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  2. EverQuest expansions - Wikipedia

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    The first compilations were the European EverQuest Deluxe Edition and North American EverQuest Trilogy, which included the base game, The Ruins of Kunark, and The Scars of Velious. [51] Subsequent packages would be released almost yearly until the Anniversary Edition in April 2007, which included the base game and the first 13 expansions.

  3. List of private military contractors - Wikipedia

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    Formerly known as Blackwater and Xe and it is part of the Constellis Group. American International Security Corp. Woburn, MA. Dissolved. Custer Battles. McLean, VA. Iraq and oil sector (at present, have ceased operations in Iraq) Dissolved. Jorge Scientific Corporation.

  4. Mercenary - Wikipedia

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    Mercenary. Leonardo da Vinci 's Profilo di capitano antico, also known as il Condottiero, 1480. Condottiero meant "contractor" in its more literal sense but came to be applied to leaders of mercenary groups in Italy during the Late Middle Ages and the Renaissance. A mercenary, also called a merc, soldier of fortune, or hired gun, is a private ...

  5. Routiers - Wikipedia

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    Routiers. Routiers (French: [ʁutje]) were mercenary soldiers of the Middle Ages. Their particular distinction from other paid soldiers of the time was that they were organised into bands (rutta or routes). [1] The term is first used in the 12th century but is particularly associated with free companies who terrorised the French countryside ...

  6. Blackwater (company) - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.constellis.com. Academi, formerly known as Blackwater and Blackwater Worldwide, is an American private military contractor founded on December 26, 1997, [2] by former Navy SEAL officer Erik Prince. [3][4] It was renamed Xe Services in 2009, and was again renamed to Academi in 2011, after it was acquired by a group of private ...

  7. Free company - Wikipedia

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    Free company. French troops being attacked by the Tard-Venus free company during the 1362 Battle of Brignais. A free company (sometimes called a great company or, in French, grande compagnie) was an army of mercenaries between the 12th and 14th centuries recruited by private employers during wars. They acted independently of any government, and ...

  8. Private military company - Wikipedia

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    A private military company (PMC) or private military and security company (PMSC) is a private company providing armed combat or security services for financial gain. PMCs refer to their personnel as " security contractors " or " private military contractors ". The services and expertise offered by PMCs are typically similar to those of ...

  9. List of Singapore Armed Forces bases - Wikipedia

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    Clementi. HQ 2nd People's Defence Force (HQ 2 PDF) [4] Island Defence Training Institute (IDTI) [5] 8th Battalion Singapore Infantry Regiment (8 SIR) [citation needed] Depot Road Camp. Bukit Merah. Central Manpower Base (CMPB) [6] Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) [7] Dieppe Barracks.