The Mavericks (group)

The Mavericks

The Mavericks are a team under the jurisdiction of UNEF-Paradise, lead by the level-headed and intelligent Lieutenant Colonel Emily Perkins.

Exforce 3: Paradise

The team made their first appearance in ExForce 3: Paradise, wherein they were brought together by Skippy, Joseph Bishop, and the Merry Band of Pirates to reactivate hidden maser projectors under the surface of Paradise to destroy Admiral Kekrando's fleet that threatened the planet. The team at that time consisted of Emily Perkins, David Chika, Jesse Colter, Shauna Jarrett, Irene Striebich, and Derek Bonsu.

Exforce 3.5: Trouble in Paradise

In the first ExForce novella, ExForce 3.5: Trouble on Paradise, the Mavericks again make an appearance, this time as the main characters. This time, they are joined by Ruhar cadet Nert Dandurf and are tas

ked by the Ruhar government with assisting with reactivating dormant maser projectors to continue to protect the planet from the Kristang. However, they end up foiling a Kristang special operations team's plan to take back the planet as well, during which Shauna blows up an island.

Exforce 6: Mavericks

In ExForce 6: Mavericks, the Mavericks are once again the central focus. The team, along with Nert, are now on a Ruhar training ship, along with Surgun Krok-aus-tal Jates, Velt Ser-Kotreh Tutula, and Arlon Ernst Dahl. When the ship is suddenly attacked, the team, with the assistance of several cadets, takes the ship to a nearby planet, which just happens to be Camp Alpha, where a group of Kristang is still holding several Humans, who are Keepers of the Faith, to conduct bioweapons research. The team raids the base, rescuing the humans and retrieving data that, unbeknownst to them, Skippy uses to develop a vaccine against the bioweapon. However, Velt Tutula dies in the raid, and Arlon Dahl retuns to his people, leaving Surgun Jates as the only permanent addition to the team.

Deathtrap

In Mavericks Book 1: Deathtrap, the Mavericks, the keystone of UNEF-Paradise's new 'Alien Legion' initiative, created and spearheaded by Emily Perkins, are tasked with taking a planet from the Kristang by the Ruhar. Unfortunately, the Kristang do not want to give up the planet, and neither do certain factions of the Ruhar, so the job is much harder than it seems. Eventually, however, the Mavericks succeed, earning them much respect across the galaxy, especially in the Ruhar government.

FreeFall

In Mavericks Book 2: Freefall, Emily Perkins starts the book by destroying a small Kristang village, on an unimportant planet called Jellaxico, with a railgun because the Kristang were using Keepers as hostages to attempt to stall the Alien Legion's takeover of the planet, citing that 'My people have learned that you can't negotiate with terrorists.". Afterward, Perkins negotiates a deal with with the Achaki to get them a world so that they can become a clan, and the Legion deploys to capture a suitable world from the Wurgalan.

After the events of ExForce 6: Mavericks, Dave and Col. Perkins become romantically involved, leading Dave to resign from the Army and become a civilian contractor so that him and Emily can be in a relationship while still both continuing to fight.