The Black Company was formed on Outreach in 3031 from many lance sized formations seeking mercenary work. The original leader of the Company was a former Federated Suns officer named Matthew Black who retired from active service but found he wasn't good at anything other than piloting battlemechs. He called on some old friends and three answered. The four made their way to Outreach where they cashed in their pensions and bought battlemechs from down on their luck mercenaries who needed the steady source of cash. With mechs in hand they recruited some techs and found some more solo mech pilots who were looking for units. They managed to form a company of battlemechs with some supporting special forces and intelligence types as well as enough techs to maintain their mechs. The newly formed Black Company took a couple of short garrison contracts to train together and hash out some combined arms tactics. Once the unit was solidly coordinated during exercises they began taking contracts on the Perhiphery hunting pirates for the newly formed Federated Commonwealth. They performed well and managed to earn enough to upgrade some of their mechs. Their pilots are rated at Veteran status but are on the edge of Elite status. During one Pirate raid they even managed to capture an old Union class dropship which raised their profile considerably on the mercenary market. The Black Company specialize in heavy objective raids and pirate hunting. They prefer long range engagements over close quarters fighting.
The Black Company uses heavy class mechs predominately with only two mediums and an assault mech in the unit. The Union class dropship "Croaker" provides transport for the entire unit.
Headquarters Lance
Captain Jim "Yojimbo" Black - Hellstar
Lt. Marion Burke - Warhammer
CSM Alex Buncombe - Centurion
Sgt. Daryl "Feral Daryl" McFarlane - Rifleman
Anvil Lance
Lt. James "Big Jim" Black - Marauder II
Staff Sgt. Dan Buster - Warhammer
Staff Sgt. Jesse Borowitz - Catapult
Sgt. Henry O'Keefe - Rifleman
Hammer Lance
Lt. Jason "Jay-Jay" Black - Warhammer
Staff Sgt. John Dean - Rhino
Staff Sgt. Patrick Holihan - Shockwave
Sgt. Greg Dean - Rifleman
The Black Company just signed a new contract with the Capellan Confederation to raid a Perhiphery world called Laconis. This is a punitive raid and the Company has been encouraged to destroy as much of the defenders as possible and to wreck a vehicle factory in the city of Hommes.
Captain Black has assigned the Black Ghosts (special operations unit for the Black Company) to take one of the "Croaker's: shuttles a few days ahead of the rest of the company to scout out the defender's positions and the best place to land for the most effective attack.
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