Godfather
Sarna News
| Godfather | |
|---|---|
| Short story by Jason Schmetzer | |
| Publication | |
| Published | 1 February 2008 |
| Publisher | BattleCorps |
| Pages | 28 |
| Chronology | |
| Era | Succession Wars era |
| Timeline | 24 October 3014 — ca. 29 October 3014 |
Godfather is a short story by Jason Schmetzer that was first published online on BattleCorps on 1 February 2008. It was later republished in print in the fifth BattleCorps anthology Counterattack in 2014.
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| “ | There are few wars more brutal than a civil war, and no realm is more familiar with them than the Free Worlds League... but in warfare, not even a brother is as important as the trooper next to you. | ” |
Plot Summary[edit]
The fratricidal Marik Civil War of 3014 pits the loyalist Fifteenth Marik Militia against their sister regiment, the rebelling Third Marik Militia, on Berenson. On 24 October 3014, a lance from the Fifteenth is ambushed by three Awesomes, destroying two of their 'Mechs outright. Nathan White in his Rifleman and Sergeant Ramirez in his Hunchback manage to escape. Back at base they learn that a second rebel regiment has landed on Berenson. Colonel Jake Hawkins decides to tie both rebel regiments down by going to ground and denying them an open fight.
On the following day White and Ramirez are sent back to the ambush site as a heavy recon force. They find that the downed 'Mechs have already been stripped for salvageable parts during the night, then encounter and defeat an enemy Orion before withdrawing from radar contacts which they assume are the Awesomes again.
Three days later, an enemy MechWarrior is captured and reveals that DropShips are inbound which are thought to be loyalist forces. Colonel Hawkins predicts that the enemy forces will make a push to crush the Fifteenth now; at the same time, the Fifteenth Marik Militia is low on ammunition and spare parts, and cannot run away anymore.
In the big battle that ensues as predicted, the Fifteenth is all but overrun and narrowly saved by the arrival of the friendly DropShips. In the aftermath, White is promoted to Lieutenant, and realizes that Sergeant Ramirez had been grooming him to become an officer in much the same way as he had once groomed Jake Hawkins.
Featured Characters[edit]
- Lieutenant Nathan White
- Colonel Jake Hawkins
- Sergeant Ramirez
- Gerhard
- Magdeleno
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Notes[edit]
- The story features one Force Commander Bartlett among the Fifteenth Marik Militia. It is unclear if this is supposed to be Karl Bartlett who appears in the novel Binding Force (as a Major in the Sarna Supremacy's Kaifeng Sarna March Militia as of 3058) as a secondary character. However, due to the large time gap of 44 years, this is highly unlikely.