My Top Ranked BATTLETECH Mercenaries
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- Опубликовано: 16 июл 2024
- Well, it's time to advanced my rating videos while I worked on the #WarhammerIIC video over the next month. In this case, we're going to examine my favourite 10 #Mercenaries from the #InnerSphere and I guess the #Clans. Heck, one is even a #Comstar and #WordofBlake alligned unit even.
So, here we go!
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And the best part is, if you don't find any of these factions to be appealing. You can always create your own.
Homebrewing Mercs is what is best in life!
Approaching the in game Universe as a random Merc_001 is fun. I just like to see it from the point of view of a Merc fighting to avoiding bankruptcy as hard, or harder than try to avoid Clan ER PPC' s and Gauss rounds in general to the face.
@@kevinmulkey9774 To me, "Mercenary" is just a fancy term for me to field whatever I want. A Clan mech in a lance of IS mechs? I call that salvage. A single Celestial? I call that spite, because I like to use a certain faction's exclusive mech against them to spite the fanboys.
And yeah, the second obvious reason is I like to avoid faction politics and fanboyism (I'm looking at you, House Davion fanboys).
@@crazytiger800 heck yeah!
Yup! Loved my merc company, even if I decided to narratively dissolve them in the Alpha Strike campaign. I figured it would be hard to bounce back from a bad contact, that they still completed, with only 2 infantry and one battle armor section remaining. That campaign some random at the FLGS dragged me into is what sold me on tabletop Battletech.
Snord's Irregulars
Snord lives
Amen!!!
Woot!
Correct.
Snords Feed and Seed
I miss the Blue Star Irregulars; SLDF and Former Amaris troops rewarded by Kerensky himself, stayed in IS, nigh perfect record with FedSuns, trolled Falcons by snagging warship from them, then fell to same Falcs later on.
I only recently learned about the BSI but I thought they had a really cool premise. Was sad to see they were annihilated.
Workshopping an OC mercenary command is always a fun exercise. How do they fight? Where do they fight? Why do they fight? What flavor of big stompy, rolly and/or floaty death machines do they favor as they fight? There's so much enjoyment to be had in creating and fleshing out your own little (or big) band of soldiers-for-hire.
Also how often do they win or lose?
I was always a fan of the Eridani Light Horse. Back in the day one of the “still sticks with me 35 years later” moments playing battle tech was when my rookie unit that barely survived the opening salvos of the fourth succession war were invited to join in their ceremony on Exodus Day after rescuing some Eridanis captured by the Capellans.
Me too. My introduction to Battletech was my dad showing me MechWarrior 3 as a kid where you play as an Eridani Light Horse MechWarrior participating in Operation Damocles against Smoke Jaguar. Then, in the Pirate’s Moon expansion pack, your mission is dealing with pirates on a crappy middle-of-nowhere moon. Lol
@@Logan912 No Job too big or small for the Pony Soldiers. Unfortunately Catalyst seems to hate them but they are back at least
For me I've always been in love with the Gray Death Legion, and for a long time I was very salty about how they were so unceremoniously stomped out of existence during the FedCom Civil War. It certainly makes me happy that they're getting a second life in the IlClan era.
I actually walked away from Battletech and the novels for a while when then killed the GDL. Also, Clickytech. All they had to do was talk about Alex planning on reforming the Legion, and I would have been mollified.
I hope they get to do some intetesting things again!
I'm an outlier here but the 17th Recon Regiment (Commancheros Cabelleros) was always a unit that just resonated with me. The mix of people, cultures, ideologies that all hated each other but loved eachother at the same time...but if you messed with them don't expect them to back down from a fight. The integration of not mech based forces into their novel arch's was also a nice touch and just added some spice to their story.
I am still trying to get through the Cabelleros books, I just can't get into the writing style for some reason. But the unit seems to be on the ragged edge of falling apart due to internal conflict, so much so that I don't find them particularly appealing.
As a veteran I can attest to the effect of shared endured hardships forming a galvanized unit that will do amazing things to help one another, and one of the first things to go OUT is those internal conflicts. How a unit can endure with so much internal friction just does not ring true.
A disgruntled but ultimately loyal family!
There are so many to choose from: Kell Hounds, Wolf's Dragoons, Eridani Light Horse, Gray Death Legion, Greenhaven (Redacted), Waco Rangers, Lowbräu, Snake Stompers and many more!
(A special mention must go to the "Bandersnatches", the mercenary command that formed the nucleus for the ComStar Guards and Militia.)
Nice selection!
Mw2 mercs was the first game i ever played on our families first pc. Mercs have special place in my heart.
Camacho's Caballeros
They only really featured strongly in the novel series, but they were great novels and gave the unit a lot of character.
Beware the bike riding recon scout!!!!
Technically originated out of Purple Bird Space too right?
@rho1581 the Trinity world's is what you're talking about I think and that is the home for most. But I don't remember if they were FWL or Lyran 17th recon regiment
They were originally from the FWL.
During the Jihad to Dark Agre Era the Trinity broke from the FWL.
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Glad to see the Big MAC make the list Red! Everyone loves them some special mercenary sauce!
If it weren't for them becoming actual mercs again, they'd have not been on this list lol
Oh... I have some pretty deep issues with the big MAC. On the last mission on one of my playthrough of "legend of the kestrel lancers" they killed one of my pilots!
Well, my favorite mercs are more nostalgia than cool based. BattleTech: The Crescent Hawks' Inception played a big part in me getting to learn more about Battletech and was first Battletech anything that I played so Crescent Hawks hold a special place in my heart. And I dig they plan to push on with their story in the Il Clan era according to the last Shrapnel.
Came here to say this almost word for word. Great Unit and history. Easily, my #1.
Fully agree. Crescent Hawks Inception was not only my intro to Battletech, but to computer gaming as well. The Crescent Hawks will always be my first faction.
Crescent Hawks also gave us the Chameleon mech.
Ah yes the Crescent Hawks. Masters of LAM mechs
Disappointed Northwind Highlanders didn't make it. Among oldest mercenary units and recruitment pool for goddamn Black Watch Regiment. In 4th Succession War they make a triumphant return to their homeworld of Northwind, DropShips coming straight down to middle of the battlefield with bagpipes playing. Definitely among my favourite moments in BattleTech fiction.
I don't dislike almost any merc command, it's just not a unit that I really like as much as the other one's on this list.
I know I'm alone in this, but I hate the retcon that made the NWH ancient mercs instead of Capellan citizens who turned coat and only became mercs in 3029. I will always paint my 3025 NWH as a proud House Liao line brigade.
I like the 21st Centauri Lancers. They are a merc unit that goes through some serious turmoil in the 3050’s when the WoB hold them hostage as the former masqueraded as them on Terra, and when they got bombed out on Tukayyid in the late 3060’s (a big reason for me not liking the Blakist era personally. Warships…ugh). I love that the Killer Bees - another merc unit I’m fond of - end up being a part of their rebuilding forces. I’m happy they’ve been “reactivated” as a separate command to the 21st Centauri while operating in the Hinterlands, thanks to Thos Cardella’s efforts (a character from clickytech I am happy is still around).
The other is Tooth of Ymir. They are neither the best, nor the worst. They have access to fun tech later in the setting, and also have that ridiculous Franken-Annihilator called “Schwere Gustav”, I believe named after the huge WWII railroad delivered artillery cannon.
Re: the New Grey Death Legion, 100% agree, they are my favorite aspect of the ilClan era right now because it works SO WELL. They were formed as a side effect of the Tamar Pact resurgence, the first book with their formation and them literally building their first lance of mechs out of a scrapyard is FANTASTIC, it’s just a very fun flavorful unit.
#1 has to be the Kell Hounds. After all, Phelan Kell's story shows men how to be a good husband!
Your sincerity is unmatched! XD
Just ruthless XD
I’ll never be able to shake a fondness for the Crescent Hawks.
I find the “mercenary” label fits a bit awkwardly at some points in the timeline, but I suppose several merc units seem to pass in and out of quasi-official status as House units.
There are mercs, and then there are private contractors. XD
@BigRed40TECH yeah, i kinda got the impression that a lot of them were more like PMCs lol
That Alan Blackwell art is absolutely stunning. It's giving me those good Scroggins-esque vibes.
Ever since I read their blurb in the Merc Sourcebook, I really like Ace Darwin’s WhipIts. More for the concept than the actual lore (I only learned of Shrapnel #8’s story when I went to Sarna to make sure I had the spelling correct).
Those marauder guys did put up a good fight
Hansen`s Roughriders was and always will be my favorites, mostly because bullheads needed some attitude check.
i always like that they have an atlas in their scout lance for some reason.
Indeed!
The Roughriders are pretty damn scary. I get the rage after the whole Bromhead Massacre, but it wasn't satiated in the least after they exterminated the people responsible for that atrocity, and they went on to become one of the only factions that ever unleashed nuclear weapons in murderous rage, and not have every other faction call for their deaths as a consequence. If you know anything about the the lore of Battletech, you KNOW that's a big deal.
17. Recon "Camachos Caballeros" ist my number one.
I first encountered the Waco Rangers in the novel and sourcebook on the Battle of Coventry. It was interesting to watch them throw themselves into destruction in their commanders anger and arrogance.
IIRC, Wayne wasn't leading them on Coventry. Whoops. lmfao
Another great video! I recently learned about the Heart of Blake thanks to Mechfrog, and as a mainly merc fan, and a fan of Blakist factions, i think they freaking rock. The Wolf's Dragoons are my favorite mercenary faction, but there are so many good ones. Another of my favorites is Ace Darwin's Whippits, yes, entirely for the Pink Panther reference... Also i just think its fun that every mission you're getting a randomized mercenary command. Its great. I also love the Lone Wolves for their unorthodox command structure, or lack thereof. If you choose to work, you get paid, if you choose not to get paid, you dont have to fight. Love me the lone wolves because they're a bunch of small mercs in a trench coat 😂. And i love thay they were helping out my favorite clan, Jade Falcon, in the hinterlands.
"My Favorite Mercenaries" By Niccolo Machiavelli Jr
Growing up, my favorites were the Grey Death Legion and the Wolf’s Dragoons (because Natasha was a beast on the battlefield!). During a gaming session, my favorites to fight against were the Wolfs Dragoons and the Grey Death Legion. I always had a healthy respect for the Kell Hounds, but I think the Dragoons were my favorite overall. The fact that they came to the IS to spy, and stayed to defend them against the Clans gives them a leg up on most other units in my book.
I'm a Kell Hounds player myself. Fits because my friend plays jade falcons too. The totally real rivalry between his Vapor Eagle and my Marauder II has been going a good long while haha
Nice video! Thanks Red! I like Big Mac and Hansens's both. Although Rhonda's Irregulars holds a place as well just due to the campaign book and memories of playing through it.
12th Vegan Rangers for me.
Tough as nails and sent forces several times their size packing, sometimes even going above and beyond their expected performance (see events like WoB, where they sent Blakist forces packing way ahead of schedule)
They had rough times though, but they always seem to pull through.
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My favorite are the Lone Wolves. Made their first appearance in the Galtor campaign. They are everything that a bunch of real space mercs would work.
MAC, for a while, was the bane of my existence on MW5. An onslaught of Victors and Vindicators, PPC bolts flying rampant. My thousand yard for a while, now replaced by the Solaris Showdown missions...
RUclips may have forgotten you, but I have not.
Keep making these videos, I love hearing the lore from a professional.
The community should always support people like Big Red!
I'm glad to see my boys, the Wolf's Dragoons while have had their highs and lows, did not become relegated to the same plot armor as Clan Wolf during the IlClan era. Sure factions are going to have highs and lows and it's all because of how they are written every time by a different writer. The biggest highlight them was basically dipping out of Marik territory to face the Clanners that were coming, only for Thomas Marik to throw a fit.
I have quite a few but I've always wanted to field a small command called" Battle Magic," it is actually the subordinate mech command for a group called "Mech Magic." A elite group if master rated battlemech technicians specializing in customization and advanced weapons installation and repair. They're professionalism earned them the patronage of the Wolf's Dragoons on outreach before that world was nuked by the WOB. They were taught by Dragoon techs not only on how to install/replace clan tech equipment but also on how to actually repair this class of gear, so there services I would imagine was in high demand by other mercenaries that could afford their services. Battle Magic was used for raids to aquire high tech weapons and equipment for the use of their customers. When not on missions the mechs parade colors were black and white and kept in pristine condition and cleanliness so the command can show off examples of Mech Magic's work to potential clients.
Wow, I've never heard on the twelveth Star Guard but mad respect for anyone that tells Kerensky that "Ya, I'm not going" Waco Rangers what the mercenaries swag I picked.
Battle Magic (Who supposedly got annihilated by Waco Rangers, with the backing of Wobbys). Love the concept of a merc unit full of techs.
My personal favorites are 5; the Wolf's Dragoons, which is Clan Wolf if the personal story writing wasn't so frustrating; 4: Northwind Highlanders because I love the Highlander mech, how unashamedly Scottish they are, and I liked their interaction with the RotS up until the end; 3: Lexington Combat Group, I stumbled on them on Camospecs and fell in love with their red black and white aesthetic, then read their background and how they were more democratic in promotions, they share my love of combined arms, and were absorbed by the AFFS until being the first group to break from their unit to accept the Suns' landed mercenary contract to be reborn in the IlClan Era, 2: Hansen's Roughriders, Big Red just goes into it perfectly, and 1: The Eridani Light Horse, which I can go on and on about why I love them and how important they are to my connection to Battletech as being the first little cardboard square I picked out when my father was teaching me to play the game.
Sgt. Unther will always live rent-free in my head. I always wondered if he got that two-bed, two-bath back on Outreach...
It's easy to love the Wolf's Dragoons. IS tactics with Clanner tech and battle armor. Their unique omnivehicles are fantastic for transporting battle armor.
I can respect that.
I'll tell you who has grown on me. The Eridani Lighthorse. Venerable. Honorable to a fault. And I dont hate them in MW5. So, they got that going for us.
"Shoot me even once... an i'll tear that beer can you call a mech... into scrap! Now follow me to nav alpha." Sgt "Deadeye" Unther
I've heard a lot of good things about the Fox Patrol, but haven't read them yet
Tbh the first short story is rough. I don't know if it gets better as I lost interest after that.
Merc units have always been my go to on the field since the late 80s. GDL was always a favorite, their trilogy was the subject of several book reports in high school.
I really enjoyed Redemption Rites, which makes me like the Dragoons. I probably will end up painting the Mercenaries box set into their color scheme.
I would love to see you do a video on your top "mysteries" in the setting. Vandenburg White Wings, Green Ghosts, Minnesota Tribe, the Callandra Witch, and whatever DID actually happen to those missing Lyran warships...
One day this may happen, but there are other big projects on the burner atm lol
Alexander didn't make the Kool aid, Nicholas did.
Arguably the Flavor Aid is the naively hopeful belief that taking all the biggest guns away will stop people from finding new and creative ways to kill each other on a grand scale, while also hoping that someone who's spent 15 years solving problems by deleting the grid square it is in, will suddenly try talking their way out of a disagreement when the thing that deletes grid squares is just back there in the other hangar.
So my list would be
1. Hansen’s Roughriders
2. Snord’s Irregulars
3. Wolf’s Dragoons
4. Grey Death Legion
5. Comacho’s Caballeros
And that’s it. I don’t know enough about all the other commands to judge them. Except for the Big Mac. I hate them for their capellan ties.
Still love the light horse even tho I'm a Wolf Dragoon.
"they Task me they Task me and I shall have Them!.. I'll chase them around Strana Mechty around the Magistry of Canopus and around Purdetions Flames before I give Them up!.. for they Killed my Boy them Dammed Dirty Goons!"
Big fan of these Merc Outfits (no particular order): White Witches, Gray Death Legion, Bannson's Raiders (Not Sure if they count?), Burr's Black Cobras, and Crater Cobras
Eridani Light House, Hansen's Roughriders, MacCarron's Armored Cavalry, Blue Star Irregulars,
Everyone have their own favourites, and I'm delighted to see BigRed share his. So do I. But as for less well known Merc companies, I kinda liked Camacho's Caballeros because of the down-to earth story of all the characters depicted in the novels. The individual people in the companies mattered. And of course, who can dislike a gropo who takes down a Battlemech with a mop?
Appreciate the Hansen’s Roughriders background. Other than loving the iconic HR Mechwarrior art in the original RPG I knew nothing about them.
I always prefer the hodgepodge mercenary units made up of anything the unit could get their hands on over the past three centuries that managed to survive the business. Frankly the mere ability of a unit to have a motephe that isn't a paint scheme and a mech lineup built around a doctrine rather then the other way around requires exceptional wealth.
Angeli di Avanti, gray death Legion, Black Thorns, northwind highlanders. May the northwind hussars rest in Peace, i loved Loren Jaffrays Story arc.
And the newly refounded gray death Legion... they deserved the Revival, i couldnt bring myself to read A good Day to die more than once, the destruction of the Legion did really hurt me.
And why she is forever known as the B!*ch to me personally
Oh man, Mercs are my bread and butter of the setting. I love a lot of em, from Carlyle's Commandos as my first impression of the setting and business to the adorable Fox Patrol. I've even made few of my own with distinct backstories from one another, bored corpo forms his own unit, former clanners to periphery yeomen, and even Cappellan defectors. But I always fall back to the Wolf's Dragoons.
Super hipster choice lol, but I've never read about such a large and decorated unit with such a long history exploits. Jaime Wolf is also among my favorite characters in the setting and his relationship with Tetsuhara is some of the most interesting I've seen in the setting. I suppose there's a reason why they hold such a legendary status both in and out of the universe
Definitely the "Raging Horde". I think what Dark Age and IlClan really gifted us is a merge of Clans and IS, that first needed to have a bit of spice and flexibility in their lore. Now, when "they are a part of IS" -- it is not that difficult to imagine a clan-origin merc command. And "Raging Horde", from it's name to it's concept of elemental-only merc unit just distills is to the core.
There was a Clan originated mercenary in the latest issue of Shrapnel, actually. :)
Love me some Mercenaries.
Thanks for all the great Battletech content this year BigRed. Hope everyone has a great Christmas and New Year.
Thank you! Cougar's coming tomorrow though, so content's not over yet :D
@@BigRed40TECH awesome, looking forward to it 👍👍
Very interesting video about mercs and their performance!
heart of gold: Cold, Hard, yellow.
Love the list! Hansen's Roughriders are also my favorite. I always like that they were a Merc group that focused on heavier mechs and tanks and worked as combined arms. I enjoy their color scheme, and their emblem is pretty great too. It was cool to see someone decisively beat the Dragoons back when they were pretty unstoppable as well. As a big fan of the Taurians I really like the story between the Roughriders and Concordat as well.
The Dragoons are great also. I like that they are the mercenary poster faction for the game, but that they are believable and have their highs and lows.
I'll have to hunt down more content on the Rangers, I was always interested in them and wanted to read more but never have gotten around to it.
Big red having sense and not having the flip flopping honorless North Wind Highlanders on the list. I respect this list for that reason alone even if Wilson Hussars is not on your list.
I'm not a big Highlander fan. It's not that I dislike them or anything, they just don't click with me. Cool colour scheme though. lol
Mercenaries will always have a special place in the community; they are the underdogs, the dark horses, the well-oiled private companies and the down-on-their-luck survivors of disastrous campaigns, encompassing both the professionnals with long line of traditions and the scums of the earth that plunders just to make it. Plus, mercenaries can take on and do plenty of diverse jobs that the regular armies won't bother doing.
Great choice on the mercenary units, with good points.
Wolf Dragoons, Kell Hounds, Crescent Hawks, Gray Death Legion, Lindon Company.
I love the roughrider logo.
SWEET!!! thanks for the ride
never forget the many noble merc and house units who fell to the clanner scum and their plot armor. they deserve to remembered and avenged. also no reference to the glorious 12th Vegan Rangers? For shame!
Camacho's Caballeros. I was also pleased to see Wilson's Hussars posthumously earn the name "Wilson's Winners". Donna Wilson I think deserved that.
A shame MacMarron's Armored Cav. and Waco's Rangers never teamed up against the Dragoons. Considering they both have beef against them.
Both have origins in the Confederation too!
Wayne Wacko...he will be remembered for helping the Blakists destroy the Dragoons and Outreach and thus earning the hatred of people in the Inner Sphere.
To be honest, I know almost nothing about the different Merc Companies other than the Wolf’s Dragoons
I don't always remember to like your videos, Big Red. But for all the times I forget, I want you to know you still do great shit
Killing dragoons and fedrats AND getting paid for it?! Big Mac is the fukcing dream
Well, before I watch the video, I’ll just give my top 10 in no particular order. Atlas III, Scarecrow, Axman, Wolfhound, Timberwolf, Marauder, King Crab, Victor, Phoenix Hawk and Highlander.
Those are all battlemechs though, not the units they go in! XD
Fair choices, no judgement, but I'm more ranking the units themselves this time around :)
@@BigRed40TECH I just realized what the video was about after posting. Granted, I don’t really know much about mercenaries so I guess this will be a good primer but if I had to say my favourites probably the Roughriders and the grey death Legion.
Ohhhhh, I'm gonna enjoy this
I always went 'Off Brand', those units that were named and maybe got a paragraph or two in the books. Always Faithful, Filthy Lucre...and for one of the OG Five I always thought the 21st Centauri Lancers were a good story waiting to happen. Although if I had my wish, a story about Wilsons Hussar's in the Jihad could have been very good as well.
1 snord irregulars
2 black thorns
3 avanti angels
4blue star irregulars
5grey death legion original (and my recovery after the dieing time
Others
Kell hounds
Camochos
The hive
Group 8
Battle Magic. Mostly a tech group but also had maybe a company of mechs. They did some crazy stuff with 3025 tech, including a Scorpion Battlemech with 12 machine guns replacing the PPC.
17th Recon Regiment, GDL, Dragoons, Blackthorns, Wannamakers's Widowmakers.
Apart from Wolf Dragoons, my favorite merc unit are/were the Eridani Light Horse.
They're alive again XD
Great video nice list.
Thanks!
Love my Black Thorns. Love my Blakists and clan killers. Simple as
Great video, needs more likes
Khasarov's Cossacks-A "mercenary" band of Cappies that were shafted by "friendly" fire and joined the St. Ives/Free Capella rebels. Only to be shafted by the Gary Stu Kai Allard. Despite both being shafted Cappies that should have been allies instead. Kerensky dammit Stackpole. Stop being such a Stackpole!
You just remined me why i hate the Falcons as a long time merc player. Also HAIL SGT UNTHER!
Long star regiment lol 😂 Great video though!
nice list
"Enlightenment through nuclear physics" is a fantastic euphemism, haha
Blake be praised!
I am a Shameless Wolf's Dragoons fan. But I love me some ELH.
My mechs are painted in Kell Hound colours , hence my bias 😊
SPEED IS LIFE, YOU GO SLOW YOU DIE
I never read many of the books and certainly do not know all the backstories but for me, there is one unit name above all. Crescent Hawks. It is where is got me start with the universe
would absolutely love a Roughrider novel, hoping we get one next year
Blood Rage is a novella and if your on the Kickstarter you already have access to it :)
My favourite Mercs are the nik's cavalier and whatever you as the player gave to specter's company from both mechwarrior 4 & 5.
Specter's company for being my first introduction to the franchise, and the at times campy lines, especially fights that involved the clanners. Jade falcons trial of possession and clan wolf trial of position are definite highlights.
Nik's cavalier would be for the sandbox nature of mechwarrior 5 with an unhealthy amount of mods. The nonsensical build yu can make are just... French kiss. Nothing like using artillery as shotguns for the lolz and watching everything melt away.
I have an idea for a Shrapnel story featuring the return of Miller's/Barber's Marauders in the Hinterlands.
It's behind four other story ideas in my head, so couple that with the time for submissions to get reviewed and approved, the likelihood of me getting to it would take years.
I would love to see someone try to take a crack at bringing the Marauders back to the setting.
if anyone bring them back it be GM (i think that the maker of Marauders) as an advertisement unit that tries to use the previous unit history to increase sell of their mech. Perhaps hire a descendent of the unit to lead it to give it some legitimize
Able's Aces
Their only novel has them as Mary Sues, and they have near to no lore as compared to some. But they live in a interesting unexplored area narratively and are helping out a also damn near unknown periphery nation. The Rim Collection. I hope that way in the periphery gets something eventually
I haven't paid much attention to the Hanson Roughriders. Tell now I can respect for giving the Taurian Concordent a hard time, but I don't like them for it either, lol.
Concordat earned that one.
Go go Big MAC
They killed his boi
I've always been partial to Avanti's Angels. They're far from the biggest merc unit, and kind of perpetual underdogs, but they excel at raiding, they survived the clans and even managed to acquire quit a bit of clan tech as a result. These guys cheat death on a regular basis, and even hurt the ego of Wobbie asshole and arch terrorist Cameron St. Jamais to the point that he declared a personal vendetta on them, and yes, the Angels outlived him in the end. They also have a rule specific to them if you play them in tabletop that reflects their unit specialization.
Sir, Cameron St. Jamais was a loyal follower of the Master and Blake's sacred Word, let's not throw insults at the man. He died for a glorious tomorrow for humanity that never came to be.
RIP Cameron St. Jamais :P