Red Hell

Template:InfoBoxMercUnit The Red Hell, a mercenary unit under Captain Parker Don Hua of unspecified size and composition, was banned by the Mercenary Review and Bonding Commission from employment by any Great House of the Inner Sphere for savagery during a raid on a Word of Blake compound in or before 3057. The ill-reputed unit subsequently took contracts in the Periphery but there, too, had "torn up one too many towns" before long. They were eventually hired, apparently outside of MRBS auspices, by Stefan Amaris VII's right-hand man Kemper Varas; it was implied that even in the periphery, no one else would hire the Red Hell anymore.

On 13 April 3057, when meeting Stefan Amaris VII for the first time amidst his new recruits on New St. Andrews, Captain Parker Don Hua openly refused for his men to wear uniforms. He maintained his refusal even when Stefan Amaris VII reminded him of an explicit contract stipulation, believing his employer had no means of enforcing the point. For this, Parker Don Hua was shot on the spot by Amaris as an example against insubordination.

Amaris's base on New St. Andrews was overrun by the Knights of the Inner Sphere three months later, and his forces were wiped out with extreme prejudice. The Red Hell was not mentioned again, suggesting they were wiped out.

Bibliography

• Star Lord (novel)