Grady's Grinders
Sarna News
- HEXTECH Review - Wave 3 Brings More Urban Options To Your Battlefield
- Your BattleTech News Round-Up For March, 2024
- Crashing 'Mechs With Jennifer Brozek, Author Of The Rogue Academy Trilogy
- Getting The Word Out With Rem Alternis, Catalyst Community & Marketing Director
- Bad 'Mechs - Yeoman
- Read more →
| Grady's Grinders | |
| Disbanded | 3080 |
| Affiliation | Pirate |
| Parent Command | Independent |
Contents
History[edit]
In 3074, Grady's Grinders used a raid by Taurian Concordat forces on Warren to pillage. They arrived on the planet with six 'Mechs and found Kevin Langstrom and his Black Marauder to whom they offered to join them in the Tortuga Fusiliers, or face the prospect of being court-martialed and presumably executed for attacking his superior officer of the Capellan March Militia's detachment on Warren. Langstrom accepted their offer, and then casually killed their leader by destroying the cockpit of his Phoenix Hawk with a PPC blast and declared himself their new leader.[1]
During the next six years, the original members of the unit died off one by one since, until only Twitch remained, a Stinger pilot, scout and tech. Over the past six years Twitch became a heavy user of a wide range of whatever drugs he can get, including K-Z and Spazz.[2]
On Tortuga Prime, Kevin Langstrom would become known as Black Kevin. He and his 'Mech instilled fear in his fellow pirates. In 3080, pirate king Ravannion tried to sell him out by luring him and his pirate band on a mission deep into the Federated Suns that was in reality a trap set by Sergeant Grange, his superior officer. Black Kevin recruits a new crew formed by new accomplices (like a barman call Eddie) plus some foot infantry and trucks) and raids Defiance. As the trap springs, Black Kevin escapes in a bloody battle involving civilian hostages chained to the pirate 'Mechs, and returned to kill Ravannion.[2]
According to legend, when Black Kevin confronted Ravannion after his return he walked to the palace, with the unmanned Black Marauder walking behind him with its canopy open; it was later implied that the 'Mech may have been refitted with the remote drone controls from a Hi-Scout drone carrier they had destroyed during their mission. Black Kevin then left Tortuga with the Black Marauder, after having spoken in vague terms about a "place where the Star League poked through" to some unspecified "beyond" that he wanted to find, after having previously shown a keen interest in star maps and, according to the narrator, having obtained star maps from a library during the raid.[2]
This ends the unit life.
Officers[edit]
| Rank | Name | Command | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commanding Officers of Grady's Grinders | |||
| Grady | 3074[1] | ||
| Kevin Langstrom | 3074[1] | ||
Tactics[edit]
Unknown.
Composition History[edit]
3074[edit]
- Six BattleMechs.[1]
3080[edit]
References[edit]
Bibliography[edit]
- Kindred Soul
- Ravager (short story)