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Although composed mostly of misfits and troublemakers, the Black Widow Company was a dangerous elite fighting unit with a reputation for brilliant tactics and a boldness bordering on folly. Renowned for their skill as [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]]s, Natasha Kerensky and her unit were also known and feared for cruelty, deceitfulness and generally dishonorable behavior, attributes that set them apart from the rest of the highly esteemed Wolf's Dragoons.
 
Although composed mostly of misfits and troublemakers, the Black Widow Company was a dangerous elite fighting unit with a reputation for brilliant tactics and a boldness bordering on folly. Renowned for their skill as [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]]s, Natasha Kerensky and her unit were also known and feared for cruelty, deceitfulness and generally dishonorable behavior, attributes that set them apart from the rest of the highly esteemed Wolf's Dragoons.
Despite being annihilated at the dawn of the Jihad, they were resurrected shortly, becoming the most prestigious and elite unit in the Dragoons. However, at the dawn of the [[IlClan Era]], they were deactivated again after suffering massive losses.
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Despite being annihgilated at the dawn of the Jihad, they were resurrected shortly, becoming the most prestigious and elite unit in the Dragoons. However, at the dawn of the [[IlClan Era]], they were deactivated again after suffering massive losses.
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
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====Tsinghai====
 
====Tsinghai====
In [[3031]], [[Tsinghai]] planetary rules hired the new [[Black Widow Battalion]] to defend their world after discovering from the compromised [[SAFE]] spy network on planet that it was a target of the [[Duchy of Orloff]]. In [[3032]] during the midst of the [[Andurien Secession]], hawkish members of the [[Free Worlds League Parliament|Parliament]] who had felt [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Janos Marik]] had not done enough during the Fourth War pressured his regent [[Thomas Marik]] to take some proactive action against the Steiner-Davion alliance. Unwilling to commit the untested [[4th Free Worlds Guards|Fourth Free Worlds Guards]] in subduing the [[Duchy of Andurien|Anduriens]], Thomas attempted to both appease the hawks in parliament and give the unbloodied unit a chance to prove itself, allowing the Fourth's commanding officer [[Colonel]] [[Veena Ligacescu]] to launch an attack against the [[Sarna March]] world of Tsinghai in February. With intelligence indicating only minimal resistance, success seemed a foregone conclusion.<ref name=FMFWLp43>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 43: "Free Worlds Guards Profile"</ref><ref name=MTotBW/><ref name=HBW-62>''Historical: Brush Wars'', pp. 62–63: "The Andurien Wars - Phase 1: The Invasion of the Capellan Confederation - 3032: Counterblows - Tsinghai (February)"</ref>
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In [[3031]], [[Tsinghai]] planetary rules hired the new [[Black Widow Battalion]] to defend their world after discovering from the compromised [[SAFE]] spy network on planet that it was a target of the [[Duchy of Orloff]]. In [[3032]] during the midst of the [[Andurien Secession]], hawkish members of the [[Free Worlds League Parliament|Parliament]] who had felt [[Captain-General]] [[Janos Marik]] had not done enough during the Fourth War pressured his regent [[Thomas Marik]] to take some proactive action against the Steiner-Davion alliance. Unwilling to commit the untested [[4th Free Worlds Guards|Fourth Free Worlds Guards]] in subduing the [[Duchy of Andurien|Anduriens]], Thomas attempted to both appease the hawks in parliament and give the unbloodied unit a chance to prove itself, allowing the Fourth's commanding officer [[Colonel]] [[Veena Ligacescu]] to launch an attack against the [[Sarna March]] world of Tsinghai in February. With intelligence indicating only minimal resistance, success seemed a foregone conclusion.<ref name=FMFWLp43>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 43: "Free Worlds Guards Profile"</ref><ref name=MTotBW/><ref name=HBW-62>''Historical: Brush Wars'', pp. 62–63: "The Andurien Wars - Phase 1: The Invasion of the Capellan Confederation - 3032: Counterblows - Tsinghai (February)"</ref>
  
 
Much to the new Fourth's shock, the planet was defended by the also newly enlarged Black Widow Battalion. [[Natasha Kerensky]] led the sub-unit of [[Wolf's Dragoons]] and effortlessly proved their elite status by shattering the Fourth so badly that the survivors chose to defect to [[Federated Commonwealth]] rather than return home to the League. As they feared, Captain-General Janos Marik was enraged by this betrayal, and the disgraced Fourth Free Worlds Guards were permanently disbanded and struck from the rolls of the FWLM.<ref name=FMFWLp43/><ref name=MTotBW/><ref name=HBW-62/>
 
Much to the new Fourth's shock, the planet was defended by the also newly enlarged Black Widow Battalion. [[Natasha Kerensky]] led the sub-unit of [[Wolf's Dragoons]] and effortlessly proved their elite status by shattering the Fourth so badly that the survivors chose to defect to [[Federated Commonwealth]] rather than return home to the League. As they feared, Captain-General Janos Marik was enraged by this betrayal, and the disgraced Fourth Free Worlds Guards were permanently disbanded and struck from the rolls of the FWLM.<ref name=FMFWLp43/><ref name=MTotBW/><ref name=HBW-62/>
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When the [[Clan invasion]] began in [[3049]], Natasha Kerensky left Wolf's Dragoons and resumed her place among her fellow [[trueborn]] Clan warriors, eventually attaining the rank of [[Khan]] of [[Clan Wolf]]. The original '''Black Widow Battalion''' was disbanded after she left the unit, and a new unit called the '''Wolf Spider Battalion''' was formed within Wolf's Dragoons in their place.
 
When the [[Clan invasion]] began in [[3049]], Natasha Kerensky left Wolf's Dragoons and resumed her place among her fellow [[trueborn]] Clan warriors, eventually attaining the rank of [[Khan]] of [[Clan Wolf]]. The original '''Black Widow Battalion''' was disbanded after she left the unit, and a new unit called the '''Wolf Spider Battalion''' was formed within Wolf's Dragoons in their place.
  
The unit, led by [[Maeve Wolf]], was equipped with Inner Sphere BattleMechs, but upgraded with Clan technology, fought with great success in the [[Dragoon Civil War]], the [[First Battle of Harlech (3067)|First Harlech]] and [[Second Battle of Outreach (3067)|Second Harlech]] battles. However, the unit was already severely weakened in Second Harlech, and fell under the attack of their "allies" of the [[Broadsword Legion]], who were in reality [[Word of Blake|Blakist]] moles. Only one of the MechWarriors, [[Stacy Church]] survived. The rest of the unit was destroyed in the battle or the Blakist nuclear bombardment.{{cn}}
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The unit, led by [[Maeve Wolf]], was equipped with Inner Sphere BattleMechs, but upgraded with Clan technology, fought with great success in the [[Dragoon Civil War]], the [[First Harlech]] and [[Second Harlech]] battles. However, the unit was already severely weakened in Second Harlech, and fell under the attack of their "allies" of the [[Broadsword Legion]], who were in reality [[Word of Blake|Blakist]] moles. Only one of the MechWarriors, [[Stacy Church]] survived. The rest of the unit was destroyed in the battle or the Blakist nuclear bombardment.{{cn}}
  
 
===Rebirth===
 
===Rebirth===
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Black Widow Company Timber Wolf BoTukayyid.png|''Timber Wolf'' with the colors of the Black Widow Company
 
Black Widow Company Timber Wolf BoTukayyid.png|''Timber Wolf'' with the colors of the Black Widow Company
 
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==Rules==
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===Historical Turning Points: Misery===
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* Unmatched at small-unit tactics, the Black Widows may use Force the Initiative, Off - Map Movement, and Overrun special abilities (see pp. 192–193, ''TO'').<ref>''Historical Turning Points: Misery'', p. 9</ref>
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==Notes==
 
==Notes==
* Special rules for the Black Widow Company can be found in ''Historical Turning Points: Misery'' (p. 9).
 
 
* The Fire Lance's ''Shadow Hawk'' pilot during the 3015 attack on Anton Marik's compound on New Delos is named [[Willard Andrews (31st c.)|Willard Andrews]] in [[Jason Schmetzer]]'s short story, ''[[The Memory of Pain]]''.
 
* The Fire Lance's ''Shadow Hawk'' pilot during the 3015 attack on Anton Marik's compound on New Delos is named [[Willard Andrews (31st c.)|Willard Andrews]] in [[Jason Schmetzer]]'s short story, ''[[The Memory of Pain]]''.
 
* Miklos Delius is spelled in ''[[More Tales of the Black Widow]]'' as Mikos Delius.
 
* Miklos Delius is spelled in ''[[More Tales of the Black Widow]]'' as Mikos Delius.

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