Wolf's Dragoons
Enter Davion Service

BattleTechnology News Service

by William H. Keith, jr.

Dateline: New Avalon

Volan Karthridides, Press Secretary for the Davion Ministry of War, today announced that the famous mercenary unit known as Wolf's Dragoons has entered Davion space and has requested a contract with the Federated Suns. "That contract has been granted," Karthridides said. "The First Prince himself expressed his very great pleasure at being able to offer both sanctuary and employment to Colonel Wolf and his people."

"We're damned glad to have them on our side at last." The photo above reportedly shows a Warhammer belonging to Jaime Wolf's famed mercenary unit in action against a Draco 'Mech on Misery.

The five elite regiments of Wolf's Dragoons were under contract to House Draconis until April of this year, when the contract expired. Rumors of severe fighting on worlds garrisoned by the Dragoons had reached Davion forces, but those rumors could be confirmed only when agents of Colonel Wolf approached members of Davion's staff with their request. According to some reports, the move was prompted by the attempt of General Samsonov, a high-ranking Combine officer, and others to hold members of the Dragoons' families hostage. Others suggest that a longterm series of plots by the Draconis high command, some of them originating with Takashi Kurita himself, were aimed at assimilating the Dragoons into the Draco military structure and ending their independence as a freelance mercenary unit.

Although sources cannot yet be confirmed, it appears that contract negotiations broke down in a series of sharp fights, culminating in a BattleMech duel on the ice-locked world of Misery. Wolf's unit reportedly defeated several Draconis regiments in a hard and bitter fight, then escaped off-world and across the border into Davion space. The fighting and daring escape took place in April. The Dragoons have spent the time since April at an undisclosed location, recuperating and restoring their unit to full combat readiness.

"Wolf's Dragoons is one of the finest fighting units going," said Aaron Sandoval, Minister of the Draconis March. "We're damned glad to have them on our side at last."

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