Steven "Mac" MacHollister was disavowed and disenfranchised after resigning his commission from the 2nd Royal Guards RCT following the battles for Tharkad in '67. (He was able to get his BNC-5S Banshee repaired before getting off-world) Now, still thinking like a LAAF Kommandant he decided to try his hand as a mercenary, so he took "St. Lucifer" to Outreach and see about mercenary work. He ran into an somewhat disreputable looking 'Mechjock who told him to check with Interstellar Expeditions for some work to get his feet wet in the business. So he wandered over to their offices and met with a very nice rep who sent him to the recruiting department where his application was filed and reference's were input and checked (it took about a week). IE put him up in a low to middle class hotel for a couple of weeks encouraging him to look into classes at the Dragoons Outreach training facilities while he waited for word on an assignment.
He avoided any unpleasant interactions with anyone by hanging around the training grounds and the IE offices while he waited. The Dragoons training facilities helped to keep his edge sharp and he started to make acquaintances with a few other IE contractor's. Those budding working relations were put thru there first test when Mac and a few others were given a smash and grab mission on Keid. It seems that IE wanted to send a message to Kallon Industries about interfering with IE operations. IE put together an assault team for the raid that included St. Lucifer, a Cyclops, an Orion, a Dragon, a brace of Pegasus hovers, a brace of Myrmidon medium tanks and a brace of Maxim hover transports w some infantry.
