Avastan: Who's Who

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McClellan Factors
Captain Carl Lysel of - a dour and entirely humourless professional. Skipper of the "Four Nine" a 400ton non spec trader (collapsible fuel tankage, milspec sensors) owned by McClellan.

Gaughan's Rangers: Lannigan, Quigley, Costello, Farry, Scollan, Dolan, McHugh, Flynn, Kelly, Shannon, Cleary, Gallagher, Flaherty.

Allies at the Starport
“Patch” alias Dzenae Ungogz, "Anuekhs An Gzoug - the Flame that Burns" an alleged terrorist. Allied with 4DC mercs and connected to the Kforuzeng pirate band. He leads an elite vargr Fuernuzorg spec ops unit and operates Raersthog (Revenge) an Aeogz class (400t) corsair.

Major Kristin Vitt, Chefsergeant Rolf Jørgen. Seniorsergent Vanja Torben, Seniorsergent Einar Kjeld of Monoc Securities.
The above are also identified as "Einherjaren" and also by another collective unit name “Eight Hundred”. [Classified] There is a Sword World special forces unit associated with that number bearing the title of "800th Special Duties Construction Training Battalion Brandenberg" This unit is rated as posing a significant strategic threat to the Imperium. Their baseline function is as force multipliers acting with indigenous forces but in addition to their military skills they are trained as covert field agents and are nearly all multilingual. They are invariably deployed against strategic assets in the covert deep strike and deep recon role. [Classified].

Avastan City
Sergei Kumarin Leader of the Avastan Bratva
Avastan Secretary Vladimir Mikhailov Liv: "He's an ex company man..." KIA by SEMC clearing Avastan Downport
Viktor Solonik aka “The Gravedigger” Liv: "...a very proficient assassin". KIA by SEMC clearing Avastan Downport

Avastan City Mercs for Hire (and the current state of the market)
Most are based at “The Residency” - the notorious merc bar in Startown. Local Avastan businesses seem to be hiring but the market seems to be for individual “gunmen” rather than pro merc units. The names plying for hire read as something of a Who's Who of infamous 268 mercs.

Jebediah Slow and Merces “Mercy” Whitfield are available as mercs but Liv adds that they are known as bounty hunters/hitmen and don't usually hire out via “public” (albeit “dark”) fora. She adds that if they have Quiet Jones with them they're likely already on a job.

Rolf Steiner is a merc of reputation if not good repute who operates his unit as a training cadre. His subordinates Giorgio Norbiato, Johnny Erasmus, Taffy Williams, Alexander "Alec" Gay, Louis "Paddy" Malrooney, Armand Iaranelli and Johnny Korea are also listed.

Colonel Roger Faulques and Captain Yves de La Bourdonnaye of Les Chimères Noires are in town.

As for those hiring the “big money” offers for individual soldiers comes from the Utkin Group – an Avastan City based PMC.

Downport Ships of Note
Deliverance an ex Imperial 400ton Patrol Corvette
The Viper's Nest a 400ton "Fat" Trader converted to an auxiliary carrier
Drachenfels a 500ton Maru Class Merchantman/Corsair
Abyss a 440ton Nishemani Class Corsair
Saxon 200ton trader paired with Deliverance
Nazareth 200ton trader paired with Abyss

Hawkwind An Empress Marava II class merchant registered out of Wonstar, Five Sisters. Held captive at the downport by the Avastan Bratva

Avastan Ships of Note

Storm 400 ton Buccaneer class corsair under Captain Hearn Sarhan. Arch enemies of Bellatradian Crime Syndicate on Singer. Notorious for owning an extensive spy network in 268 and brokers Intel on the side.

Red Angel 400 ton Buccaneer class corsair under Captain Sergei Valha - even other pirates fear this vessel.