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| Designation    = Olson's Rangers
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| unitname  = Olson's Rangers
| formed        =  
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| year      = 3067
| Disbanded      =  
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| commander = Major Timothy Rain
| Previous Designation =  
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| jumpships = no
| Nickname      =  
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| dropships = no
| Affiliation    = Mercenary
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| aero      = no
| Parent Command = Independent
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| armor    = Yes
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| infantry  = no
 
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==History==
 
==History==
From at least [[3050]] to [[3054]] the Rangers' three battalions were stationed on [[Altorra]], [[Frondas]] and [[Fronde]] respectively.<ref name=20YU-63>''20 Year Update'', p. 63</ref><ref name=OR-42>''Objective Raids'', p. 42</ref> During this time, Olson's Rangers accepted several members of [[Wolf's Dragoons]] [[Gamma Regiment (Wolf's Dragoons)|Gamma Regiment]] who were discharged for dereliction of duty.<ref>''Wolf Pack'', p. 45</ref>
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From at least [[3050]] to [[3054]] the Rangers' three battalions were stationed on [[Altorra]], [[Frondas]] and [[Fronde]] respectively. <ref name=20YU-63>''20-Year Update'', p. 63</ref> <ref name=OR-42>''Objective Raids'', p. 42</ref> During this time, Olson's Rangers accepted several members of [[Wolf's Dragoons]] [[Gamma Regiment (Wolf's Dragoons)|Gamma Regiment]] who were discharged for dereliction of duty.<ref>''Wolf Pack'', p. 45</ref>
  
After the collapse of the [[Federated Commonwealth]]'s [[Sarna March]] into the so-called [[Chaos March]], the [[Capellan Confederation|Capellan]]-employed Rangers were transferred to reinforce the recaptured worlds of [[Ulan Bator]] and [[Tsingtao]].<ref name=FMM-107>''Field Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 107</ref> After the conclusion of the [[Capellan-St. Ives Civil War]], the Confederation renewed its efforts to regain Chaos March worlds, sending the Rangers to recapture [[Acamar]] in October [[3066]]. The unit quickly brushed aside the smaller mercenary units employed by the planetary government to defend against pirate raiders.<ref name=FMMR-94>''Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised'', p. 94</ref><ref>''Decision at Acamar''</ref>
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After the collapse of the [[Federated Commonwealth]]'s [[Sarna March]] into the so-called [[Chaos March]], the [[Capellan Confederation|Capellan]]-employed Rangers were transferred to reinforce the recaptured worlds of [[Ulan Bator]] and [[Tsingtao]]. <ref name=FMM-107>''Field Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 107</ref> After the conclusion of the [[Capellan-St. Ives Civil War]], the Confederation renewed its efforts to regain Chaos March worlds, sending the Rangers to recapture [[Acamar]] in October [[3066]]. The unit quickly brushed aside the smaller mercenary units employed by the planetary government to defend against pirate raiders.<ref name=FMMR-94>''Field Manual: Mercenaries (Revised)'', p. 94</ref><ref>''Decision at Acamar''</ref>
  
Unfortunately the Rangers and House Liao would not be able to complete the takeover. No longer restricted by [[Victor Steiner-Davion|Victor]] and [[Katherine Steiner-Davion]] against involvement in the Chaos March after the [[FedCom Civil War]], Duke [[George Hasek II|George Hasek]] of the [[Capellan March]] ordered [[Cunningham's Commandos]] in to oppose them. The Commandos' veteran 1st [[regiment]] effortlessly crushed the battle-weary Rangers, who barely managed to retreat with a battalion's worth of troops out of the three which originally landed.<ref name=FMU-121>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 121</ref> To add insult to injury, the Davion mercenaries captured the unit's CO, [[Colonel]] Nicholas Olson, steadfastly refusing all attempts by the Rangers to ransom their leader back.<ref name=FMMR-94/>
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Unfortunately the Rangers and House Liao would not be able to complete the take-over. No longer restricted by [[Victor Steiner-Davion|Victor]] and [[Katherine Steiner-Davion]] against involvement in the Chaos March after the [[FedCom Civil War]], Duke [[George Hasek II|George Hasek]] of the [[Capellan March]] ordered [[Cunningham's Commandos]] in to oppose them. The Commandos' veteran 1st [[regiment]] effortlessly crushed the battle-weary Rangers, who barely managed to retreat with a battalion's worth of troops out of the three which originally landed. <ref name=FMU-121>''Field Manual: Update'', p. 121</ref> To add insult to injury, the Davion mercenaries captured the unit's CO, [[Colonel]] Nicholas Olson, steadfastly refusing all attempts by the Rangers to ransom their leader back. <ref name=FMMR-94/>
  
While many observers expected [[Chancellor]] [[Sun-Tzu Liao]] to disown and release the gutted mercenary unit from Capellan service, to the amazement of all the Rangers were assigned to guard the highly important [[Shengli Arms]] factory on [[Victoria (CC)|Victoria]]. When Shengli Arms stopped its efforts to build its own independent security force, many cynics suggested the Chancellor's posting was an effort to force the debt-ridden Rangers into a "[[Company Store]]" scheme to become that force.<ref name=FMMR-94/>
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While many observers expected [[Chancellor]] [[Sun-Tzu Liao]] to disown and release the gutted mercenary unit from Capellan service, to the amazement of all the Rangers were assigned to guard the highly important [[Shengli Arms]] factory on [[Victoria (CC)|Victoria]]. When Shengli Arms stopped its efforts to build its own independent security force, many cynics suggested the Chancellor's posting was an effort to force the debt-ridden Rangers into a "[[Company Store]]" scheme to become that force. <ref name=FMMR-94/>
  
As the unit attempted to make the best of their situation under [[Major]] Timothy Rain, the Rangers' loyalties fragmented between him and [[Captain]] Fiona Schtaffel, a longtime compatriot of Nicholas Olson who advocated all their efforts be directed to seeking his release.<ref name=FMMR-94/> In December [[3068]] this conflict came to a violent head when the Rangers turned their guns against their employer without warning during the opening shots of the [[Word of Blake]] [[Jihad]].<ref name=JHS3070-34>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3070'', p. 34: "Mercenary traitors Rampage on Victoria"!</ref>
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As the unit attempted to make the best of their situation under [[Major]] Timothy Rain, the Rangers' loyalties fragmented between him and [[Captain]] Fiona Schtaffel, a long-time compatriot of Nicholas Olson who advocated all their efforts be directed to seeking his release. <ref name=FMMR-94/> In December [[3068]] this conflict came to a violent head when the Rangers turned their guns against their employer without warning during the opening shots of the [[Word of Blake]] [[Jihad]]. <ref name=JHS3070-34>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3070'', p. 34 - "Mercenary traitors Rampage on Victoria"!</ref>
  
While taking heavy losses at the hands of their fellow garrison unit [[Sung's Rangers]], the mercenaries were able to inflict significant damage and cripple Shengli Arms' production lines before they were finally dislodged. Hijacking civilian [[DropShip]]s to escape off-world, despite coming under attack by the [[aerospace fighter]]s of Sung's Air Raiders and the Victoria Home Guard, the Rangers succeeded in reaching and hijacking a [[JumpShip]] to flee the system.<ref name=JHS3070-34/> The direction of their escape unknown, it was believed that the Rangers were secretly in the employ of Duke George Hasek ''via'' the willing or unwilling aid of Nicholas Olson.
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While taking heavy losses at the hands of their fellow garrison unit [[Sung's Rangers]], the mercenaries were able to inflict significant damage and cripple Shengli Arms' production lines before they were finally dislodged. Hijacking civilian [[DropShip]]s to escape off-world, despite coming under attack by the [[AeroSpace Fighter]]s of Sung's Air Raiders and the Victoria Home Guard, the Rangers succeeded in reaching and hijacking a [[JumpShip]] to flee the system. <ref name=JHS3070-34/> The direction of their escape unknown, it was believed that the Rangers were secretly in the employ of Duke George Hasek ''via'' the willing or unwilling aid of Nicholas Olson.
  
Suborned and "enhanced" by the [[Manei Domini]] after their escape, including a number of Domini "liaisons" to keep them in line, the Blakist forces utilized the Rangers to harass and entrap elements of [[Devlin Stone]]'s [[Stone's Coalition|Coalition forces]]. Going to ground in the town of Oanhu on [[Fomalhaut]], the Rangers were tracked down by "[[Tempest Stryker|Damocles]]" with the Coalition forces sending in a small mercenary unit ([[Gannon's Cannons]]) with [[DCMS]] militia support to capture the Blakist-aligned mercenaries in early [[3079]]. The Rangers were finally defeated, but not before causing considerable collateral damage and civilian casualties.<ref name=JFR-69>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', pp. 69–70: "Chaos Undaunted: Mainframe"</ref> During this final encounter, approximately a third of the Rangers were piloting [[Celestial series|''Celestial'' series]] [[OmniMech]]s, and each member of the unit had a 50,000 [[C-bill]] bounty on their head.<ref name="TCp231">''Total Chaos'', pp. 231–233: "Mainframe"</ref>
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Suborned and "enhanced" by the [[Manei Domini]] after their escape, including a number of Domini "liaisons" to keep them in line, the Blakist forces utilized the Rangers to harass and entrap elements of [[Devlin Stone]]'s [[Stone's Coalition|Coalition forces]]. Going to ground in the town of Oanhu on [[Fomalhaut]], the Rangers were tracked down by "[[Tempest Stryker|Damocles]]" with the Coalition forces sending in a small mercenary unit ([[Gannon's Cannons]]) with [[DCMS]] militia support to capture the Blakist-aligned mercenaries in early [[3079]]. The Rangers were finally defeated, but not before causing considerable collateral damage and civilian casualties. <ref name=JFR-69>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', pp. 69-70 "Chaos Undaunted: Mainframe"</ref> During this final encounter, approximately a third of the Rangers were piloting [[Celestial series|''Celestial''-class]] [[OmniMech]]s, and each member of the unit had a 50,000 [[C-Bill]] bounty on their head.<ref name="TCp231">''Total Chaos'', p. 231-233, "MAINFRAME"</ref>
  
 
==Officers==
 
==Officers==
 
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==Composition History==
 
==Composition History==
===3050===
 
'''Olson’s Rangers ''' (Regiment/Green/Questionable)<ref name=20Yp63>''20 Year Update'', p. 63: "CCAF Deployment Table - 3050"</ref>
 
:* CO: Colonel Nicholas Olson<ref name=20Yp63/>
 
:Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Altorra]], [[Frondas]] and [[Fronde]].<ref name=20Yp63/>
 
 
 
===3059===
 
===3059===
'''Olson’s Rangers ''' (Regiment/Green/Questionable)<ref name=FMMercsp107/>
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'''Olson’s Rangers ''' (Regiment/Green/Questionable) <ref name= FMMercsp107/>
:* CO: Colonel Nicholas Olson<ref name=FMMercsp107/>
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:* CO: Colonel Nicholas Olson <ref name= FMMercsp107/>
: Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Ulan Bator]] and [[Hsingtao]].<ref name=FMMercsp107 >''Field Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 107</ref>
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: Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Ulan Bator]] and [[Hsingtao]]. <ref name = FMMercsp107 >'' Field Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 107</ref>
  
 
===3067===
 
===3067===
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'''Olson’s Archers '''(1 [[Company]]/Green/Questionable)
 
'''Olson’s Archers '''(1 [[Company]]/Green/Questionable)
* CO: Captain Shioban Morris (known as one of the Inner Sphere’s most capable mercenary infantry commanders)<ref>''A Time of War'', p. 259: "Infantry image"</ref>
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* CO: Captain Shioban Morris (known as one of the Inner Sphere’s most capable mercenary infantry commanders)<ref>''A Time of War'', p. 259 "Infantry image"</ref>
 
-The company contains four [[Thumper Artillery Vehicle|Thumper]] artillery tubes.
 
-The company contains four [[Thumper Artillery Vehicle|Thumper]] artillery tubes.
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==Notes==
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
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*''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 18
  
 
==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
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*''[[20-Year Update]]''
* ''[[20 Year Update]]''
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*''[[Decision at Acamar]]''
* ''[[Decision at Acamar]]''
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*''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries]]''
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*''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries Revised]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised]]''
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*''[[Field Manual: Update]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
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*''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
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*''[[Mercenaries Supplemental Update]]''
* ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental Update]]''
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*''[[Objective Raids]]''
* ''[[Objective Raids]]''
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*''[[Total Chaos]]''
* ''[[Total Chaos]]''
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*''[[Wolf Pack]]''
* ''[[Wolf Pack]]''
 
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[[Category:Mercenary Commands]]
 
[[Category:Mercenary Commands]]

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