Roderick Twohy, Duke of Hsien, was forced to flee his homeworld when the Capellan Confederation snapped it and many other Terran Hegemony planets up after the fall of the Star League in 2781. With no hope of liberating his world, Twohy formed the loyal retainers who had followed him into a mercenary company named the Hsien Hotheads. Growing to a full BattleMech regiment, the Hotheads displayed a talent for raiding and lightning-fast planetary assaults.