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[InnerSphereNews]

Sun. May 20, 3049: Rumors circle Brotherhood of Randis—fully militarized under Grand Knight Galahad—are planning to invade worlds.

[Felicitatem Parco]

Prior to 2988 the small world of Hope IV was lacking any form of modern economy, held only a few thousand inhabitants who were mostly unskilled laborers, and was constantly harassed by passing pirates and disenfranchised Mercenaries. Erdelmaine Randis, a Free Worlds League Mech pilot who left the military to find a new purpose in life, found this downtrodden world to be his new calling. He founded a small yet highly devout Mercenary Corp called The Brotherhood of Randis, himself becoming Grand Knight of the Brotherhood. He set forth defending the planet (now renamed Randis IV) from pirate attacks and establishing a strict military training regime that emphasized violent initiation rituals and focusing on Mech combat over all else, however zealously, even to the point of consuming most of the population's resources and stalling infrastructural development or any real improvements in the quality of life on the planet.

Membership in the Brotherhood was very exclusive, yet their combat victories were few, and their working arsenal of Mechs was "sparse," at best.


In 3037 Galahad Frews, a former Federated Suns pilot, arrived and became the new Grand Knight of the Brotherhood, over time improving their functioning status significantly. Planetary industry and infrastructure developed while more proper training rituals and operating principles were enacted. A greater focus was placed on improving the quality of the planet, as a whole, and focusing on a mercy/missionary style of operation. Most of their contracts are for small engagements and often revolve around suppressing pirate activity. Mech pilots in the Brotherhood always strive to minimize civilian casualties and are respectful to their defeated foes. As membership under Brother Frews has grown, the quality of pilots and hardware has increased as well. Mercenaries who are looking for a way to make-up for prior actions or who simply seek a more "ethical" line of combat will often seek to work with The Brotherhood.

(extracted from the entry I had authored on the Brotherhood of Randis from the Unofficial MW:O Wiki, prior to the MW:O Merc Unit's disbandment)

Edited by Prosperity Park, 20 May 2012 - 08:11 AM.

[Storm McIntyre]

Hmmm... More trouble in the southern/southeast periphery. I can see where my first contract is going to come from. Sounds like there is going to be a lot of demand for mercs from the Taurians and Canopians. And high demand equals lucrative merc contracts.

Something is stirring out there.

[Akrasjel Lanate]

Yea everyone wan't to have a planet called after his own name.

[Hawkeye 72]

Did Prosperity just ninja Ghost?

[Felicitatem Parco]

I ninja'd the entire ISN... that write-up is several months old...

[Kenyon Burguess]

prolly one of the better factions to work with out there

[Gun Bear]

Knights of Randis are a bunch of good fellas, they don't want to start no war.