160, "Notable Mercenary Forces"</ref>  In similar vein, the Raiders weathered the dearth of mercenary contracts during the time of the Republic in service to House Davion, though not much is known of their exploits during this time.  They were assigned by the AFFS to garrison [[Tigress]] at some point, and were forced off of that world by [[Laurel's Legion]] between [[3135]] and [[3145]].<ref name=FM3145>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 33, "Laurel's Legion"</ref>  The Raiders then fell back to the recently-liberated world of [[Mara]], where they remained in garrison until [[3151]], when they were attacked by the DCMS's [[Sixth Benjamin Regulars]].  The Raiders had by that time endured nearly ten years of difficult, taxing operations, and were in no shape to fight a full-strength Combine front line unit.  Nevertheless, the Raiders' commander, Colonel Juan Pablo Diaz, resolved to hold Mara for as long as possible.  The Raiders mounted a lengthy guerilla warfare campaign, using dirt landing strips, constantly-relocated aerospace assets, and hit and run tactics to harry the Sixth Regulars at every turn.  Despite the attrition amongst their battered forces, it was not until the DCMS discovered the location of the Raiders' newest landing strip and launched an overwhelming raid against it that the Raiders were finally forced to retreat offworld.  As of the most recent reports, the Raiders were only able to field a short battalion of BattleMechs, though the Federated Suns has made nebulous promises to replenish their losses at some point in the future.<ref name=DDp95>''Dominions Divided'', p. 95, "Narhal's Raiders"</ref>
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Records regarding the Narhal's Raiders service and history during the Jihad are spotty and incomplete, but they managed to survive the catastrophic conflict, still in the employ of the Federated Suns.<ref name=FM3085>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 160, "Notable Mercenary Forces"</ref>  In similar vein, the Raiders weathered the dearth of mercenary contracts during the time of the Republic.  They were assigned by the AFFS to garrison [[Tigress]] at some point, and were forced off of that world by [[Laurel's Legion]] between [[3135]] and [[3145]].<ref name=FM3145>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 33, "Laurel's Legion"</ref>  The Raiders then presumably fell back to the recently-liberated world of [[Mara]], where they remained in garrison until [[3151]], when they were attacked by the DCMS's [[Sixth Benjamin Regulars]].  The Raiders had by that time endured nearly ten years of difficult, taxing operations, and were in no shape to fight a full-strength Combine front line unit.  Nevertheless, the Raiders' commander, Colonel Juan Pablo Diaz, resolved to hold Mara for as long as possible.  The Raiders mounted a lengthy guerilla warfare campaign, using dirt landing strips, constantly-relocated aerospace assets, and hit and run tactics to harry the Sixth Regulars at every turn.  Despite the attrition amongst their battered forces, it was not until the DCMS discovered the location of the Raiders' newest landing strip and launched an overwhelming raid against it that the Raiders were finally forced to retreat offworld.  As of the most recent reports, the Raiders were only able to field a short battalion of BattleMechs, though the Federated Suns has made nebulous promises to replenish their losses at some point in the future.<ref name=DDp95>''Dominions Divided'', p. 95, "Narhal's Raiders"</ref>
  
 
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