Olson's Rangers
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History
From at least 3050 to 3054 the Ranger's three battalions were stationed on Altorra, Frondas and Fronde respectively. [1] [2]
After the collapse of the Federated Commonwealth's Sarna March into the so-called Chaos March, the Capellan-employed Rangers were transferred to reinforce the recaptured worlds of Ulan Bator and Tsingtao. [3] 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. [4]
Unfortunately the Rangers and House Liao would not be able to complete the take-over. No longer restricted by Victor and Katherine Steiner-Davion against involvement in the Chaos March after the FedCom Civil War, Duke 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 worth of troops out of the three which originally landed. [5] 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. [4]
While many observers expected Chancellor Sun-Tzu Liao to disown and release the guttered mercenary unit from Capellan service, to the amazement of all the Rangers were assigned to guard the highly important Shengli Arms factory on Victoria. When Shengli Arms stopped its efforts to built 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. [4]
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. [4] In December 3068 this conflict violently came to a head when the Rangers turned their guns against their employer without warning. [6]
While taking heavy losses at the hands of the fellow garrison unit Sung's Rangers, the mercenaries was able to inflict significant damage and cripple Shengli Arms' production lines before they were finally dislodged. Hijacking civilian DropShips to escape off-world, despite coming under attack by the AeroSpace Fighters of Sung's Air Raiders and the Victoria Home Guard, the Rangers succeeded in reaching and hijacking a JumpShip to flee the system. [6] 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.
Officer
Major Timothy Rain command the command at the moment. Colonel Olson was captured.
Tactic
The unit is organized for scout and harassing duties.
Support
The unit can hadle only half of the repairs by their own and the command posses no transport assets.
Dragoon Ratings
3059
Dragoon Rating: C+
3067
Dragoon Rating: D
Composition History
3050 to 3066
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3067
Olson’s Rangers(1 Battalion/Regular/Questionable)
- CO/1st Battalion: Major Timothy Rain
Olson’s Archers (1 Company/Green/Questionable)
- CO: Captain Shioban Morris
-The company contains four Thumper artillery tubes.
Notes
References
- Mercenaries Supplemental Update, p. 18