This battle-hardened unit is made up of highly skilled Mechwarriors. Marshigama’s troops are well-versed in varied types of combat and know many personnel of mercenary and House units. The last offensive operation this unit has seen was in 3024, when it raided New Aragon and its garrison, the Aragon Borderers. Clearly outclassed, the Legionnaires gallantly held theirground in the closing stages of this campaign, though scoring only minor casualties on their opponents. Distressed with this defeat, which interrupted an unbroken string of successes, these seasoned veterans are eager to get even with the Borderers.
Over more than four decades, Marshigama’s Legionnaires have earned a reputation as the vainest bunch of MechWarriors in the Inner Sphere—a tradition begun by unit founder JuLei Marshigama, who was crowned ‘Miss Ningpo 3017.” The fighting skills of prospective Legionnaires run second to their physical appearance. Only the loveliest female warriors are hired, while male recruits are expected to sport facial hair and as many scars as possible— the better to appear ‘ferocious” and strike fear into the hearts of the enemy. Whether these recruiting standards worked to the Legionnaires’ advantage during the Fourth Succession War remains open to debate. No one disputes, however, that the Legionnaires fought with skill and survived with their forces and their vanity relatively intact.
Convinced of their superiority, the Legionnaires became the self-anointed leaders of the Capellan Brigade. After accepting Capellan sponsorship, the unit went to the planet Denbar as a garrison force during the St. Ives conflict. There, the Legionnaires confiscated several older ‘Mechs from the local militia and used them to fill out their forces. Sang-shao Adrienne Marshigama and her warriors now consider themselves the equal, if not the better, of more prestigious rivals such as McCarron’s Armored Cavalry.
The regiment employs a black-and-white color scheme, in a less-than-effective camouflage pattern and as parade colors. The unit insignia is a black fiddler crab sporting a white mohawk
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