Hammer's Vengeance / HAVE

Hammer’s Vengeance

Motto: “We Carry War—and We Never Drop It.”
Known Aliases: The Hammer Pact, HV, HAVE, The Vengeance Line
h3. Founding & Origins (2910–2920)

Hammer’s Vengeance was founded in 2910 by Commander Haldor “Hammer” Ursus, a former UEE Navy officer with a reputation for uncompromising decisions and battlefield improvisation. Dishonorably discharged after a failed deep-space supply op through Pyro left his convoy stranded and dozens of crew dead, Ursus was cast out, blamed, and forgotten by the chain of command.

But he didn’t stay forgotten.

Rather than disappear, Ursus built something new—something merciless. From a burned-out wreck in Bloom’s orbit, he gathered surviving veterans, outcasts, and fringe haulers into a brutal freight-and-firepower syndicate with one purpose: to never again be left behind, and to profit off the collapse of others.

What began as a vengeance-fueled salvage crew became a full-fledged Private Military Organization—hidden in plain sight beneath contracts, bribes, and scorched manifests.

Rise Through the Ranks (2920–2940)

Under Ursus’ command, Hammer’s Vengeance rose fast and dirty. While their public-facing operations specialized in freight protection, planetary reinforcement, and crisis logistics, their shadow business was built on high-value raids, strategic piracy, and conflict profiteering.

The UEE Navy—ever in need of disposable deniable assets—began issuing them privateering licenses through Naval Intelligence, allowing HV to strike “unaffiliated hostiles” with full legal cover. These contracts became a blank check for ambushes, seizures, and black-market insertions.

By the mid-2930s, HV was no longer just another PMC—it was a ruthless profit engine with military discipline, pirate instincts, and no illusions of loyalty to empire or ideology.

Current Operations (2940–2955)

Now in 2955, Hammer’s Vengeance is entrenched across the Stanton and Pyro systems, with operations pushing into Nul, Nyx, and other unstable sectors.

Pyro System – Orbituary Station

In low orbit above Bloom, Orbituary Station serves as the group’s primary stronghold and logistical hub in Pyro. But it doesn’t belong to them.

Orbituary is owned and operated by the outlaw gang known as Rough and Ready—a fiercely independent group of smugglers, fixers, and salvagers with deep roots in Pyro’s underworld. Rather than claim the station outright, Hammer’s Vengeance forged an uneasy but functional alliance with Rough and Ready, turning the station into neutral ground and a shared port of interest.

Through a mix of tribute, firepower, and mutual benefit, HV operates out of a designated quadrant of the station known as the Armory Deck, maintaining their own hangars, barracks, and encrypted comm arrays while respecting R&R’s sovereignty over the rest.

Commander Ursus is known to regularly meet with R&R leadership, and while tensions flare occasionally, the alliance has so far held—based on credits, guns, and very clear boundaries.

Stanton System – Crusader Orbit & Trade Routes

Officially, HV operates as “high-threat freight reinforcement specialists” under shell contracts with Crusader Industries and certain Hurston-aligned shadow subsidiaries. Their operations include:

• Armed freight escort of disputed cargo lanes

• Deep-space response to Vanduul-panic or “pirate surge” events

• “Neutralization” of unsanctioned haulers, which conveniently results in HV acquiring the cargo

Unofficially, Hammer’s Vengeance uses Stanton’s overworked security forces as cover for hijackings, deep smuggling runs, and asset denial raids on competing PMCs. They’ve mapped every asteroid cluster and comms blind zone in Crusader’s orbit—and they use that map to kill quietly.

Combat Doctrine & Fleet Composition

Hammer’s Vengeance operates under a hardened doctrine built around flexibility, intimidation, and shock tactics. Their forces are divided into three strategic pillars:

Freight Movement

HV fields a mix of C1 Spirit transports, Hercules-class gunships, and Rafts—all heavily modified for rapid deployment, onboard suppression fire, and modular cargo roles.

• C1 Spirits serve as agile fast-runner craft, ideal for smuggling, data transport, or decoy ops in tight or unstable sectors.

• Hercules-line ships (especially M2s) are converted into mobile weapons platforms, often doubling as orbital insertion craft or armored cargo fortresses.

• Rafts, though slow, are favored for “high-value containment”—hauls, salvage recovery, or black-market resource movement under thick armor and turret coverage.

These vessels are often run in deceptive configurations, disguising true firepower behind clean transponders and civilian-facing manifests—until the kill order is given.

Ground Conflict

For planetary operations, Hammer’s Vengeance deploys rapid-assault teams using Pisces, Cutlass-line, and Spirit-line ships.

• Pisces are used for tight drops, evac, or infiltration in dense or hazardous terrain.

• Cutlasses—especially the Red and Steel variants—serve as rugged multi-role deployment ships, doubling as mobile medbays, breaching craft, or forward assault gunships.

• Spirit-line variants (especially the A1 and E1) are adapted for aerial overwatch, bombing runs, or fast exfil operations with passenger capacity for squads or operatives.

Ground units are trained in fast entry, target isolation, and ruthless asset recovery. HV operations rarely last long—and they rarely leave survivors when the job is dirty.

Spaceship Combat

HV’s strike doctrine combines precision, misdirection, and brute force.

• Sabre-line stealth fighters and Arrows lead in for recon-in-force or surgical takedowns.

• Gladius and Cutlass Black wings serve as the flexible backbone of fleet engagements, with Mantis ships used for interdiction and kill-box setups.

• Carracks are fielded as fleet command ships and mobile recon bases, often leading deep incursions into unpatrolled space.

• Polaris-class corvettes act as heavy interdiction platforms, striking high-priority targets or anchoring blockade ops.

Hammer’s Vengeance favors asymmetry, ECM interference, and shock value—often staging vicious first strikes and ambushes from unexpected vectors. Their fleet tactics emphasize “fleet bleed”—where the target is bled dry logistically and emotionally before being vaporized or boarded.

Their signature fleet formation—The Vengeance Line—uses reinforced freighters as mobile command nodes, backed by strike wings and ECM support to create layered kill zones in active corridors.

Culture & Command

Inside HV, Commander Haldor “Hammer” Ursus is less a CEO and more a warlord-philosopher. He maintains a culture where results matter more than ideology, and betrayal is remembered longer than loyalty.

The internal code is rarely spoken aloud, but everyone knows it:

“Protect your own. Get paid. Leave nothing owed.”

Promotions come from victories, not politics. The crew is fiercely loyal, not because of patriotism—but because Commander Ursus always brings them back richer than they left.

Ursus himself still leads select operations from the bridge of The Revenant, a repainted Polaris Corvette that’s more legend than ship.