(From Conflicts of the Post-Blackout Era, Galatean Free Press)
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The Steel Wolves were one of the first of the so-called
Splinter factions to emerge following the HPG blackout. Originating in the
Bright Fang and Wolf Trap militia clusters under the command of Prefect Kal
Radrick, the Wolves quickly grew to be the largest of the factions. At their
peak, the Steel Wolves boasted between six and nine clusters of troops (the
actual number is hard to find due to a number of reasons, not the least of
which is the high turnover of ranking Steel Wolf officers), although only three
of those possessed any actual BattleMechs.
Much of this early growth came
from the large number of non-Wolves who flocked to the Steel Wolves banner.
While many of them were from elsewhere in the Republic, some came from as far
away as the Taurian Concordat. The Steel Wolves also soaked up a number of
failed Wolf in Exile cadets, offering them a second chance at being Warriors
that they would not have otherwise had.
Initially one of the most
aggressive of the splinter factions, the Steel Wolves soon had carved out a
small number of worlds for their own from Prefectures III and IV, centered on
their capitol of Tigress. However, this initial aggression quickly stalled
after their defeat on Achmar, with the Wolves switching largely to small raids
of questionable value. The death of Kal Radrick at the hands of Anistasia
Kerensky, followed by her taking command of the Steel Wolves, served to
reinvigorate the faction.