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| name                = Jeri Simonson
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| died                = [[3056]]
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| affiliation         = [[House Simonson]]
| rank                = [[Colonel]]<ref name=CM:Mp64>''Combat Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 64</ref>
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| parents             = [[Matthew Simonson]] (father)<ref name=CM:Mp64/>
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| children            = [[Victor Simonson]]<ref name=CM:Mp64/>
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Jeri Simonson was the commanding officer of Simonson's Cutthroats between [[3050]] and [[3056]].<ref name=FMMR100>''Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised'', p. 100, "Simonson's Cutthroats: Reluctant Renegades"</ref><ref name=20YU19/>

==History==
As of early [[3050]], the Cutthroats were still in the employ of the Federated Commonwealth, and were based on [[Barlow's End]] in the Commonwealth's [[Draconis March]]. Although still considered a veteran-quality unit, the Cutthroats' loyalty was, as always, in question. <ref name=20YU19>''20 Year Update'', p. 19, "Dahar PDZ"</ref> When the [[Clan Invasion]] struck later that year, the Federated Commonwealth began rotating large numbers of their mercenary forces to meet the threat while they rapidly rearmed their House forces. Simonson's Cutthroats instead allowed their contract to expire, thereby avoiding combat against the [[Clan]] invaders.<ref name=FMMR100/> <ref name=OR6>''Objective Raids'', p. 6, "Situation Briefing"</ref> Instead, they withdrew to the [[Periphery]] to find new employment. As of January [[3054]], they were working for the [[Marian Hegemony]], based on [[Stafford]].<ref name=FMMR100/> <ref name=OR49>''Objective Raids'', p. 49, "Independents"</ref>

In [[3056]], the Cutthroats were on a contract with the [[Circinus Federation]]. This led them into a hostile encounter against the well-equipped [[Morrison's Extractors]], a [[pirate]] group that had been raiding Circinus, Commonwealth and various [[Periphery|periphery]] worlds and was commanded by [[Hopper Morrison|Hopper "King" Morrison]]. Outnumbered and outgunned, the Cutthroats were routed, with more than two [[battalion]]s shattered and many of the unit's officers killed or captured before they were able to retreat. Colonel Jeri Simonson was among those killed in the fighting, leaving his son [[Victor Simonson]] in command. The surviving mercenaries retreated into the deep Periphery, though not before vowing revenge against the Extractors. They would not be seen for five years.<ref name=FMMR100/>

==References==
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== Bibliography ==
* ''[[20 Year Update]]''
* ''[[Combat Manual: Mercenaries]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised]]''
* ''[[Objective Raids]]''

[[Category:Mercenary Characters|Simonson, Jeri]]