Epsilon, Free Worlds League, November 14,3049 CO Wayne Rogers of Waco's Rangers held a press conference today. The subject: the rumored presence of elements of Wolf's Dragoons in Free Worlds League territory. It seems that B Company, Zeta Battalion, of the Dragoons has been hired on a temporary basis to garrison the troublesome region of Andurien. With so many of the First Free Worlds Legionaires off on manuevers near the Canopian border, it is logical that a small tough force would be needed. The Dragoons as a whole are under contract to the Federated Commonwealth, based on Outreach, where they have spent the years since the Fourth Succession War recruiting and training new warriors until they are once again at their former strength of five battalions. This small unit is detached as a sort of counter- insurgency training exercise. It was Andurien that gave refuge to the survivors of Duke Anton Marik's rebellion against his brother, survivors who had taken part in the massacre of a Dragoon unit which was serving on their own side. In this massacre, Col Wolf's brother Joshua was among the slain. After the Dragoons counterstruck, killing Duke Anton and criushing the rebellion, Duchess Catherine Humphries allowed many "sudden settlers" in her lands. In 3030 Andurien itself seceded from the Free Worlds League and attempted to set up an independent state. The rebellion was finally crushed by Captain-General Thomas Marik in 3040. If some of the newer civic leaders are finding the Dragoons watching them rather closely, it is hardly a surprise. Back to Waco's Rangers. It is part of the Rangers' contract that they will not serve the same employer as Wolf's Dragoons; they will not fight on the same side. This dates back to the death of the son of the Ranger's first CO. The young man was executed for cowardice on the field of battle, such cowardice endangering the men entrusted to his care. Mediation is expected to drag on through mid-April of 3050. BattleTechnology expects that the Rangers will be looking for employment. BattleTechnology News Service ComStar Denies Street Crime Waco's Rangers in an Uproar Thugee Cult Repressed Wolf's Dragoons Buy Out Contract Merc Reservation Cited as Inhumane Briefly Noted Back to BattleTechnology 13 Table of Contents Back to BattleTechnology List of Issues Back to MagWeb Magazine List © Copyright 1990 by Pacific Rim Publishing. This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com