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When she learns of the Combine retreat, she is afraid that she is about to be tortured or executed and disbelieves McEdwards, who tells her, that she will be surrendered to the Combine troops together with the surviving ''Kintaro'' pilot. Though furious about the murder of retreating and surrendering people, the Leutnant refuses to kill her. Instead he wants to keep his tiny corner of the battle honorable and just. | When she learns of the Combine retreat, she is afraid that she is about to be tortured or executed and disbelieves McEdwards, who tells her, that she will be surrendered to the Combine troops together with the surviving ''Kintaro'' pilot. Though furious about the murder of retreating and surrendering people, the Leutnant refuses to kill her. Instead he wants to keep his tiny corner of the battle honorable and just. | ||
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| + | == Featured characters == | ||
| + | *[[First Leutnant]] Danver McEdwards | ||
| + | *[[Tai-i]] Aiko Makita | ||
| + | *[[Hauptmann-Kommandant]] Krieg | ||
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| + | == Featured units == | ||
| + | *[[18th Algedi Regulars]] | ||
| + | *[[5th Sword of Light]] | ||
| + | *[[8th Sword of Light]] | ||
| + | *[[30th Lyran Guards]] | ||
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| + | == Featured BattleTech == | ||
| + | === BattleMechs === | ||
| + | *''[[Atlas]]'' (only mentioned) | ||
| + | *''[[Dragon]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[Kintaro]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[Mercury]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[Panther]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[Sentinel]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[Thug]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[Zeus]]'' | ||
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| + | === Combat Vehicles === | ||
| + | *[[AC/2 Carrier]] | ||
| + | *''[[Hunter (Combat Vehicle)|Hunter]]'' light tank | ||
| + | |||
| + | == Featured planets == | ||
| + | *[[Hesperus II]] | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Revision as of 17:25, 1 July 2012
| Broken Blade | |
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| Product information | |
| Type | Short story |
| Author | Steven Mohan Jr. |
| Pages | 27 |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | BattleCorps |
| First published | 28 June 2005 |
| Content | |
| Era | Succession Wars era |
| Timeline | 28 December 2787 |
Broken Blade is a short story by Steven Mohan Jr. that was published online on BattleCorps on 28 June 2005. It was also published in print in the second BattleCorps print anthology, First Strike.
Contents
| “ | The first battle for Hesperus harkens the darkness of the First Succession War. Steve Mohan Illustrates this with his tale of two sides in the first of many battles for the critical world. | ” |
Plot summary
In December of 2787 Danver McEdwards, a First Leutnant of the 30th Lyran Guards participates in the First Battle of Hesperus II in the defense of the planet and experiences a new type of total and merciless warfare. The Combine attacker, who dubbed the assault Operation Broken Blade, intend to destroy as much of Hesperus' valuable factories as possible. During the battle, when the DCMS troops try to break through the Lyran defenders, McEdwards Sentinel gets heavily damaged by an enemy Thug and only survives because of an orbital bombardment that erroneously goes down in the middle of the battlefield and seperates the two combatants from each other. After surviving this, McEdwards retreats to a Defiance Industries vehicle factory, which serves as a field repair camp, to repair his BattleMech.
At the same time Tai-i Aiko Makita, the pilot of the Kurita Thug takes the moment of confusion after the orbital attack to break with her company through the Lyran lines unrecognized. Her goal is to overcome the perimeter defense and destroy said vehicle facility.
At the factory, McEdwards learns of the approaching enemys, after his Sentinel breaks down. Together with an other MechWarrior, who pilots a Sentinel as well, and the factory workers the First Leutnant decides to defend the complex. When Maikta arrives, she and the only other remaining member of her company, who pilots a Kintaro, enter the building, where they are attacked by industrial robots and cranes. Finally they encounter a Sentinel and the pilot of the Kintaro, frustraded by the mysterious attacks, chases after it, not sensing the trap, that awaits him. Even the warnings of his superior can not rescue him, wenn his Mech skids on grease and falls next to a pressure vessel, which is ignited by the Sentinel and sets the Kintaro on fire. Makita belives her friend dead and leaves the building to circumvent the dangerous complex to reach the deutirium tanks and destroy the whole comlpex.
Outside she gets under fire by several brand new Hunter tanks. When she counter attacks, the vehicle crews left their vehicles and flee and the Tai-i recognizes that they are simple factory workers and no soldiers. Infuriated she attackes them and the Sentinel arrives too late to prevent that Makita cuts them all down. Instead the Lyran Mech gets shot in the back while it tries to flee and collapes to the ground. She arrives at the fallen Mech just in time to see how the Lyran MechWarrior escapes his Sentinel. Beaten, the pilot signals his surrender only to get smashed of his Mech by the heavy arm of Makitas Thug.
Now McEdwards attack comes too late to save the other pilots life. He is piloting his own grounded Sentinel whose unexpected attack suprises the Combine MechWarrior and destroyes one of the Thugs legs. Makita herself is captured by Lyran infantry.
When she learns of the Combine retreat, she is afraid that she is about to be tortured or executed and disbelieves McEdwards, who tells her, that she will be surrendered to the Combine troops together with the surviving Kintaro pilot. Though furious about the murder of retreating and surrendering people, the Leutnant refuses to kill her. Instead he wants to keep his tiny corner of the battle honorable and just.
Featured characters
- First Leutnant Danver McEdwards
- Tai-i Aiko Makita
- Hauptmann-Kommandant Krieg
Featured units
Featured BattleTech
BattleMechs
Combat Vehicles
- AC/2 Carrier
- Hunter light tank
Featured planets
Notes
Though the vehicle factory, where the main part of the story takes place, is supposed to produce Hunter tanks and there are several participating in the battle, this missile carrier is first introduced in 2937.