14k Triad (CapellanPirates)
"Named after an iconic East Asian criminal gang from Terran history, 14k has managed to evade most of the attention of the Capellan authorities by sticking to legal businesses in the Confederation, while 'gifting' regularly the Chancellor Maximillian Liao with a portion of its profits.  This has allowed them to expand their drug trafficking, slavery and racketeering activities to rimward Periphery worlds."

Ali Baba's Thieves (RegulanPirates)
"A group of pirates originally operating on the Principalty of Regulus, Ali Baba's Thieves take their name from the classic Terran novel, 'One Thousand and One Nights'. They are know to prey on travellers in the Periphery."

Alphard Trading Company
"The original Alphard Trading Corporation was originally a single company headquartered in the Free Worlds League. During the 2720s ATC underwent a major expansion, forming several new subsidiaries across the Periphery. During the Succession Wars, the ATC main office ceased operations, leaving the many subsidiaries to operate independently. Two of these branches are located at Perdition in the Taurian Concordat and at Alphard in the Marian Hegemony."

Antithesis Creed
"The Antithesis Creed is a jaded Periphery philosophy which coalesced in the wake of the Amaris Civil War. Followers of 'the Creed' believe that anything of distinctly Terran or Inner Sphere origin is immoral and contrary to the ideals of the 'Periphery'. The Antithesis Creed has been the foundation of many anarchist movements throughout the Periphery, including the Hyades Rim; these disaffected people see the Inner Sphere as a damning influence and wish to be rid of their presence, usually through violent means and joining forces with local criminal elements that they deem worthy of their cause."

Autocracy of Leh
"The Autocracy emerged after the end of the Star League in still unclear circumstances since the order has deliberately destroyed nearly all of Leh's past records during their regular purges of forbidden knowledge. Using still functional BattleMechs they were able to subdue all the human settlements on the planet and installed a religious theocracy to cement their power, with power shared amongst a ruling council."

Bad Moon Rising (SyrtisPirates)
"The Bad Moon Rising is a new company privately hired by the Duke of New Syrtis, Michael Hasek-Davion, to hunt pirates in the Periphery border of the Federated Suns.  Consisting mostly of former convicts, they work as privateers preying on independent colonies and attacking any other pirate groups that cross their path, while Hasek-Davion keeps publicly accusing his brother-in-law and First Prince Hanse Davion for not responding to the frequent pirate raids into the Suns territory."

Badlands Horde (ClusterPirates)
"The current major pirate band operating out of the Badlands star cluster, the Horde conducts piracy raids throughout the entire Hyades Rim. Although they share territory with the Satan's Kittens, both gangs appear to have reached an understanding to coordinate their raids, although that cooperation doesn't extend to local pirate groups, who will react aggressively to protect their turf when faced against any outside competitors. The Horde is notorious for its punishment raids against those who oppose their leader, 'Duke' Elias Perdell."

Black Angels
"The Black Angels were originally a mercenary company under the employ of House Liao. While on a raid against a Marik world the unit rebelled after the Liao commander ordered a suicide attack to defend the DropShips from a counter-attack. Instead, the Black Angels took control of a <i>Union</i> class DropShip and left the Capellan forces to deal by themselves from the defenders' wrath."

Bloody Horns (TaurianPirates)
"The original members of the Bloody Horns were former Taurian military who were convicted after a failed mutiny to replace their commander. While in route to their imprisionment, they were able to overcome the Constabulary guards and steal a TDF DropShip, although it took them several months before they were able to secure a JumpShip and leave the Hyades Cluster."

Brotherhood of Randis
"Founded in 2988 from a small group of Christian MechWarriors led by Erdelmaine Randis, the Brotherhood came to the defense of a small Periphery planet against raiders and criminals. After securing it, the order then renamed the world to Randis VI, with its members dedicated to its protection and following a strict training regimen using BattleMechs."

Capellan March
"The Capellan March is one of the major military commands of the Federated Suns and is responsible for the defense of the worlds bordering the Capellan Confederation and Taurian Concordat, with its leader being the Duke of New Syrtis, traditionally assigned to House Hasek. The current holder of the title is Michael Hasek-Davion, brother-in-law of the current First Prince, Hanse Davion."

Ceres Metal Industries
"One of the largest and oldest megacorporations, CMI is present in hundreds of worlds and was one of the original developers of BattleMech technology. Originally based in Terra, its headquarters was destroyed during the Amaris Civil War but the company reestablished itself on Capella and currently is one of the major arms suppliers for House Liao, and well known for its <i>Vindicator</i> 'Mech model."

Chandrasekhar Kurita
"Born 2994. A member of a cadet branch of House Kurita, Chandrasekhar is a distant cousin to the current Coordinator, Takashi Kurita. Unlike most Kuritan family members, Chandrasekhar chose not to follow a military career, making him a failure at the eyes of Takashi and the royal court at Luthien."

Chez Lapin
"The Chez Lapin is one of the largest pleasure pits in Joyeux, the capital city of Crawford's Delight.",

Death's Consorts
"The personal pirate group of Paula 'Lady Death' Trevaline, the Death Consorts are inspired by her for their ruthless and devilish tactics. As one of the largest pirate groups in Tortuga Dominions after Trevaline gained control of the Council of the Damned, the Consorts' raids are known and feared throughout the entire Spinward Periphery and beyond."

Devil's Disciples
"Sometimes compared to a death cult, the Devil's Disciples are known to practice bizarre rituals that involve self-inflicted maiming and the sacrifice of captured rivals to steal their vital essence. Several of their members are former blood sport fighters who managed to kill their way to freedom."

Duchy of Andurien
"Founded in 2791, the Duchy of Andurien is a province of the Free Worlds League comprised of systems that House Marik and House Liao have historically competed over since the Age of War. Governed by a hereditary oligarchy overseen by House Humphreys, the Duchy is known for its culture of individualism and its obstructionist tendencies."

Esmeralda's Witches (MarshPirates)
"The Witches are led by Marquess Juana Esmerelda Albacete, a former Free Worlds League noble that was stripped out of her title after an investigation ordered by the Captain-General Janos Marik. Rather than accepting arrest, Marquess Esmeralda escaped with most of her household troops and turned to the Periphery for a life of piracy."

Evil Eye
"The Evil Eye is a criminal network that operates throughout the Rimward Periphery, paying rewards to its 'eyes' to report on any potential deals or targets of interest. The covers of the 'eyes' can be varied, from a spacedock worker wanting to increase its meagre paycheck to a local noble who wants to get himself rid of a rival who happens to have large C-Bill reserves. The Evil Eye is always watching for the easy pickings before any of the larger players notice it and claim the prize for their own."

Frocked Flamingo
"The Frocked 'Pink' Flamingo is a mercenary company hired by Joyeux's administration council for military defense and security of the city."

Ghost Riders
"The Ghost Riders started as a vigilante group that left the Reach over contract disputes after the Directorate's coup. Despite their Periphery origins, many local governments and the MRB give the company a questionable rating because of recurring complaints of incidents involving the company's mercenaries."

Grim Reapers
"Another group of Deep Periphery pirates, the Grim Reapers were named after it was noted during their initial attacks that they left no survivors. Recent reports indicate that entire settlements have been razed to the ground as result of their pillaging activities."

Harbingers of Doom
"The Harbingers of Doom are rumored to originate from the Deep Periphery and are known to conduct deep strike raids into more populated areas. They are likely to be a stray colony group who decided to go pirate in order to survive and started raiding other colonies and trading JumpShips, which allowed them to become more ambitious in their attacks. The group is known to offer membership into its ranks to any survivors captured. Any negative replies to their offer are subsequently airlocked into the vacuum of space."

House Gallas
"Ruling over Itrom, House Gallas is one of the seven houses of the Founding Council.",

House Parata
"The traditional rulers of Tyrlon, House Parata is one of the oldest houses of the Aurigan Reach."

Illyrian Palatinate
"One of the oldest and smallest Periphery states, the Illyrian Palatinate was founded on the twenty-third century by settlers from Terra's Scandinavia region who were escaping the political upheaval during the break-up of the Terran Aliiance. Its isolation kept it relatively safe until the Succession Wars, which made the ruling oligarchs to hire mercenaries to protect their holdings from pirates and raiders. "

Interstellar Expeditions
"Interstellar Expeditions is a group of archaeologists, historians and anthropologists founded by the idle wealthy to investigate unsolved mysteries of the galaxy. While their scientific work is mostly respected, IE has found itself in the middle of several controversial incidents, with some of its members accused of being 'mercenary archeologists' due to their engagement in blatant treasure hunting."

Irian Technologies
"One of the largest interstellar companies of the Free Worlds League, Irian Technologies was founded in 2182 and produces BattleMechs, DropShips and JumpShips, as well as electronics and other products."

Isle Avengers (RoguePirates)
"The Isle Avengers are a former separatist group of the Isle of Skye region of the Lyran Commonwealth. After being lured into an ambush by Steiner counter-intelligence Loki agents, the insurgents were able to turn the tables against them and hijack a number of DropShips and a JumpShip to flee Lyran space. The Irregulars then eluded all efforts to stop them while jumping into Marik and then Liao space, until finally reaching the relative safety of the Rimward Periphery, where they executed all the captured crew members who refused to join their new cause."

Jinxsie and the Banshees
"Jinxie and the Banshees are a pirate group who formed a Periphery neo-synth band as a side gig to their piracy activities. The group regularly releases music holo-vids of their pirate incursions, with heavily dramatized footage taken during their pirate incursions. The frontwoman and singer, Jinxie, is wanted for several crimes by nearly all Successor States, which has only helped her popularity and their music sales throughout the entire Inner Sphere, with their better known hit being <i>Periphery In Dust</i>."

Legion of the Damned (MarianPirates)
"A group of former Marian soldiers who were condemned to death after their maniple refused to follow orders and killed their officer, the ex-legionnaires rebelled and razed their military barracks before escaping on captured civilian DropShips. Their knowledge of Marian operations has allowed them to perform successful raids to arm themselves, while also threatening more distant worlds."

Lothian League
"Founded in 2691 by Taurian patriots being pursued by the Star League Defense Force during the Reunification War, the Lothian League is currently led by its Grand Mistress, Dame Lorelei Logan. The League follows a neutrality policy and isolation from the politics of the Inner Sphere, and keeps friendly relations with both of its Periphery neighbors, the Illyrian Palatinate and the Circinus Federation."

Magna Metals
"Magna Metals HQ is based in Lopez on the Free World League and it has a subsidiary branch located in Taurus. The corporation is notable for manufacturing power plants both for Marik and the Taurian Concordat. The corporate branch on Lopez is dedicated to the manufacture of weapons."

Majesty Metals
"Majesty Metals & Manufacturing is the oldest military manufacturer in the Magistracy of Canopus. With facilities on the capital world of Canopus, as well as Dunianshire, Majesty is the sole domestic provider of heavy arms to the Magistracy Armed Forces."

Marian Hegemony
"The Hegemony was founded in 2920 by a LosTech hunter in the planet of Alphard, Johann Sebastian O'Reilly who found a germanium cache left behind by the Alphard Trading Company. Modelled after the ancient Roman empire, the Republic resorted to a bandit kingdom for most of its life in order to survive, conducting raids in nearby worlds."

Niops Association
"The ruling caste of the Association consists of the scientists, who use their closely guarded technological secrets to justify their position by keeping a higher standard of living then the rest of the Periphery. While an association, the other castes are kept under strict control, with constant surveillance and straight compliance required at all times."

Novy Tikograd (TikonovPirates)
"Named afer the capital city of the Tikonov system where it is based, Novy Tikograd is the largest of the system's crime syndicates. With the exception of the Tikonov system, the doesn't operate against Capellan targets, and specially those located in Confederation space, in order not to attract the attention of the Maskirovka, Liao's secret police."

Oligarchy of Mechdur
"Mechdur has been ruled since its colonization by an oligarchy composed of three major houses, Petrauskas, Mwenye and Gallain, who control most of its economy and politics."

Pinard Protectorate Limited
"Founded in 3020, Pinard Protectorate Limited initially specialized into small arms and armor production, but an inflow of private funding from Taurian investors and quick growth in sales made it expand its portfolio to military vehicle manufacturing and BattleMech and AeroSpace fighter support. Several military contracts made with the Taurian Defense Force have been recently questioned by embezzlement charges."

Plasma Addiction (LothianPirates)
"A pirate group originally from the Lothian League, Plasma Addiction runs most of the drug trafficking rings in the region of space between the anti-spinward Periphery state to the Canopian Ruins region. The gang's MechWarriors rely heavily on combat amphetamines and stimulants during combat to make up for any lack of tactical skills."

Red Phoenix (CanopianPirates)
"Founded and named after its leader Anacletus Lind, who is one of the most wanted criminals in the Rimward Periphery, the Red Phoenix begun after he escaped from a high security prison in Canopus IV and joined one of the local pirate groups. Lind then murdered its leader and took over the gang, using it to terrorize first the Magistracy, then any system deemed valuable enough for his greed."

Rim Pirates
"The identity of this individual or organization is currently unknown."

Satan's Kittens (TortugaPirates)
"A member of Tortuga City's ruling council, the Satan's Kittens are led by Laura 'Kitten' Murray and were one of Paula Trevaline's main allies in the deposition of the former ruler of the Tortuga Dominion, Lord Kalvin Bar-Dyness. The Kittens are known for avoiding fighting outside their own terms, and for their infamous use of fire as a terror weapon against both civilian and military targets."

Shervanis Caliphate
"The Caliphate is ruled by Omar Shervanis, who rose to be the leader of the most powerful of the city-states and unify all of Astrokaszy under a single government in 3001. Ruling from Shervanis City, the caliph is known to be extremely cunning but also very sadistic and has allowed ComStar to establish an HPG compound on Astrokaszy."

Spartakian League (ExpansesPirates)
"A free slave movement considered by the Canopians and the Marians to be illegal and a dangerous threat, the Spartakian League advocates for rebellion and wealth redistribution through violent and military means. Their ideology, based on the historical slave revolt that shook Rome, is banned in the Hegemony but is published uncensored in the Magistracy."

Sterope Defense Industries
"Sterope Defense Industries is the leading Concordat producer of heavy weapons for BattleMechs and vehicles. The company also has a research and development division that operates several centers on Sterope, although they are greatly underfunded and understaffed when compared to the company's past."

Taurus Majoris Mining
"Taurus Majoris Mining is the largest mining company in the Taurian Concordat. In 3025, the company employed over 2 million people with most of them prospecting afield for future ore deposits. They also maintained a commercial fleet of over ten DropShips and almost two dozen mobile refinery stations throughout Taurian space. They maintain large facilities at Laconis and Camadeirre."

Taurus Territorial Industries
"Taurus Territorial Industries is the largest weapons manufacturer in the Taurian Concordat. Geared towards offensive and defensive weapons production, TTI was created in the late 2700s and is heavily subsidized by the government. The company's main production centers are located in Jansen's Hold, Sterope and Taurus."

Tortuga Dominion
"Originally the 237th Light Cavalry Regiment of House Davion, the unit deserted from the Star League Defense Force during the Reunification War and the survivors escaped to the Periphery were they found and colonized several worlds, while turning to piracy to survive. The Dominion is ruled by the Council of the Damned, consisting of the larger pirate bands and its current bandit queen is 'Lady Death' Paula Trevaline, the leader of the Death's Consorts."

Unitron Incorporated (CorporatePirates)
"Unitron Incorporated was once a Marik company that provided security and debt recovery services throughout the Aurigan Reach.  Faced with growing losses and bankrupcy, its leaders decided to extend their activities to assassination, robbery, extorsion and ransom, and ended being declared a criminal organization by most governments.  The group mainly operates close to the Reach, often offering 'protection' services to both inhabitants and travellers."

Vandenberg Mechanized Industries
"Vandenberg Mechanized Industries is one of the oldest BattleMech manufacturers in the Taurian Concordat, with the company operating in secret to support the Taurian resistance during the Star League occupation. It has also the largest Concordat facilities outside of the Hyades Cluster, located at New Vandenberg, Illyushin and Pinard, responsible for the fabrication and assembly of DropShips, fighters, BattleMechs and all sorts of vehicles and small crafts."

Warboys
"Named after its leader, whose real identity is unknown to both the Periphery and Inner Sphere, the Warboys' motto is 'chaos through firepower'. Their tactics usually rely on unleashing their 'Mechs weapons in multiple barrages to demolish any defenses and scare off any guards or bystanders before raiding their targets for any valuable items."

White Death (RenegadePirates)
"A group of ex-slaves and Kuritan exiles from the Antallos system, close to the border between the Draconis Combine and the Outworlds Alliance.  Once forced gladiators in the arenas and foot soldiers in the battles between the remaining city states, the White Death was born in the gaols of Port Krin, when its members rebelled against their masters, with the help of renegade Kuritan MechWarriors banished to Antallos.  After killing the city's elders, instead of assuming power in Port Krin the group left the area to embark in a rampage of raids against both Kurita and Davion worlds."

Yellow Bird
"The identity of this individual or organization is currently unknown."

Ziu's Zingers (IllyrianPirates)
"A former mercenary company, Ziu's Zingers were banished from the Illyrian Palatine after plundering 'liberated' cities while on garrison duty."