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| type                = Short story/novella (2 parts)
 
| author              = [[Kevin Killiany]]
 
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| era                = [[Civil War era]]
 
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| timeline            = 2 September—15 November [[3067]]
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| timeline            = 2 September-15 November [[3067]]
| series              = [[Chaos Irregulars]] stories
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| series              = [[Chaos Born|Chaos Irregulars]] stories
 
| precededby          = [[Gambit at Noisiel]]
 
| precededby          = [[Gambit at Noisiel]]
 
| followedby          = [[Convergence at Khon Kaen]]
 
| followedby          = [[Convergence at Khon Kaen]]
 
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'''''Gambit at Noisiel''''' is a story by [[Kevin Killiany]] that was published online on [[BattleCorps]] on 31 July 2005 as the seventh and eighth parts (and sixth story) of the [[Chaos Irregulars]] series.
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'''''Endgame at Engadine''''' is a story by [[Kevin Killiany]] that was published online on [[BattleCorps]] as the seventh and eighth parts (and sixth story) of the Chaos Irregulars series.
  
 
==Plot summary==
 
==Plot summary==
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===Part 2===
 
===Part 2===
 
{{quote|''You the reader have guided Jake, Ariel, Pauls, Davis, Reema, and all the rest through many different contracts. You've watched the unit suffer and prosper throughout their many contracts. Though the story choices are over, the unit is destined for greatness...''}}
 
{{quote|''You the reader have guided Jake, Ariel, Pauls, Davis, Reema, and all the rest through many different contracts. You've watched the unit suffer and prosper throughout their many contracts. Though the story choices are over, the unit is destined for greatness...''}}
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==Featured characters==
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* [[Tim Andrews]] of the [[1st Rim Commonality Guard|Chaos Irregulars]] of 2nd Company's Gamma lance, piloting an ''[[Assassin]]''
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* [[Leutnant]] [[Brickman]] of the [[Engadine Planetary Militia]]
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* [[Cynthia Josepha Cherry|Cynthia Josepha "CJ" Cherry]] of the [[1st Rim Commonality Guard|Chaos Irregulars]]' specialized lance, piloting a FS9-S1 ''[[Firestarter]]''
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* [[Lieutenant]] [[Reema Chowla]], commander of the [[1st Rim Commonality Guard|Chaos Irregulars]]' 1st Company's Alpha Lance, piloting a ''[[Mongoose]]''
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* [[Lieutenant]] [[Grainger Christian|Grainger "Gray" Christian]] of the [[1st Rim Commonality Guard|Chaos Irregulars]]' specialized lance (mentioned)
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* [[Lord President of Engadine]] Duke [[Alistair Daniel]]
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* [[Colonel]] [[Effram Daniel]], commander of the [[Engadine Planetary Militia]], son of Alistair
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* Sir [[Guydell Daniel]], son of Alistair
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* [[Lieutenant]] [[Tony Davis|Stanly Tony Davis]], lance leader of the [[1st Rim Commonality Guard|Chaos Irregulars]]' specialized lance, piloting a ''[[Phoenix Hawk]]''
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* [[Hauptmann]] [[Erich Donaldo]], commander of Battle Armor infantry from [[Main Street]]
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* [[Felix (Engadine)|Felix]], dog handler of the Daniel family
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* [[Colonel]] [[Friedrich]], commander of the [[Elume Planetary Militia]]
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* [[Marcus Green (31st c.)|Marcus Green]] of the [[1st Rim Commonality Guard|Chaos Irregulars]], piloting a ''[[Raijin (Fujin)|Raijin]]''
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* [[Colonel]] [[Ada Gubser]], commander of [[Smithson's Chinese Bandits]] (mentioned)
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* [[Lieutenant]] [[Jarmae Heather|Jarmae "Jars" Heather]], lance leader of the [[1st Rim Commonality Guard|Chaos Irregulars]]' 1st Company's Beta Lance, piloting a QKD-4G ''[[Quickdraw]]''
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* [[Colonel]] Marquess [[Baldrich Howetzer]], commander of the [[Main Street Planetary Militia]]
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* [[Captain]] [[Obadiah Jacoam|Obadiah "Oh" "Jake" Jacoam]], commander of the [[1st Rim Commonality Guard|Chaos Irregulars]], piloting a ''[[Spector]]''
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* [[Jacques]] of the [[1st Rim Commonality Guard|Chaos Irregulars]] of 2nd Company's Gamma lance, piloting a TBT-7M ''[[Trebuchet]]''
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* [[Anton Kaiman]], captain of the ''[[Sanibel]]''
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* [[Dwight Martin]] of the [[1st Rim Commonality Guard|Chaos Irregulars]]' 1st Company's Alpha Lance, piloting an ''[[Enforcer]]'' (mentioned)
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* [[Sigrid McAllister]], captain of the ''[[Captiva]]''
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* [[Colonel]] [[Owyang]], commander of the [[Swartklip Planetary Militia]]
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* Administrator [[Verna Parlane]], manager of [[Swartklip]]'s repair yards
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* [[Sergeant Major]] [[Pauls]] of the [[1st Rim Commonality Guard|Chaos Irregulars]]
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* [[Captain]] [[Ariel Peregrine]], commander of the [[1st Rim Commonality Guard|Chaos Irregulars]], piloting a [[Huron Warrior|HUR-WO-R4O ''Huron Warrior'']] called ''The Colonel''
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* Technician [[Darryl Silverlake]], chief engineer of the [[1st Rim Commonality Guard|Chaos Irregulars]]
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* [[Giovanni Simson]], piloting a ''[[Hauptmann]]'' (mentioned)
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* [[Colonel]] [[Griff Storm]], commander of [[Storm's Metal Thunder]] (mentioned)
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* [[Marva Talbot]] of the [[1st Rim Commonality Guard|Chaos Irregulars]] of 2nd Company, piloting a GRF-6S ''[[Griffin]]''
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* [[Sergeant]] [[Tanner (Elume Planetary Militia)|Tanner]] of the [[Elume Planetary Militia]]
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* [[Lieutenant]] [[Troy Truman|Troy "Too True" Truman]] of the [[1st Rim Commonality Guard|Chaos Irregulars]]' specialized lance, piloting a DV-7D ''[[Dervish]]''
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* [[Albert Whuang]] of the [[1st Rim Commonality Guard|Chaos Irregulars]]' 1st Company's Alpha Lance, piloting a ''[[Valkyrie]]'' (mentioned)
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* [[Colonel]] [[Jaime Wolf]] of [[Wolf's Dragoons]] & the [[Allied Mercenary Command]] (mentioned)
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* [[Lieutenant]] [[Theodora Yannis|Theodora "Teddi" Yannis]] of the [[1st Rim Commonality Guard|Chaos Irregulars]], driving a [[J. Edgar]]
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==Featured places==
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* [[El Giza]] (mentioned)
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* [[Elume]]
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* [[Engadine]]
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* [[Hesperus II]] (mentioned)
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* [[Howick]] (mentioned)
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* [[Khartoum]]
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* [[Main Street]] (mentioned)
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* [[New Capetown]] (mentioned)
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* [[Noisiel]] (mentioned)
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* [[Outreach]] (mentioned)
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* [[Saravan]] (mentioned)
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* [[Swartklip]]
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* [[Wallis]] (mentioned)
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==Featured Units==
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* [[1st Rim Commonality Guard|Chaos Irregulars]]
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* [[9th Lyran Regulars]] (mentioned)
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* [[11th Arcturan Guards]] (mentioned)
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* [[Daniel House Guards]]
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* [[Elume Planetary Militia]]
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* [[Engadine Planetary Militia]]
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* [[Main Street Planetary Militia]]
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* [[Morrison's Extractors]] (mentioned)
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* [[Peregrine's Hussars]] (mentioned)
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* [[Smithson's Chinese Bandits]] (mentioned)
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* [[Sorensen's Strikers]] (mentioned)
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* [[Swartklip Planetary Militia]]
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* [[Waco Rangers]] (mentioned)
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* [[Warrior House Kamata]] (mentioned)
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* [[Wolf's Dragoons]] (mentioned)
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* [[Word of Blake Militia]] (mentioned)
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==Featured BattleTech==
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===BattleMechs===
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*''[[Battle Hawk]]''
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*''[[BattleMaster]]'' (mentioned)
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*''[[Buccaneer (BattleMech)|Buccaneer]]''
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*''[[Bushwacker]]''
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*''[[Chameleon]]''
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*''[[Crockett]]'' (mentioned)
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*GRH-5H & GRH-5J ''[[Grasshopper]]'' (mentioned)
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*GRF-6S ''[[Griffin]]''
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*''[[Emperor]]'' (mentioned)
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*''[[Enfield]]'' (mentioned)
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*''[[Enforcer]]''
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*FS9-S1 ''[[Firestarter (BattleMech)|Firestarter]]''
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* [[Huron Warrior|HUR-WO-R4O ''Huron Warrior'']]
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*''[[Lineholder]]''
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*''[[Merlin (BattleMech)|Merlin]]''
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*''[[Mongoose]]''
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*''[[Phoenix Hawk]]''
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*''[[Quickdraw]]''
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* ''[[Raijin (Fujin)|Raijin]]''
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*''[[Spector]]''
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*''[[Starslayer]]''
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*''[[Thanatos]]''
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*''[[Uziel]]'' (UZL-2S & -3S)
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*''[[Valkyrie]]'' (mentioned)
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*''[[Wyvern]]''
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===Vehicles===
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* [[Swift Wind]] Scout car (mentioned)
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==Aerospace==
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* [[Transgressor]]
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===DropShips===
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* ''[[Mule]]''-class *DropShip ''[[Clermont (Individual DropShip)|Clermont]]'' of [[Anton Kaiman]]
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* ''[[Seeker]]''-class ''[[Rooter]]'' of [[Guydell Daniel]]
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* ''[[Hamilcar]]'' (''[[Orchid]]'') of [[Giovanni Simson]] (mentioned)
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* ''[[Manatee]]''-class ''[[Maitland]]''
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* ''[[Union]]''-class ''[[Ocala]]''
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===JumpShips===
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*''[[Star Lord]]''-class JumpShip (mentioned)
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*''[[Tramp]]''-class JumpShip ''[[Canavarel]]'' (mentioned)
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*''[[Tramp]]''-class JumpShip ''[[Captiva]]''
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*''[[Tramp]]''-class JumpShip ''[[Key West]]'' (mentioned)
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*''[[Tramp]]''-class JumpShip ''[[Largo]]'' (mentioned)
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*''[[Tramp]]''-class JumpShip ''[[Sanibel]]''
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==Featured Fauna==
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* [[Nolan (species)|Nolan]] of [[Engadine]]
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==Notes==
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*In his foreword to the ''[[Chaos Formed]]'' Epub book author Kevin Killiany writes that he consciously named the first [[1st Rim Commonality Guards|Chaos Irregulars]] story ''[[Decision at Acamar]]'' as a homage to the first [[BattleTech]] novel, ''[[Decision at Thunder Rift]]'', and that the last (projected) Chaos Irregulars story, ''Endgame at Engadine'', was named after the last BattleTech novel in the initial classic novel line, ''[[Endgame]]''.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 06:55, 27 December 2023

Endgame at Engadine
Product information
Type Short story/novella (2 parts)
Author Kevin Killiany
Pages 112
Publication information
Publisher BattleCorps
First published 11 December 2006 (part 1)
3 January 2007 (part 2)
Content
Era Civil War era
Timeline 2 September-15 November 3067
Series Chaos Irregulars stories
Preceded by Gambit at Noisiel
Followed by Convergence at Khon Kaen

Endgame at Engadine is a story by Kevin Killiany that was published online on BattleCorps as the seventh and eighth parts (and sixth story) of the Chaos Irregulars series.

Plot summary[edit]

Part 1[edit]

Jake stomped the jump pedals, rotating the tillers as acceleration slammed him into the command couch. The pinewoods dropped away, some of the saplings bursting aflame in the jump jets’ backwash.

Part 2[edit]

You the reader have guided Jake, Ariel, Pauls, Davis, Reema, and all the rest through many different contracts. You've watched the unit suffer and prosper throughout their many contracts. Though the story choices are over, the unit is destined for greatness...

Featured characters[edit]

Featured places[edit]

Featured Units[edit]

Featured BattleTech[edit]

BattleMechs[edit]

Vehicles[edit]

Aerospace[edit]

DropShips[edit]

JumpShips[edit]

Featured Fauna[edit]

Notes[edit]