House Davion affiliated mercenaries?

[drsid]

I was wondering whether there are any mercenary companies that have so frequently fought for House Davion that they are essentially a House Davion mercenary company?

Or, do mercenaries not work that way?

Thanks!

[soshi]

Some merc's favor a house to the point of always or almost always taking contracts with that house.
But which one's for a specific house depends on what year we are talking about.

[Archangel]

I was wondering whether there are any mercenary companies that have so frequently fought for House Davion that they are essentially a House Davion mercenary company?

Or, do mercenaries not work that way?

Thanks!

Cunningham's Commandos
Lexington Combat Group
Illician Lancers
12th Vegan Rangers
Screaming Eagles

[Colt Ward]

Didn't the Dragoons make that sort of remark about the ELH for the Davions?  Breaks down after the Star League is reformed . . .

Then you also have the . . . Capellan Dragoons?  They were a minor noble's personal unit and were sold at some point to either the march lord, Hasek/Hasek-Davion, or perhaps the AFFS/Prince . . . and during the Civil War, the current holder of that name bought them back so they would return to Kathil.  Not that I am too sure they survived the FCCW since IIRC one dropship got some close attention from a warship.

[Frabby]

Team Banzai.  :P

[Decoy]

Erm....what era do you want info on? Things change, although kinda not much as the merc scene goes, from 3025 to 3145.

[Colt Ward]

Really?  The Jihad and the FCCW before it wrecked the merc trade of Davion.  The FCCW cleared out a few of the legally questionable merc units.  You also had folks who ended up on the wrong side and decided to look elsewhere for employment.  Next the Jihad, where trust plummeted and the Blakists had a general dislike of mercs . . . IIRC a lot of those traditional Davion mercs got pretty badly hammered.

[Decoy]

*flips open his FM: 3145 to the Mercenary section*

The Ilician Lancers are still there. Narhal's Raiders are still there. 12th Vegan is still there (Although Bannson tempted them for a short break). Group W is still there. Harlock's Warriors are still there. Snord's Irregulars, the Langendorf Lancers, and the Ronin finish out the FedSun's 3145 merc entry. The only real new unit in that list is the Ronin.

[Colt Ward]

Which IIRC we were told that is not a complete listing . . . ER has a few different ones, right?

[Decoy]

Era Reports says that the 21st Centauri may be employed....but for the purposes of the OP, If you want "State Mercs" that haven't died or gone the way of McCarron's in 3145 then the Illician Lancers, Harlock's Warriors, Narhal's Raiders, the 12th Vegans might be a good bet. Of the other units, I'm not sure. They all may *now* be considered long standing Davion merc units.

[Davout73]

The Lexington Combat Group joined the AFFS as 4th Ceti Hussars during the Jihad.

[Col Toda]

Most Mercenary units will not work for one or two factions and not deliberately take up arms against one or two factions depending on ERA these change . Generally their is not enough work for just one faction to continually employ one unit unless they are small. If you are small it is common practice to economically bind the unit in a company store arrangement.