The History of The Arrows Guard

brief history:
begain as the 151st Royal Battlemech Division and the 184th Mechanized Infantry Division stationed in the deep periphery at time of Exodus
was unable to join in time
main base for the Divisions was a medical research facility
units were spread out among 8 planet colonies but as time went by they joined together on three worlds
one Aegis was lost in a misjump in 2801
made contact with the Pit Wolfs in 3033
encountered Explorer Corp in 3034
encountered Wanderers in 3036
20 years as mercs (3040)
introduced to Jaime Wolf by Galaxy Commander David Radick in 3040
begin trading with the Pit Wolves in 3041
had wargames with the Pit Wolfs in 3047 (with home forces)
contracts prefered to be on the outer rim of Lyran Alliance and Free Worlds League
sold Wanderers a JS and a DS (Wanderers belive that they are still in dept to the planet but the planet believes that they got a fair trade)
started as a merc unit as a Battalion of mechs and a Battalion of armor
first contract was with the Federated Suns transfered to the Lyran Alliance during Clan invasion (late in the invasion, last wave) was attacked by Clan Jade Falcon and was able to fight a delaying action until Dropships arrived (all of thier contracts state full salvage) were able to get a couple bondmens from that as well as a few mechs (note no mechs/bondsmen taken, the clan mechs that appeared after this battle were ones that were received from the Pitwolves)
had to make a supply run to the home world (met convoy enroute) received clan equipment and new warriors
returned to the Inner Sphere and accepted a contract with the Lyran Alliance as a Garrison force on the periphery side of the Lyran Alliance
fought back a raid by the Jade Falcons and captured more clan equipment that was traded to the Lyran Alliance for new Inner Sphere omnimechs and Battle armor
replaced older mechs with omni mechs and sent older ones and Battlearmor back to home world for garrison force
sold a Jumpships to the Federated Commonwealth and used that money to buy refit kits for mechs and bought some mechs and vehicles
sold a private corperation a Mule class Dropship and used that money to buy more mechs and more refit kits
mech factory (Phoenix Hawk LAM) on the home world
Vehicle factory already building vehicles for Home guard
Jumpship construction yard built in 3065 (Starlord)

Total Forces:

600 IS mechs
295 Clan mechs
361 IS Vehicles
66 Clan Vehicles
92 IS squads of Battle Armor
59 Clan Points of Battle Armor
101 Clan Protomechs
78 Platoons of Infantry
28 IS Aerospace Fighters
10 Clan Aerospace Fighters
21 IS Aircraft
4 Clan Aircraft

Jumpships:
1 Monolith
3 Starlord
6 Merchent (sometimes used for a command circuit)
4 Scout (used as a command circuit to a HGP)
4 Intruder

8 Jumpships in Mothballs

Dropships:
4 Overlord
12 Unions
12 Leopards
4 Excalibar
3 Intruder
3 Condor
1 Fortress (out of commission used for parts)
1 Titan (permently assigned to the home world)
12 Mules
2 Mammoth
8 Bucaneers
10 Dropships in mothballs

Warships:
1 Potemkin (Red October, refit by the Pitwolfs completed in 3049)
2 Vincent ( RedBow was refited by the Pitwolfs completed in 3047 and used to help them begin construction of thier warships, Bluebow was constructed by the Pitwolfs completed in 3052)3 Warships in mothballs (Mckeana,Aegis, ?)