Butte Hold Pirates
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Butte Hold Pirates is a periphery Inner Sphere guild noted mostly for its comical name. Led by Yanni of Efilnay, this is a small and insignificant faction. Regardless of its name, the people of Butte Holde Pirates prefer to live in peace.
[edit] About Butte Hold Pirates
Presumeably named after their homeworld, Butte Hold, these pirates are casually joked about by outsiders and insiders alike because of the name. It is theorized that the name stems from a fortified base -- a hold -- that the original occupants established on a steep and isolated hill -- a butte.
[edit] History
On 16 February, 3063, Butte Hold Pirates was unceremoniously revived as Yanni was given command of this "dead" faction. According to Chetter, Butte Holde Pirates was last led by Black Jake circa 3058.
[edit] Some Cannon pre 3050 info for you Yanni
Least I think its cannon ;) -Tyr
- Location: Outside of the Lyran Commonwealth, near Oberon Vl
- Number of Worlds: One
- Current Ruler: Redjack Ryan
- Military Strength: 2 Battalions
- Technology Level: Poor
- Literacy Level: Poor
Founded in 3018, Butte Hold is one of the more recent additions to the many Bandit Kingdoms. The inhabitants are a motley collection of cutthroats nominally under the command of Redjack Ryan, an arrogant, strutting MechWarrior with delusions of grandeur. The Pirates of Butte Hold epitomize the worst characteristics of Periphery bandits.
Redjack Ryan was once a battalion commander under Hendrik Grimm. In 3017, while "on loan" to the Lyran Commonwealth, Ryan's unit was ordered to occupy a Marik border world. During the course of his occupation of Lysidas, Ryan's troops sacked the cities, enslaved the populace, and destroyed many industries, including a fusion power plant. The destruction of the fusion plant poisoned half the planet's atmosphere, bringing an immediate halt to Ryan's carousing.
Following this blunder, troops from both the Oberon Confederation and the Free Worlds League pursued Ryan and his mob out of the Inner Sphere. Ryan took his men to Butte Hold, where he set up shop. Since then, the bandit has launched a series of indiscriminate raids against the Lyran Commonwealth, the Draconis Combine, and even an occasional snipe at a Confederation world. To date, none of these governments have retaliated because of the many prisoners Ryan holds hostage. Few like to contemplate what an angry Ryan might do to them.
Another version of the story of how Ryan broke away from Oberon states that Ryan apparently has no other interests in life than rapine, and so he could not face the prospect of handling actual responsibilities, as Grimm wanted him to do. Whether Ryan's own most vicious lieutenant, Agnar Satanson, will turn on Redjack the way he turned on Grimm remains to be seen.
Attracted by the lure of booty, Ryan has won numerous recruits since his break with Grimm, enough to maintain two battalions of BattleMechs. Ryan's hold on his subordinates is tenuous at best, however. He spends as much time guarding against a knife in the back as he does planning his next raid. Left to their own devices, the pirates of Butte Hold may well destroy themselves. In addition, one raid too many against an irritated Lyran or Draconis government may bring a full-scale assault against the pirate holdfast.
- World Name: Butte Hold
- Star Type: G8
- Position in System: 3
- Time to Jump Point: 6.19 days
- Recharging Station: None
- Political Ruler: Redjack Ryan
- ComStar Facility Class: None
- ComStar Representative: None
- Population: 150,000
- Percentage and Level of Native Life: 99%, Fish
