Redmanns Gang - named after their leader, "Marshal" Bill Redmann - take enormous pride in their place at the top of the Texas Air Rangers Most-Wanted list. (The top five slots belong to three pilots in Redmanns personal squadron and two in the Gangs fighter-bomber squadron. Another seven pirates are included in the Rangers top twenty.) This notorious band of pirates has certainly earned their place on the list; a more unscrupulous, violent and dangerous band of pirates would be difficult to find. The Gangs internal structure constantly shifts, due to Redmanns personal whims and the notoriety of the individual pirates. Status within the group is determined by the pilots reputation; a Gang member with a reputation that he cannot defend is typically killed off by his fellow pirates. The Gangs attrition rate is frighteningly high; Redmann maintains a strict once in, never out policy. Anyone attempting to leave the Gang is killed, often by Redmann himself. Only one pilot - Comrade Aaron Easter Whittaker, now of the Peoples Collective militia - has left Redmanns Gang and survived. Redmanns Gang is not large (no doubt a result of the groups internal dynamic), so Marshall Redmann routinely works with other pirate groups. (Surprisingly, other pirates continue to work with Redmanns Gang, despite their leaders history of duplicity, deceit and treachery.) The only permanent member of the Gang (beyond Redmann himself) is Anna Cossack Rasputin, an attractive Russian with a penchant for strafing civilian targets. |
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