Greenburg's Godzillas

History

The origins of the Greenburg's Godzillas stem from Colonel Mordon Greenburg. Serving for ten years with the Twenty-third Marik Militia at the controls of his Black Knight, Greenburg left the Free Worlds League Military and made a name for himself as a combat correspondent for the Tharkad Broadcast Company during the final years of the Third Succession War, his coverage making him a household name across the Inner Sphere. In 3027 while doing research on Galatea, Greenburg struck up a friendship with Phlilippe Rodan, survivor of the ill-fated Brownlee's Barracudas mercenary unit, and ultimately came up with a plan. Greenburg approached his TBC producer with the concept of a documentary series covering the day-to-day life of the first year of a new mercenary force led by Rodan and funded in part by TBC, with the network enthusiastic about the project but stipulating that holovid star Greenburg lead the new command.

Thus was born the Greenburg's Godzillas holovid series, with Greenburg treating the viewers across the Inner Sphere to a upclose view of the mercenary life, the back streets and hiring halls of Galatea, tense contract negotiations and best bars and clubs of the Mercenary's Star. While initially highly successful, as the ratings fell cagey TBC executives canned the show on the cusp of the Fourth Succession War. By this point Greenburg hard established a firm relationship with the members of the "cast" and chose to remain at the head of his namesake unit and return to combat.

Accepting a contract with the Federated Suns to garrison the Draconis March world of Sterlington against pirate raiders emerging from Outworlds Alliance space, the Godzillas avoided all but the most cursory involvement with the Fourth Succession War. The Greenburg Godzillas likewise saw no combat during the War of 3039, travelling from Sterlington to their selected jump-off point of Kesai in preparation to bolster the later waves of the FedCom invasion of the Draconis Combine, returning to Sterlington after the Allied forces were ejected by the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery.

The Godzillas luckily avoided the initial Clan Invasion thanks to Mordon's son and successor as unit CO Ivo Greenburg's chance decision leave the Federated Commonwealth in favor of a garrison contract on Nockatunga in his native Free Worlds League in the early 3050s. The Godzillas were among the mercenaries supplied by Captain-General Thomas Marik to aid Chancellor Sun-Tzu Liao during Operation Guerrero, pushing the 5th Syrtis Fusiliers off the Sarna March world of Bora before staging a deep raid against Acamar and decimated the Acamar Militia, pulling back to League space following the FedCom victories on Woodstock and Nanking rather than risk isolation from its League employers, returning to station on Nockatunga.

Earning some measure of notoriety beyond their holovid fame for their service during Guerrero, the Godzilla's signed a contract with the Draconis Combine as it sought to bolster the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery in preparation for Operation Bulldog. Ultimately the contract would not lead to bigger and better things, after Clan Smoke Jaguar were ejected from their Occupation Zone far faster than expected, the DCMS did not extend their contract, leaving the Godzillas stuck on the Combine world of Cebalrai without funds to pay for passage to Outreach.

In 3069 they faced the 4th Falcon Strike Cluster on Yeguas.

They soon left the Combine due to the increasingly hostile environment and took contract with the Lyran's. Now in LAAF employment the mercs soon found themselves in dire straights as they fought for their lives against increased activity by Clan forces. The 75th Strike Cluster landed on the planet Morges soon after the mercs defeated the 20th Arcturan Guards but were driven off. After a short period of rest/refit the mercs were then ordered to help the Tooth of Ymir on Esteros. The Godzillas disguised themselves as a frontline Steel Viper Cluster and forced the defending Jade Falcon forces to retreat from Malaga. The two merc commands were then moved to Zanderij to garrison the planet and act as a reserve force in case of further incursions.

The Jade Falcons would attack Zanderij again in 3074 or very early 3075; this time, forces from Iota Galaxy landed on Zanderij, only to find themselves engaging the Godzillas, the Tooth of Ymir and the Thor's Hammers. The Thor's Hammers mercenary unit, commanded by Major Napoleon Hobart, had recently taken receipt of a battery of newly-manufactured Helepolis 'Mechs which had been organized into a battery of Artillery 'Mechs commanded by Captain Gustav Colt. Colt was a veteran artilleryman from the 12th Star Guards, a multi-regiment mercenary unit destroyed during the initial Clan invasion. Colt and the motley collection of 'Mechs armed with artillery weapons known as "Hobart's Funnies" proved hugely effective against the Jade Falcon forces, pinning Iota Galaxy down with a constant artillery barrage and preventing the Falcon forces from breaking out of their initial landing zone. The Jade Falcons attempted to remove Colt's forces by launching a head-hunting attack using Elementals, only to discover that the Hammers had predicted the attack and screened the Funnies extensively with conventional forces; the Elementals were wiped out by the Hammers, leaving the surviving elements of Iota Galaxy little option but to withdraw.

Officers

Rank	Name	Command
Commanding Officers of Greenburg's Godzillas
Colonel	Mordon Greenburg
Colonel	Ivo Greenburg

Tactics

The Godzillas are skilled mechwarriors in close formation operations and can maneuver as one.

Support

The techs can cover most of the technical maintaince requirements. The command depends on the support for transportation.

Dragoon Ratings

3067

Dragoon Rating: C

Composition History

3025

Greenburg's Godzillas (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)

• CO: Colonel Sarah Dosimion

3040

Greenburg's Godzillas (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)

3067

Greenburg’s Godzillas(1 Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)

• CO/1st Battalion: Colonel Ivo Greenburg
• XO/ 2nd Battalion: Major Simon Verhoeven
• 3rd Battalion: Major Joss Ridley

- The regiment contains mainly medium/heavy mechs with 50% upgrades. 12 Omni designs are also in their ranks.

Greenburg’s Ghidorahs (1 Wing/Veteran/Reliable)

• Wing Commander: Major Philippe Rodan

- The pilots are experts in ground operations.

Notes

• The unit logo of the Greenburg's Godzillas is a fearsome green lizard against a red disk. The Godzillas favor a dark green paint scheme, occasionally accented with lighter green scales and classic "shark teeth" nose art. While considered unprofessional by some, in a hold-over from their holovid days a number of the Godzillas feature corporate sponsorship logos and other advertising on their units, the quantity and size of which are proportionate to the fame of the warrior.

References

• Mercenaries Supplemental Update, p. 60

Bibliography

• 20 Year Update
• Field Manual: Free Worlds League
• Field Manual: Mercenaries Revised
• Historical: War of 3039
• House Davion (The Federated Suns)
• NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1
• Objective Raids
• Technical Readout: 3039
• Technical Readout: 3075