3015
Formed during the “Trojan War” of
3015 Colonel Johnathan Stoner, a retired Confederate Marine officer,
recruited a number of mostly confederate ex-military members to
create the force. During the wars the company fought for the
M.S.S.R. against the Jovian Empire.
3018
The Trojan war ends. The Hell Knights
consist of three regiments by the end of the conflict and as a result
of their actions at the “Battle of New Vladivostok” on Ceres have
become almost a household name.
3019
The Hell Knights are employed again by
the M.S.S.R. to put down the “Ceres Revolt” which consisted of a
six month campaign and a two month occupation.
3020
General Johnathan Stoner is wounded
fighting pirates in the Kuiper Belt. The Hell Knights have reached
about six regiments in size at this point. Colonel Melissa Stoner
takes over field command.
3023
General Johnathan Stoner retires on
Venus. General Melissa Stoner, Johnathan's daughter, assumes command
of the company and obtains letters of mark from the; M.S.S.R., The
Jovian Empire, and the Confederacy of Outlying Systems to hunt
pirates in their respective territories.
3023-3025
The Hell Knights begin “The Pirate
Wars” engaging pirate forces across the Solar system. During these
conflicts Major Marcus Jackson, chief tactical officer of the
company, develops the “Jackson Doctrine” which outlines a style
of lightning warfare based heavily on the use of skimmers and energy
weapons. Units which adopt this policy are shown to have a greater
degree of success.
3025
General Melissa Stoner is killed on 4
Vesta by Gabrial Clark the leader of a pirate gang known as the
“Bloodborn Pirates” during a mech battle. Colonel Marcus Jackson
takes over command of the Hell Knights and proceeds to drive the
pirates from the asteroid.
3026
The entire mercenary company refits and
retrains so that they can realize the Jackson Doctrine. The
companies wheeled and tracked vehicles are sold off along with
infantry balistic weapons, fixed artillery, and most heavy and super
heavy class mechs. The Hell Knights adopt the MacDuff Arms LX-24
Light Laser rifle as their standard Infantry weapon over various
assault rifles which is widely viewed as unpopular by the infantry
troopers. By the end of the year the Hell Knights number over
fifteen regiments although about a regiment of former Hell Knights
leave the company to form “Exeter's Armored Calvary” buying quite
a bit of the Hell Knights surplus equipment.
3026-3027
The Confederacy of Outlying Systems
erupts into a brief but bloody civil war when the Saturn System
attempts to strong army the rest of the C.O.S. into transforming to a
federalist republic. The Hell Knights offer a very low bid to the
Condederacy and subsequently are instrumental in crushing the rebel
forces.
3027
MacDuff Arms purchases the Hell Knights
for an undisclosed sum and move the entire company to the dwarf
planet Pluto where they established a base they name “Fort Stoner”.
MacDuff Arms upgrades and expands the company's fleet and enlarges
the company to twenty four regiments in size.
3028-Present
The Hell Knights are engaged in several
bushfire conflicts. Several regiments are engaged in the trans
Neptunoian region fighting against ice pirates. In 3028 two
regiments fought against Jovian rebels on Europa and Ganymede.
Several regiments have been engaged in counter insurgency operations
on Ceres for the M.S.S.R. since 3029. In 3030 the company accepted a
contract from the Terran Alliance to hunt Lunar Terrorist who had
fled to the Hilda asteroids. The Hilda conflict has become a large
scale operation that has required the resources of almost half the
company's regiments.
3031-Present
The Hell Knights are engaged against
Exeter's Armored Calvary on Saturn's moon Rhea over a legal dispute
involving late payments for the surplus equipment. Despite being
ordered by the Confederate government to turn over the equipment in
dispute Exeter has refused to comply or make financial restitution.
The Hell Knights have been allowed to repossess the equipment by
force if necessary. So far there have been only a few small
skirmishes.
The company has also accepted a
contract on Uranus's moon Titania for the “Smith and Wilson
Agricultural Corporation” in a dispute over land between the
corporation and local militia units as well as rebel Planetary Guard
units. The Hell Knights have had difficulty resolving that conflict
due to the fact that their resources have been spread thin and
several restrictions have been placed on their operations by the
Titania government.
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