Mu Galaxy, Wolf Empire

MRBC Report 01-06-3145

Commanding Officer: Galaxy Commander Bradford Vickers

An entirely new formation, Mu Galaxy was raised in the 3140s from the populations of several worlds occupied by the Wolf Empire. An entropy volunteer force, Mu’s warriors were drawn from a stretch of independent worlds falling between the Marik-Stewart Commonwealth and The Duchy of Tamarind-Abbey before their incorporation into the Wolf Empire. Many of these worlds were either unwanted by others or had deliberately chosen to remain independent, and were bound only by common geography and prior affiliation to the Free Worlds League.

In creating Mu Galaxy, the Wolf Empire sought to overcome these limitations and give their warriors a common cause. In this effort, they were only partially successful. While Mu’s ranks did initially swell with volunteers, many of those who joined up found that the reality of Clan life was very different to their expectations, while chafing at the regimented and disciplined society that they had become a part of. Its warriors took very little interest in training, resulting in an overall low quality of readiness.

Adding to the Galaxy’s woes, its warriors also developed a poor sense of unity or belief in a common cause, with many of them remaining more loyal to their individual worlds and cultures. The one attempt Mu made at a live-fire exercise instead degenerated into a brawl between clusters (and in some cases, individual trinaries within those clusters) as old regional loyalties flared up. The exercise were cancelled with the units returning to their individual worlds. Since then, Galaxy Commander Bradford Vickers had had to treat the Galaxy as a series of independent commands, rather than a unified whole.

Discipline has remained a constant problem for Mu Galaxy, with thefts and desertions common among its clusters. Attempts to enforce discipline through harsh Clan-style punishments have failed, with several heavy-handed Trueborn officers suffering ‘accidents’ as a result. With the Empire’s current shortage of experienced Trueborns, this situation is unlikely to change soon.

If Theta Galaxy represents the greatest success the Empire has had in integrating its new population, then Mu is its greatest failure. While so far its incidents have been isolated, they are occurring across the Galaxy as a whole. Mu seems to be on the verge of crisis, and it is unclear what could be the results for either it or the Empire’s other adoptees.

Mu’s state of readiness is considered to be low. On average, its Clusters are averaging about 55% of their expected strength, the result of poor discipline, desertions and high turnover rates. Most of the Galaxy’s equipment comes from salvage, with almost no Clan Technology present in their ranks. Even then, Mu has remained near the bottom of the supply lists, drawing from equipment that other units have passed over. Its clusters use conventional armour to bulk out their strength, and some of its clusters have had to make up for shortfalls in Battle Armour with conventional infantry.

19th Wolf Cavalry

Commanding Officer: Star Colonel Kendra Tutola

The 19th Wolf Cavalry is considered to be the best unit of Mu Galaxy, which is more damning with faint praise then any actual consideration of quality. The only one of the unit’s line Clusters with a Blood named officer, Star Colonel Kendra Tutola has done her best to try and limit the damage caused by the issues that have plagued the rest of the Galaxy. A part of this has come from taking a more hands off approach to the unit’s discipline, avoiding harsh punishments that might prompt retaliation.

The 19th was raised primarily from Shasta’s population. While the bulk of the Cluster’s members come from the planet’s urban population, some of its Elementals are drawn from the planet’s more remote wilderness communities. These soldiers have shown a strong warrior ethic that has helped them to better integrate into Clan culture. As an Elemental herself, Star Colonel Tutola has encouraged these warriors, hoping to use them as an example to better her unit as a whole. The effectiveness of these Battle Armour squads is somewhat undermined, however, by the unit’s lack of OmniMechs.