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| Designation = Lafayette Legion
| Formed = ca. 3067
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| Affiliation = [[Pirate]]
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==History==
Described as a "new" pirate band when they raided [[Acamar]] on 8 January [[3068]], the '''Lafayette Legion''' were a [[pirate]] group formed by disgruntled [[House Liao]] expatriates from the planet [[Liberty]] (formerly Carver V). They had stolen a [[JumpShip]] and several [[DropShip]]s and begun raiding border worlds in the [[Chaos March]] and the [[Federated Suns]]' [[Draconis March]], with a focus on former [[Capellan Confederation]] worlds.<ref name=ViW>''Dawn of the Jihad''/''Blake Ascending'', pp. 146-147</ref><ref name=TC>''Total Chaos'', pp. 50-51</ref>

Elements of the [[Third Dismal Disinherited]] engaged and defeated them on Liberty at the end of December [[3067]]. The pirates' main thrust was outside the DropPort, where several pirates and attendant support vehicles attempted to infiltrate and steal two merchant [[DropShip]]s being prepared for liftoff while they also executed a diversionary raid that was repulsed near an abandoned Lyran Alliance military installation that had become the mercenaries' base with the permission of the Liberty government.<ref name=AMCDL>''BattleCorps: INN Newscast (Solaris Broadcasting Co. section), news item published [11/01/3068]: "AMC Defends Liberty"''</ref>

On 8 January 3068 they raided the Contard mining facility on Acamar, where they faced [[Cumberland's Missiliers]].<ref name=ViW/><ref name=TC/> One of their DropShips was downed by the defenders, and the Legion had to limp back to orbit, leaving the Missiliers several 'Mechs to salvage.<ref name=TC/>

==Officers==
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the Lafayette Legion'''
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==Tactics==
Unknown.

==Composition History==
Unknown.

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[List of Solaris Broadcasting Co. articles#AMC Defends Liberty|BattleCorps Solaris Broadcasting Co., 11/01/3068: "AMC Defends Liberty"]]''
* ''[[Blake Ascending]]''
* ''[[Dawn of the Jihad]]''
* ''[[Total Chaos]]''

[[Category:Pirate Commands|Lafayette Legion]]