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Adding to the overall mystery are their elite skills and strange battlefield conduct, combined with their well-maintained cutting edge equipment (including recent 'Mech designs, Clan technology, several [[JumpShip]]s with [[Lithium-Fusion Batteries]] and reportedly even a small [[WarShip]]) that suggests superior education and a massive secret support base. | Adding to the overall mystery are their elite skills and strange battlefield conduct, combined with their well-maintained cutting edge equipment (including recent 'Mech designs, Clan technology, several [[JumpShip]]s with [[Lithium-Fusion Batteries]] and reportedly even a small [[WarShip]]) that suggests superior education and a massive secret support base. | ||
| − | The origin, organisation, leadership or motivation of the Green Ghosts is unknown. They take great pains to cover their tracks, to the point of killing their own and destroying their equipment when they cannot be extracted from a raid. Several distinct sub-units seem to exist, including elements of [[Clan]] and [[Word of Blake]] origin. There is evidence the group may have undergone some change around ca. [[ | + | The origin, organisation, leadership or motivation of the Green Ghosts is unknown. They take great pains to cover their tracks, to the point of killing their own and destroying their equipment when they cannot be extracted from a raid. Several distinct sub-units seem to exist, including elements of [[Clan]] and [[Word of Blake]] origin. There is evidence the group may have undergone some change around ca. [[3080]]. |
==History== | ==History== | ||
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On 13 July [[3069]] the [[Star Seeds]] mercenary unit captured the ''[[Silhouette]]'', a Green Ghosts ''[[Overlord]]''-class DropShip, in the Tomans system on its return leg from the planet after another fracas between the Green Ghosts and Clan Jade Falcon. They reportedly kept their boarding DropShip between the ''Overlord'' and the Green Ghosts' ''[[Magellan]]''-class [[JumpShip]], thus preventing the ''Magellan'' from bringing its weapons to bear, eventually ramming the ''Silhouette'' and ripping its bay doors open.<ref>''Twisting in the Vacuum''</ref><ref>''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 109</ref> There was no mention of Green Ghost survivors. | On 13 July [[3069]] the [[Star Seeds]] mercenary unit captured the ''[[Silhouette]]'', a Green Ghosts ''[[Overlord]]''-class DropShip, in the Tomans system on its return leg from the planet after another fracas between the Green Ghosts and Clan Jade Falcon. They reportedly kept their boarding DropShip between the ''Overlord'' and the Green Ghosts' ''[[Magellan]]''-class [[JumpShip]], thus preventing the ''Magellan'' from bringing its weapons to bear, eventually ramming the ''Silhouette'' and ripping its bay doors open.<ref>''Twisting in the Vacuum''</ref><ref>''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 109</ref> There was no mention of Green Ghost survivors. | ||
| − | In [[3071]] the remnants of the shattered [[121st Hellion Lancers (Clan Ice Hellion)|121st Hellion Lancers]] were one jump from the [[Dark Nebula]] (coming from [[Bensinger]]) when contact was lost, after a last report that they were being overrun by a Green Ghosts marine assault on their spacecraft.<ref name=WoR159>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 159</ref> | + | In early [[3071]], the [[8th Scorpion Grenadiers (Clan Goliath Scorpion)]], together with the [[First Eridani Lancers]], went looking for Rim Worlds Republic remnants on the far side of the [[Clan Jade Falcon Occupation Zone]]. In a system known to the Scorpions as [[T-892]] the three JumpShips encountered a hostile ''[[Peregrine (WarShip class)|Peregrine]]''-class [[WarShip]], and escaped via emergency jump. One JumpShip, the ''[[Whisper (Individual JumpShip)|Whisper]]'', suffered crippling damage to its [[KF Drive]] from the jump and had to be abandoned with its cargo. When Clan Goliath Scorpion returned to the ship's position in [[3077]], it was nowhere to be found.<ref name=WoR159>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 58</ref> As of 3 |
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| + | Also in 3071, the remnants of the shattered [[121st Hellion Lancers (Clan Ice Hellion)|121st Hellion Lancers]] were one jump from the [[Dark Nebula]] (coming from [[Bensinger]]) when contact was lost, after a last report that they were being overrun by a Green Ghosts marine assault on their spacecraft.<ref name=WoR159>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 159</ref> | ||
'Mechs and [[Elemental (Battle Armor)|elementals]] bearing the markings of the 121st Hellion Lancers attacked several [[Clan Hell's Horses]] and [[Clan Ghost Bear]] worlds in [[3076]].<ref name=WoR159/> | 'Mechs and [[Elemental (Battle Armor)|elementals]] bearing the markings of the 121st Hellion Lancers attacked several [[Clan Hell's Horses]] and [[Clan Ghost Bear]] worlds in [[3076]].<ref name=WoR159/> | ||
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==Composition== | ==Composition== | ||
| − | According to the (unreliable) accounts of Trent Calooph, the Green Ghosts seem to consist of lost Rim Worlds Republic colonists, Word of Blake soldiers and crewmen, and some [[Clan Goliath Scorpion]] warriors and technicians.<ref name=IE92>''Interstellar Players 3: Interstellar Expeditions'', p. 92</ref> | + | According to the (unreliable) accounts of Trent Calooph, the Green Ghosts as of 3068 seem to consist of lost Rim Worlds Republic colonists, Word of Blake soldiers and crewmen, and some [[Clan Goliath Scorpion]] warriors and technicians.<ref name=IE92>''Interstellar Players 3: Interstellar Expeditions'', p. 92</ref> |
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* ''[[Peregrine]]''-class WarShip | * ''[[Peregrine]]''-class WarShip | ||
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===Known Members=== | ===Known Members=== | ||
| − | *[[Velena Andropolous]] | + | *[[Velena Andropolous]] - |
| − | *[[Irt Bragg]] | + | *[[Irt Bragg]] - Clan Ice Hellion Star Colonel, whose [[Nova]] was overrun and evidently captured by the Green Ghosts in a space battle in 3071 and who was captured alive as a Green Ghost MechWarrior in 3079. |
| − | *[[Trent Calooph]] | + | *[[Trent Calooph]] - Retarded periphery citizen from [[Gabenstad]] with mental and emotional capacities of a 12-year-old. Pressed into service by the Green Ghosts, left behind alive in the 3068 raid on Tomans. First Green Ghosts insider to be interrogated, but considered a highly unreliable witness. Died in 3077. |
| − | *[[Susan Cherlander]] | + | *[[Susan Cherlander]] - |
| − | *"Gregor" | + | *"Gregor" - Green Ghosts rifle instructor mentioned as "mean" by Calooph; circumstancial evidence suggests a Clan Goliath Scorpion warrior. |
*[[Trapezius Konow]] | *[[Trapezius Konow]] | ||
| − | *"Mikal" | + | *"Mikal" - Green Ghosts member with "yellow eyes that could see in the dark" mentioned by Calooph; circumstancial evidence suggests a Word of Blake member, possibly with cybernetically enhanced eyes. |
*[[Neil Sagan]] | *[[Neil Sagan]] | ||
| + | ==Notes== | ||
==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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The so-called Green Ghosts are an enigmatic and highly unusual warband. They began raiding the Lyran (coreward and anti-spinward) periphery border, i.e. the general area of the former Rim Worlds Republic, in 3060 and continued their operations at least through 3089.
Notably, their raids seem to focus on archeological sites of religious or cultural significance, old Star League sites, and Lostech. As a result, Interstellar Expeditions (IE) and their contractors have come under attack from them particularly often.
Adding to the overall mystery are their elite skills and strange battlefield conduct, combined with their well-maintained cutting edge equipment (including recent 'Mech designs, Clan technology, several JumpShips with Lithium-Fusion Batteries and reportedly even a small WarShip) that suggests superior education and a massive secret support base.
The origin, organisation, leadership or motivation of the Green Ghosts is unknown. They take great pains to cover their tracks, to the point of killing their own and destroying their equipment when they cannot be extracted from a raid. Several distinct sub-units seem to exist, including elements of Clan and Word of Blake origin. There is evidence the group may have undergone some change around ca. 3080.
History
There were 310 recorded attacks by the Green Ghosts between 3060 and 3089.[1]
In 3060, four JumpShips with sixteen DropShips from the 7th Crucis Lancers, carrying some 11,000 personnel and their equipment, vanished without a trace after being sent to the periphery system Savarin 223-74 for exercises.[2] It was later noted that this happened just before the Green Ghosts first appeared, fielding many BattleMechs typical for an AFFC Regimental Combat Team. However, there is no evidence linking the Green Ghosts to this incident and the Green Ghosts were not encountered in the region where the 7th Crucis Lancers were operating.[3]
Between ca. 3060 and December 3062, elements of the 9th Lyran Regulars clashed on at least five occasions with a pirate group that had been attacking world after world in the Lyran Alliance and near periphery and taken (only) historical and archeological items and records. Said pirates had been unearthing old Star League sites in at least two instances while fending off opposition. The Regulars' forces were driven off or wiped out in all five encounters.[4]
In early 3066 unknown aggressors attacked several worlds in the Lyran Alliance's Melissia Theater. Piloting "'Mechs of obvious recent production including classic Star League designs like the Highlander" but also recent designs such as the Falconer and Stealth, and Clan OmniMechs, they went after archeological sites.[5] The Quanatir MTM tracked them to Khartoum by late May, where they were apparently unearthing the remains of a 600-year-old settlement. Fielding three companies of 'Mechs, the Green Ghosts vanquished two militia battalions of mixed 'Mechs and tanks and captured a dozen 'Mechs and some two dozen militiamen.[6]
Elements from Gabhardt's Carabineers–a mercenary unit in Lyran employ and based out of Timbuktu–had repeatedly clashed with the Green Ghosts by 3067 on various worlds, invariably suffering defeat.[7]
Frequently working for IE in the periphery, the mercenary Periphery Star Guard had suffered significant damage at the hands of the Green Ghosts in several encounters by 3068, though no details were given.[8][9][10][11] During one mission in the deep periphery in or shortly before 3066, the Periphery Star Guard worked together with the Devil's Brigade (also in IE employ),[12] who was also later mentioned as having survived at least one encounter with the Green Ghosts.[9]
On 1 August 3068 the Green Ghosts attacked Grant Station Tango, Interstellar Expeditions' main research complex on Tomans, concurrently with a Clan Jade Falcon force. Gannon's Cannons were stationed at the site in what was supposed to be an R&R assignment, and prevailed against both attackers in a three-sided fight. The Ghosts pressed their attack and destroyed around a third of the buildings before being driven back.[13][14] Green Ghosts conscript Trenton Calooph was captured alive after a building collapsed on the APC he was in,[15] but he could not offer significant new insights into the group due to his mental condition.
On 13 July 3069 the Star Seeds mercenary unit captured the Silhouette, a Green Ghosts Overlord-class DropShip, in the Tomans system on its return leg from the planet after another fracas between the Green Ghosts and Clan Jade Falcon. They reportedly kept their boarding DropShip between the Overlord and the Green Ghosts' Magellan-class JumpShip, thus preventing the Magellan from bringing its weapons to bear, eventually ramming the Silhouette and ripping its bay doors open.[16][17] There was no mention of Green Ghost survivors.
In early 3071, the 8th Scorpion Grenadiers (Clan Goliath Scorpion), together with the First Eridani Lancers, went looking for Rim Worlds Republic remnants on the far side of the Clan Jade Falcon Occupation Zone. In a system known to the Scorpions as T-892 the three JumpShips encountered a hostile Peregrine-class WarShip, and escaped via emergency jump. One JumpShip, the Whisper, suffered crippling damage to its KF Drive from the jump and had to be abandoned with its cargo. When Clan Goliath Scorpion returned to the ship's position in 3077, it was nowhere to be found.[18] As of 3
Also in 3071, the remnants of the shattered 121st Hellion Lancers were one jump from the Dark Nebula (coming from Bensinger) when contact was lost, after a last report that they were being overrun by a Green Ghosts marine assault on their spacecraft.[18]
'Mechs and elementals bearing the markings of the 121st Hellion Lancers attacked several Clan Hell's Horses and Clan Ghost Bear worlds in 3076.[18]
In 3079 Clan Diamond Shark forces on Nyserta rebuffed a Green Ghost attack against one of their facilities that was situated at an old colony site, destroying the attackers' DropShip as well. One attacker was captured alive; his genetic coding matched Star Colonel Irt Bragg (formerly of the 121st Hellion Lancers), though his facial features had been altered. At least two destroyed 'Mechs had Ice Hellion manufacturing marks. However, there was no mention of an interrogation or any further intelligence gained.[18]
On 8 April 3087 an archeological dig on Stotzing came under attack from the Green Ghosts, who deployed from a Colossus-class DropShip.[19]
Composition
According to the (unreliable) accounts of Trent Calooph, the Green Ghosts as of 3068 seem to consist of lost Rim Worlds Republic colonists, Word of Blake soldiers and crewmen, and some Clan Goliath Scorpion warriors and technicians.[20]
- Peregrine-class WarShip
- At least three JumpShips (of unspecified type), with drive signatures matching "missing" ComStar vessels
Known Members
- Velena Andropolous -
- Irt Bragg - Clan Ice Hellion Star Colonel, whose Nova was overrun and evidently captured by the Green Ghosts in a space battle in 3071 and who was captured alive as a Green Ghost MechWarrior in 3079.
- Trent Calooph - Retarded periphery citizen from Gabenstad with mental and emotional capacities of a 12-year-old. Pressed into service by the Green Ghosts, left behind alive in the 3068 raid on Tomans. First Green Ghosts insider to be interrogated, but considered a highly unreliable witness. Died in 3077.
- Susan Cherlander -
- "Gregor" - Green Ghosts rifle instructor mentioned as "mean" by Calooph; circumstancial evidence suggests a Clan Goliath Scorpion warrior.
- Trapezius Konow
- "Mikal" - Green Ghosts member with "yellow eyes that could see in the dark" mentioned by Calooph; circumstancial evidence suggests a Word of Blake member, possibly with cybernetically enhanced eyes.
- Neil Sagan
Notes
Bibliography
- Dawn of the Jihad
- Dig, Defend, or Die
- FedCom Civil War
- Field Manual: Federated Suns
- Field Manual: Lyran Alliance
- Interstellar Players
- Interstellar Players 2: Jihad Conspiracies
- Interstellar Players 3: Interstellar Expeditions
- Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents
- Mercenaries Supplemental II
- Mercenaries Supplemental Update
- The Wars of Reaving
- Total Chaos
- Twisting in the Vacuum
References
- ↑ Interstellar Players 3: Interstellar Expeditions, p. 94
- ↑ Field Manual: Federated Suns, p. 73
- ↑ Interstellar Players, p. 48
- ↑ Field Manual: Lyran Alliance, p. 91
- ↑ The source–FedCom Civil War, p. 165–says they were "scouring the worlds for archeological sites" {sic}, though this may be a typo and meant to read "scouting"
- ↑ FedCom Civil War, pp. 164-165
- ↑ Mercenaries Supplemental II, p. 34
- ↑ Blake Documents, p. 70
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Interstellar Players 2: Jihad Conspiracies, p. 30
- ↑ Mercenaries Supplemental II, p. 54
- ↑ Mercenaries Supplemental Update, p. 95
- ↑ Mercenaries Supplemental II, p. 30
- ↑ Dawn of the Jihad, pp. 157-158
- ↑ Total Chaos, p. 65
- ↑ Interstellar Players 3: Interstellar Expeditions, p. 92
- ↑ Twisting in the Vacuum
- ↑ Mercenaries Supplemental Update, p. 109
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 The Wars of Reaving, p. 58 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "WoR159" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Dig, Defend, or Die
- ↑ Interstellar Players 3: Interstellar Expeditions, p. 92