The Firing Squad / FIRESQUAD

History of The Firing Squad

Designation: FSQ
Founded: 2941, [REDACTED] (Unofficial)
Primary Focus: Exploration | Asset Recovery | Freelance | Combat Support
Status: Independent PMC (UEE Unaffiliated)

Origins in the Black

The Firing Squad began as a rogue survival cell after a classified recon mission into the Sol system went violently sideways in late 2944. What was intended as a UEE-sanctioned exploration and salvage operation ended in blood when a local pirate fleet—later tied to XenoThreat proxies—ambushed the convoy. Of the two dozen contracted personnel, only six made it out alive.

They didn’t just escape. They retaliated.

The surviving crew, composed of former UEEN scouts, independent engineers, and recon pilots, refused extraction and instead turned their ships back into the void. Over the course of two months, they hunted down and eliminated the pirate fleet one hull at a time—without backup, without orders, and without mercy.

When they finally reappeared on comms, their single-broadcast transmission said:
“Target list cleared. We fired. It was final.”

The Firing Squad was born.

Rise of a Ghost Org

In the following years, FSQ operated in the fringes of UEE-controlled space, often entering contested regions where no lawful org would dare post a beacon. Pyro, [REDACTED], [REDACTED], and even edges of the Vanduul front were said to see their trail. Word spread among independent haulers and system prospectors: if you were stranded, raided, or under contract threat—you didn’t call Advocacy. You called The Firing Squad.

They refused UEE affiliation. Not out of rebellion—but out of principle. FSQ believed the bureaucracy of the Empire slowed the blade when it needed to strike clean and fast. Their allegiance was not for sale—only their aim.

Exploration Division: Echo Wing

By 2949, FSQ formally split into two operating branches:

Fireline Command: Strike team coordination, bounty ops, and convoy defense.

Echo Wing: Deep-space survey, derelict recovery, signal tracking, and unclaimed-system mapping.

Echo Wing was responsible for charting at least four unofficial jump point signatures between Pyro and [REDACTED], and one rumored micro-jump corridor through the Vega debris field—though these findings remain unverified on UEE records.

PMC with a Code

FSQ is often called a “ghost org”—not because it’s secretive, but because it never stays in one sector for long. Operating from modular spaceframes, mobile outposts, and hangar stashes hidden in asteroid belts, The Firing Squad remains unchained and always armed.

Their combat units are well-trained, their exploration teams well-equipped, and their code absolute:
They don’t abandon allies.
They don’t break contracts.
And when they fire… it’s final.

Current Status [2955]

Headcount: ~10 Active Operators (estimated & growing)
Base of Operations: Mobile; frequently operates out of Crew L4, Stanton and Ruined Station, Pyro
Fleet Composition:
Heavy Support: Polaris, Idris-P, Perseus, Nautilus, Javelin
Exploration: Carrack, Constellation, Terrapin
Fast Response: C8 Rescue, Vanguard, Gladius, Hornet/Super Hornet, Apollo Medivac
Mining/Salvage: Prospector, Mole, Orion, Reclaimer, Redeemer, Arrastra
Allegiances: Contract-only. Known to work with Red Wind, Crusader Security, and certain Banu brokers.