View source for Meriadoc’s Malcontents

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| Designation    = Meriadoc's Malcontents
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| Disbanded      = [[3034]] (destroyed)
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| Affiliation    = [[Mercenary]]
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==History==
'''Meriadoc's Malcontents''' were one of several small [[mercenary unit]]s hired by Duke [[Selvin Kelswa III]] to fight on [[Kandis]] during the [[Ronin War]] for the pro–[[Lyran Commonwealth]] faction on the world. They were rated as a green unit with questionable loyalty, and D-rated (''i.e.'' poor) equipment<ref name=BW>''Historical: Brush Wars'', pp. 120–121: Deployment tables</ref>, and their leader piloted a ''[[Banshee (BattleMech)|Banshee]]''.<ref name=BW113>''Historical: Brush Wars'', p. 113</ref>

Deployed on Kandis in May [[3034]],<ref name=BW/> they fought alongside the [[Dragonslayers]] against the [[1st Shin Legion]] when the latter were sent by the [[Draconis Combine]] to support the fledgling [[Free Rasalhague Republic]] government on Kandis. Following the surrender of the Dragonslayers, the Shin Legion pinched the Malcontents and destroyed them to the last man in July [[3034]]. They refused repeated calls for surrender because of a contract clause that would forfeit their equipment to Duke Kelswa if they surrendered to Republic or Combine forces, and were thus destroyed to the last man.<ref name=BW/><ref name=BW113/>

It was noted that the reinforcements to Kandis on both sides of the conflict consisted mainly of small, [[lance]]-sized mercenary units, suggesting this description would be accurate to Meriadoc's Malcontents.<ref name=HBWp112>''Historical: Brush Wars'', p. 112: "Kandis"</ref> However, no detailed description of their unit size or composition was given.

==Officers==
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of Meriadoc's Malcontents'''
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==Tactics==
Unknown.

==Composition History==
Unknown.

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Historical: Brush Wars]]''

[[Category:Mercenary Commands]]