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The Widowmakers were hired by the Word of Blake to train [[Protectorate Militia]] divisions on [[Epsilon Eridani]]. The contract included a provision for new equipment, including ''[[Union]]''-class DropShips. However the equipment wasn't a straight swap, but a credit. This led the Widowmakers into the company store syndrome. In late 3070 they were ordered to relocate to Outreach.<ref>''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 117</ref> While garrisoning Outreach, the Widowmakers salvaged Dragoon equipment and sold it to other mercenary groups.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade'', pp. 8, 96</ref><ref>''Starterbook: Wolf and Blake'', p. 18</ref> The Widowmakers were hired by the Word of Blake to train [[Protectorate Militia]] divisions on [[Epsilon Eridani]]. The contract included a provision for new equipment, including ''[[Union]]''-class DropShips. However the equipment wasn't a straight swap, but a credit. This led the Widowmakers into the company store syndrome. In late 3070 they were ordered to relocate to Outreach.<ref>''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 117</ref> While garrisoning Outreach, the Widowmakers salvaged Dragoon equipment and sold it to other mercenary groups.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade'', pp. 8, 96</ref><ref>''Starterbook: Wolf and Blake'', p. 18</ref>
− In [[3071]] they were working in a salvage area of a detachment trying to salvage a [[Blackwell]] computer core that had survived the Blakist bombardments. But just prior to being able to take it, Wolf's Dragoons survivors attacked them and recovered the computer core, even salvaging one of the Widowmakers' new [[Blue Flame]]s.<ref name=WW_Outreach>''BattleCorps: INN Newscast (Solaris Broadcasting Co. section), news item published [03/03/3071]: "Widowmakers Fail Again"''</ref> + In [[3071]] they were working in a salvage area of a detachment trying to salvage a [[Blackwell]] computer core that had survived the Blakist bombardments. But just prior to being able to take it, Wolf's Dragoons survivors attacked them and recovered the computer core, even salvaging one of the Widowmakers new [[Blue Flame]]s.<ref name=WW_Outreach>''BattleCorps: INN Newscast (Solaris Broadcasting Co. section), news item published [03/03/3071]: "Widowmakers Fail Again"''</ref>
The Wannamaker's Widowmakers acted as the Blakist garrison on [[Outreach]] for years during the Jihad, until the liberation of Outreach in late [[3077]]; it was discovered by the allied coalition forces that during the course of their garrison duties on Outreach, the Widowmakers had suffered heavy casualties at the hands of a rebel group named the Four Horsemen, led by an individual using the name [[Tara Lucas (31st c.)|Tara Lucas]].<ref name="JHS:Tp53">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 53, "Outreach Freed"</ref> They also lost several DropShips to the surviving members of the [[Seventh Kommando]] who were on Outreach.<ref>''Starterbook: Wolf and Blake'', p. 19</ref> The Wannamaker's Widowmakers acted as the Blakist garrison on [[Outreach]] for years during the Jihad, until the liberation of Outreach in late [[3077]]; it was discovered by the allied coalition forces that during the course of their garrison duties on Outreach, the Widowmakers had suffered heavy casualties at the hands of a rebel group named the Four Horsemen, led by an individual using the name [[Tara Lucas (31st c.)|Tara Lucas]].<ref name="JHS:Tp53">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 53, "Outreach Freed"</ref> They also lost several DropShips to the surviving members of the [[Seventh Kommando]] who were on Outreach.<ref>''Starterbook: Wolf and Blake'', p. 19</ref>
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The Widowmakers were hired by the Word of Blake to train [[Protectorate Militia]] divisions on [[Epsilon Eridani]]. The contract included a provision for new equipment, including ''[[Union]]''-class DropShips. However the equipment wasn't a straight swap, but a credit. This led the Widowmakers into the company store syndrome. In late 3070 they were ordered to relocate to Outreach.<ref>''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 117</ref> While garrisoning Outreach, the Widowmakers salvaged Dragoon equipment and sold it to other mercenary groups.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade'', pp. 8, 96</ref><ref>''Starterbook: Wolf and Blake'', p. 18</ref> | The Widowmakers were hired by the Word of Blake to train [[Protectorate Militia]] divisions on [[Epsilon Eridani]]. The contract included a provision for new equipment, including ''[[Union]]''-class DropShips. However the equipment wasn't a straight swap, but a credit. This led the Widowmakers into the company store syndrome. In late 3070 they were ordered to relocate to Outreach.<ref>''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 117</ref> While garrisoning Outreach, the Widowmakers salvaged Dragoon equipment and sold it to other mercenary groups.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade'', pp. 8, 96</ref><ref>''Starterbook: Wolf and Blake'', p. 18</ref> | ||
− | In [[3071]] they were working in a salvage area of a detachment trying to salvage a [[Blackwell]] computer core that had survived the Blakist bombardments. But just prior to being able to take it, Wolf's Dragoons survivors attacked them and recovered the computer core, even salvaging one of the Widowmakers | + | In [[3071]] they were working in a salvage area of a detachment trying to salvage a [[Blackwell]] computer core that had survived the Blakist bombardments. But just prior to being able to take it, Wolf's Dragoons survivors attacked them and recovered the computer core, even salvaging one of the Widowmakers new [[Blue Flame]]s.<ref name=WW_Outreach>''BattleCorps: INN Newscast (Solaris Broadcasting Co. section), news item published [03/03/3071]: "Widowmakers Fail Again"''</ref> |
The Wannamaker's Widowmakers acted as the Blakist garrison on [[Outreach]] for years during the Jihad, until the liberation of Outreach in late [[3077]]; it was discovered by the allied coalition forces that during the course of their garrison duties on Outreach, the Widowmakers had suffered heavy casualties at the hands of a rebel group named the Four Horsemen, led by an individual using the name [[Tara Lucas (31st c.)|Tara Lucas]].<ref name="JHS:Tp53">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 53, "Outreach Freed"</ref> They also lost several DropShips to the surviving members of the [[Seventh Kommando]] who were on Outreach.<ref>''Starterbook: Wolf and Blake'', p. 19</ref> | The Wannamaker's Widowmakers acted as the Blakist garrison on [[Outreach]] for years during the Jihad, until the liberation of Outreach in late [[3077]]; it was discovered by the allied coalition forces that during the course of their garrison duties on Outreach, the Widowmakers had suffered heavy casualties at the hands of a rebel group named the Four Horsemen, led by an individual using the name [[Tara Lucas (31st c.)|Tara Lucas]].<ref name="JHS:Tp53">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 53, "Outreach Freed"</ref> They also lost several DropShips to the surviving members of the [[Seventh Kommando]] who were on Outreach.<ref>''Starterbook: Wolf and Blake'', p. 19</ref> |