Friend or Foe

Acer's Hueys are a small mercenary team dating back to the time of the fourth
Succession War. Striker tank crews discovered the Hueys' abandoned base in
the Labrea system of Nova Cat space. Though little information was initially
gathered, the Strikers believed that the Hueys were a company sized mercenary
unit destroyed sometime during the Succession War. Later information revealed
that the group fought against Davion/Steiner forces while under contract with the
Capellan Confederation.
Striker analysts made many discoveries working with the Hueys' computer
memory core. Secrets about the location of a hidden Lostech Warship in the
Labrea system were eventually discovered. The Strikers eventually believed
that the Hueys still existed. The unit had been in hiding after breaching contract
25 years ago. The Striker's command lance traveled to the Taurian Concordat
to talk with the Hueys commander, Ace Leghorn. An agreement was reached so
that the Hueys would aid the Strikers in a search for the Lostech ship in
exchange for the Strikers support in the Hueys regaining their mercenary
license. The Hueys are a very old unit with many years of experience in various
tactics. They are by all standards elite, except for a few of their newer recruits.
They are led by Leghorn's son, Merrick Leghorn, and his mother Dr. Suzy Evans.

The Strikers have an in-depth dealing with the Toyama faction. Searching for
the White Thief, the Strikers first met with the Vampire's Fangs. Under hire and
actually constructed to fit the Toyama's needs, the Fangs dug deep into the
Strikers on two occasions. Only under Mace Volt's control and with help from
Jim Davis and Sir Owen Hardcastle were the Strikers able to defeat the Fangs.
In their second interaction, the Toyama agreed to meet the Strikers peacefully to
discuss Wasat's governing system. Backstabbing the Strikers, Toyama units
ambushed the Striker Mechwarriors on rough terrain during a meteor storm, only
to be defeated. The Strikers finally captured a Vampire's Fangs outpost created
as a Toyama dropsite.
Making the group's hitlist immediately, the Strikers fought several small battles
against the Blakist units. Receiving small scale defeats only further enraged
Toyama officials, prompting their hire of the Bounty Hunter copycat, whom had
proposed a plan of attack to Word of Blake officials. The scheme added a pirate
group as reinforcements as well as the 'Bounty Hunter' as backup.
Teaming with the Mystic Fleet pirates, the Word of Blake units successfully
removed the Strikers from their base, killing pilot Mason Garr in the process as
well as dozens of technicians and crew members.
With leadership under Cameron St. Jamais, the Toyama faction gained political
and military footholds in other areas of the Inner Sphere. Other areas under
their influence include the Styk Commonality.
The Toyama also worked with the Black Dragons in 3068 to make surgical
strikes against Strider's Strikers, effectively killing the team's commanding
officers. The crippling attack left the unit in rage and confusion, as many
members called for an immediate backlash against the Blakist attackers.

The Denouncement is an organization within the Toyama Faction unit. Though
it has close ties to the Sixth of June faction, the Denouncement is a smaller sect
formed from marginalized Word of Blake technicians. Possessing Comstar
technologies thought unknown to Word of Blake, the Denouncement centers its
objectives around the takeover of Word of Blake.
The first unit to come in contact with the Strikers was the Purifiers lance, armed
with a C3i linked targeting system. Pilots and Mechs included Dreary Nelson -
100 ton Vanquisher, Huang Duwong - 90 ton Viking, Gary Havenstein - 45 ton
Beowulf, and Melissa Fox - 25 ton Nexus.
Melissa Fox betrayed the unit, which she had reluctantly joined when faced with
blackmail and the loss of her original Blakist assignment. She later joined the
Strikers and reunited with her friend Sir Owen Hardcastle.
Strikers under Sasha Breen's command defeated the Purifiers while on-planet
along their trip to the Irece Prefecture. Further harassment by the fanatical sect
came in more recent attacks. The Strikers detected Blakist Jumpship signatures
along their journey to Nova Cat space. Even with the Strikers' strong Nova Cat
support, the sect dared to enter the mercenary's new home.
The Denouncement invaded the planet of Miranda in 3065. They attacked with
a reinforced regimental combat team, planning the attack based off of
information leaked to them from Toyama spies.
The sect had actually played into the Toyama director's hands, weakening the
Strikers unit and crippling themselves in the process. However the
Denouncement survived the Strikers' massive counterassault led by Commander
Devon Carns, and several underground operatives continued to function on
Miranda. Though still a powerful force in the area, they could not successfully
infiltrate the mercenary unit directly.
In 3067 they aided the rest of the Toyama faction in new attacks against the
Strikers. They successfully used a nuclear missile against units participating in
a training exercise on the nearby Trilobite Moon. They also used their local
agents to aid the Toyama and the Black Dragons in a surgical strike that killed
both of the unit's commanders, Mike C. Strider and Devon Carns.

Deemed worthy by their performance on planet Diosd's retake, the Strikers are
in good standing with Comstar and its military. Comstar stated they would
consider the Strikers for other missions, but no further contacts were made in
regards to employment. This may coincide with the Strikers' new Clan
members, including those newer recruits from Clans Nova Cat and Steel Viper.
Regardless of this situation, none of the Strikers uncovered any information that
suggests Comstar holds any threat to the mercenary unit.