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'''Gregg Car''' was the founder of the [[Gregg's Long Striders]] mercenary unit.
  
==Biography==
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==History==
===Early Years===
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===Wolf's Dragoons Years===
Nothing is known from '''Gregg Car''' early past.{{cn}}
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Gregg Car enlisted with [[Wolf's Dragoons]] in [[3020]] and made [[captain]], which indicates past experience as a [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]] and also Leadership skills.<ref name=WDp128>''Wolf's Dragoons'', p. 128: "Colonel Gregg Car"</ref> He had issues adapting to the Dragoons' chain of command, resulting in a demotion to [[lieutenant]] in [[3022]] which ended with him leaving the unit.<ref name=WDp128/>
 
 
===Wolf Dragoon's Years===
 
'''Gregg Car''' enlisted with [[Wolf's Dragoons]] in [[3020]] and made [[Captain]], which indicates past experience as a [[Mechwarrior]] and also Leadership skills.{{cn}}
 
 
 
He had issues adapting to the Dragoon's chain of command, which ended in a demotion to [[Lieutenant]] in [[3022]], which ended with him leaving the unit.<ref name=WD>''Wolf Dragoon's'', p. 128, ''Colonel Gregg Car''</ref>
 
  
 
===Formation of his own unit===
 
===Formation of his own unit===
'''Gregg Car''' decided then that he wanted to be his own boss, and decided to form his own mercenary unit, what will become [[Gregg's Long Striders]]. The unit of [[Regiment]] size was made of knockabouts or disgrunted MechWarrios from [[Tamar]] hiring halls, and signed a contract with [[LCAF]]<ref name=WD/> to defend the world of [[Launam]].<ref name="20YU">''20 Year Update'', p. 27, "Dar-es-Salaam Command"</ref>
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Gregg Car decided then that he wanted to be his own boss and formed his own mercenary unit, [[Gregg's Long Striders]]. The unit of [[regiment]] size was made of knockabouts or disgruntled MechWarriors from [[Tamar]] hiring halls, and Car signed a contract with the [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]]<ref name=WDp128/> to defend the world of [[Launam]].<ref name="20YU">''20 Year Update'', p. 27: "Dar-es-Salaam Command"</ref>
  
 
Car's method of maintaining loyalty through higher-than-average salaries quickly put the mercenaries in debt. Rather than change their ways, the Long Striders instead abandoned their debt and jumped ship for the [[Capellan Confederation]].<ref name=MS33/>
 
Car's method of maintaining loyalty through higher-than-average salaries quickly put the mercenaries in debt. Rather than change their ways, the Long Striders instead abandoned their debt and jumped ship for the [[Capellan Confederation]].<ref name=MS33/>
  
 
===Death and Legacy===
 
===Death and Legacy===
Gregg Car kept his unit in check through sheer force of will until his untimely death in a [[3055]] barroom brawl by three men. Car had often prided himself on having been part of one of the greatest groups of warriors in history. Unfortunately, he touted this in the presence of warriors from [[McCarron's Armored Cavalry]], whose long-running feud with the Dragoons was legendary. Of the three members of ''Big Mac'' who were indicted, only one was convicted of Gregg Car’s death in the brawl.<ref name=MS33>''Mercenaries Supplemental'', p. 33, "Gregg's Long Striders"</ref>
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Gregg Car kept his unit in check through sheer force of will until his untimely death in a [[3055]] barroom brawl by three men. Car had often prided himself on having been part of one of the greatest groups of warriors in history. Unfortunately, he touted this in the presence of warriors from [[McCarron's Armored Cavalry]], whose long-running feud with the Dragoons was legendary. Of the three members of the Big Mac who were indicted, only one was convicted of Gregg Car’s death in the brawl.<ref name=MS33/>
 
 
===Marriage and Children===
 
It is unknown who did he married, but it is confirmed that he had at least one child: Davis Car, who, like him, ended commanding Gregg's Long Striders.<ref name=MS33/>
 
 
 
==Character Notes==
 
===Skills===
 
Unknown.
 
  
===BattleMechs===
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Gregg had at least one child: [[Davis Car]], who, like him, ended up commanding Gregg's Long Striders.<ref name=MS33/>
Unknown.
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
<references />
 
<references />
  
== Bibliography ==
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==Bibliography==
 
* ''[[20 Year Update]]''
 
* ''[[20 Year Update]]''
 
* ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental]]''
 
* ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental]]''
* ''[[Wolf's Dragoons (sourcebook)]]''
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* ''[[Wolf's Dragoons (sourcebook)|Wolf's Dragoons]]''
  
 
[[Category:Mercenary Characters|Car, Gregg]]
 
[[Category:Mercenary Characters|Car, Gregg]]
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[[Category:Wolf's Dragoons Characters|Car, Gregg]]

Latest revision as of 10:41, 12 November 2023

Gregg Car
Personal
Died3055[1]
AffiliationGregg's Long Striders
Career
RankColonel
Family
ChildrenDavis Car[1]

Gregg Car was the founder of the Gregg's Long Striders mercenary unit.

History[edit]

Wolf's Dragoons Years[edit]

Gregg Car enlisted with Wolf's Dragoons in 3020 and made captain, which indicates past experience as a MechWarrior and also Leadership skills.[2] He had issues adapting to the Dragoons' chain of command, resulting in a demotion to lieutenant in 3022 which ended with him leaving the unit.[2]

Formation of his own unit[edit]

Gregg Car decided then that he wanted to be his own boss and formed his own mercenary unit, Gregg's Long Striders. The unit of regiment size was made of knockabouts or disgruntled MechWarriors from Tamar hiring halls, and Car signed a contract with the Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces[2] to defend the world of Launam.[3]

Car's method of maintaining loyalty through higher-than-average salaries quickly put the mercenaries in debt. Rather than change their ways, the Long Striders instead abandoned their debt and jumped ship for the Capellan Confederation.[1]

Death and Legacy[edit]

Gregg Car kept his unit in check through sheer force of will until his untimely death in a 3055 barroom brawl by three men. Car had often prided himself on having been part of one of the greatest groups of warriors in history. Unfortunately, he touted this in the presence of warriors from McCarron's Armored Cavalry, whose long-running feud with the Dragoons was legendary. Of the three members of the Big Mac who were indicted, only one was convicted of Gregg Car’s death in the brawl.[1]

Gregg had at least one child: Davis Car, who, like him, ended up commanding Gregg's Long Striders.[1]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Mercenaries Supplemental, p. 33: "Gregg's Long Striders"
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Wolf's Dragoons, p. 128: "Colonel Gregg Car"
  3. 20 Year Update, p. 27: "Dar-es-Salaam Command"

Bibliography[edit]