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== History ==
In January [[3059]], the '''Hessian Horsemen''' took a contract on the planet [[Durham]] from the [[Draconis Combine]]. They were employed to prevent the raids of a pirate band known as [[Corazon's Cossacks]]. They were also tasked with locating the pirate base of operations and destroying the raiders as well. Later the same month the pirates arrived via a pirate point located close to Durham's moon and made planetfall. The Horsemen repelled this attack and managed to plant an undercover agent within the Cossacks' ranks. This spy allowed them to track the pirates back to their base. In March the Horsemen ambushed a group of Cossacks on [[Labbezanga]] and in April they had tracked the pirates to [[Isfahan]] and destroyed them in combat.<ref name=USS>''Under the Shadows of Stars''</ref>

During this contract the Horsemen made use of both their ''[[Intruder]]''s  for action in space, using them to ferry platoons of marines in boarding actions that captured two pirate [[JumpShip]]s.

== Officers ==
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of Hessian Horsemen'''
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| [[Colonel]]||[[Elsebeth van Tassel]]||[[3059]]<ref name=USS/>
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=== Other Officers<ref name=USS/> ===
* [[Captain]] [[Yuri Rostov]] was head of the Horsemen's security [[company]] of infantry.
* Captain [[Glen Howe]] commanded the heavy armor company
* Captain [[Cade Warrant]] commanded the [[VTOL]] company
* Captain [[Sylvia Dane]] commanded the fighter [[squadron]]
* Captain de Soto commanded Bravo company of the space marines on board the ''[[Corvine]]''
* [[Lieutenant]] [[Takeshi Omata]] commanded Striker [[lance]]
* Lieutenant [[Heinz Mueller]] commanded Anvil lance

== Composition History ==
=== 3059 ===
'''Hessian Horsemen''' (1 Combined Arms Batallion)<ref name=USS/>
* 1 BattleMech [[company]]  
* 2 [[Space Marine|space marine]] companies
* 1 [[Foot Infantry|foot infantry]] company
* 1 [[combat vehicle|armor]] company consisting of 12 [[Schrek|Schrek PPC Carriers]]
* 1 [[VTOL]] [[squadron]] consisting of 12 [[Cavalry|Cavalry Attack Helicopters]]
* 1 [[aerospace fighter]] squadron consisting of 6 ''[[Thunderbird (Aerospace Fighter class)|Thunderbirds]]''

=== Transport Assets<ref name=USS/> ===
* 2 ''[[Invader]]''-class [[JumpShip|JumpShips]]
* 2 ''[[Intruder (DropShip class)|Intruder]] assault [[DropShip|DropShips]], ''[[Raven (Individual Intruder-class DropShip)|Raven]]'', ''[[Corvine]]''
* 1 ''[[Leopard (DropShip class)|Leopard]]''-class [[BattleMech|'Mech]] carrier DropShip, ''[[Tisiphone]]''
* 1 Unspecified DropShip-class, ''[[Ramshackle]]''
* 1 ''[[Union (DropShip class)|Union]]''-class 'Mech carrier DropShip

The Horsemen captured a ''[[Scout (JumpShip class)|Scout]]''-class and a ''[[Merchant (JumpShip class)|Merchant]]''-class JumpShip during the course of their contract, but it remains unknown if the Horsemen kept possession of these JumpShips.

== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
* ''[[Under the Shadows of Stars]]'' (novella)

[[Category:Mercenary Commands]]