Mongo's Monkey Militia
"I leave the honor and glory to the monkeys."
~Neeka Astrinea, CAO of Luminar BioTech
Montgomery Strickland
Montgomery "Mongo" Strickland is a Bioroid brain in the body of a cloned gorilla. He was a sort of 'proof of concept' by Luminar BioTech, prepared with the equivalent of PhD-level mastery of military history, strategy, philosophy and tactics. The intention was to build out a squad of gorilla commandos, but the project failed due to logistical requirements of feeding and medicating the cloned gorilla bodies. Montgomery himself showed good talent and resisted any attempt to move his bioronic brain into a more conventional body. He formed Mongo's Monkey Militia recruiting Trogs from the Kinsasha slums on Earth. He uses Bioronics to install bespoke Commando training into their brains with preprogrammed brain organoids. He also subjects these volunteers to a battery of Evolutionaries which he would describe as "completing the Uplift process." Montgomery himself is an adeherent of the Perfected Path.The Monkeys
Mongo employs seven subordinates. The most important would probably be Vector-Parallel-Dots, a Tankbrain secretary on Earth on the continent of Africa, where she can filter through crime reports for recruits and can run Mongo's myriad of accounts and investments. His two longest surviving corporals, Stephen Saunders and Langley Wimberly are cool under fire and experienced commandoes. Thomas Caruthers and Terrence McKinley are newer, but they are experienced enough without the jading of their superiors. Another lance corporal, this one in charge of communications and cyberwarfare is Crawclack, a Corvoid. The newest recruit, Marietta Marker, was recruited after Mongo bought out her indenture from a botched bank robbery in which her co-conspirators left her behind and she destroyed four GAH robots before she was brought down.Service to the CAO
Mongo's Monkey Militia has a storied history of battles fought around Luminar BioTech, in particular Antibattles and copyright wars. Mongo's mind and obsessive desire for glory and honorable combat impressed his superiors enough that he got moved to 'elite' status on the CM Payscale, and Neeka Astrinea chose the outfit as her personal bodyguards. Her hunger for exploration and aversion to full scale combat has actually brought new and interesting combat challenges to Mongo and his team, and the Monkeys have developed a deep sense of loyalty to her thanks to the lavish pay and privileges she heaps on them for handling problems that she finds unpleasant.Loadout
While Mongo himself prefers to use a Particle Ripper, most of his team uses low-band laser carbines. They all wear modified Vanguard Dynamic Paris Light Infantry Armors and high-grade shield generators. Mongo allows them to choose their own melee backups.
Honor, Glory, Loyalty
Type
Military, Paramilitary/Militia
Alternative Names
The Monkeys, Redmonkey, Redapes
Formation Type
Training Level
Trained
Veterancy Level
Experienced
Demonym
Monkey
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Parent Organization
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