Narhal’s Raiders was formed from a Marik regiment that fled into the Periphery early in the First Succession War. After teaming up with the remnants of a ‘Mech regiment from the Rim Worlds Republic, the new unit took the name Narhal’s Raiders after its leader, Tyilik Narhal, and the Narhal Rover, a vicious, horned predator native to the commander’s world. It is the stylized skull of a Narhal Rover that is depicted on the unit’s patch. For ten years, Narhal’s Raiders plundered the Free Worlds League and the Capellan Confederation. In 2859, Ustinov Matthews overthrew the Narhal fam­ily’s control of the unit. Tired of the brigand life, General Matthews sought out and won agreeable contracts with the Capellan Confederation and then the Federated Suns. Just before the second war, Narhal’s Raiders moved to the Lyran Commonwealth, where they have remained, except for a short and disastrous stint with the Capellan Confederation from 2849-2859. The unit’s financial situa­tion went from bad to worse because the Commonwealth made sure the Raiders would stay put by managing to put them in more debt than they could ever repay from their missions. Toward the end of the second war, the Raiders were in desperate shape. In 2866, Archon Elizabeth Steiner purposely renegoti­ated their contract in their favor to upgrade the unit’s equipment and moral. Since that time, the Raiders have made a steady comeback.