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Line 37: == Summary == == Summary == − [[Archon of the Lyran Commonwealth|Archon]] [[Melissa Steiner II|Melissa Steiner]] hatches a complex and risky plot to secure the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] for the coming [[Dark Age]] wars. Believing the greatest threat is a united and resurgent [[Free Worlds League]], the Archon looks to duplicate the [[Arc-Royal Theater]], where the melding of [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile|Clan]] and [[Kell Hounds|Inner Sphere]] forces created a powerful and lasting buffer between the Commonwealth and the invading Clans. Her idea is to convince [[Clan Wolf]] to move its entire ''[[touman]]'' and people to the border between the Commonwealth and former Free Worlds League, with the bait being the many wealthy worlds available for the taking. Her cousin, [[Trillian Steiner|Trillian]], thinks the idea extremely dangerous, but the Archon believes the gamble is worth the danger. + [[Archon of the Lyran Commonwealth|Archon]] [[Melissa Steiner II|Melissa Steiner]] hatches a complex and risky plot to secure the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] for the coming [[Dark Age]] wars. Believing the greatest threat is a united and resurgent [[Free Worlds League]], the Archon looks to duplicate the [[Arc-Royal Theater]], where the melding of [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile|Clan]] and [[Kell Hounds|Inner Sphere]] forces created a powerful and lasting buffer between the Commonwealth and the invading Clans. Her idea is to convince [[Clan Wolf]] to move its entire [[touman]] and people to the border between the Commonwealth and former Free Worlds League, with the bait being the many wealthy worlds available for the taking. Her cousin, [[Trillian Steiner|Trillian]], thinks the idea extremely dangerous, but the Archon believes the gamble is worth the danger. [[Clan Wolf]] [[Khan of Clan Wolf|Khan]] [[Seth Ward]] accepts the proposal and challenges three of his ''[[ristar]]''s to design a strategy for moving the entire Clan without inviting attacks of opportunity. [[Star Colonel]] [[Alaric Ward|Alaric]]'s audacious proposal wins: invade the [[Republic of the Sphere]], drive straight for [[Terra]], and become the [[ilClan]]. Their enemies will be forced to unite against them, leaving a path open to the Commonwealth's [[rimward]] border, and only after reaching the border will the Wolves' assault be revealed as a feint. [[Clan Wolf]] [[Khan of Clan Wolf|Khan]] [[Seth Ward]] accepts the proposal and challenges three of his ''[[ristar]]''s to design a strategy for moving the entire Clan without inviting attacks of opportunity. [[Star Colonel]] [[Alaric Ward|Alaric]]'s audacious proposal wins: invade the [[Republic of the Sphere]], drive straight for [[Terra]], and become the [[ilClan]]. Their enemies will be forced to unite against them, leaving a path open to the Commonwealth's [[rimward]] border, and only after reaching the border will the Wolves' assault be revealed as a feint. Line 45:
Line 45: Star Colonel Alaric is assigned the world of [[Yed Posterior]]. His [[Binary]] easily takes the planet, but insurgency tactics prevent him from controlling it. Realizing the goal is not to win the planet, but rather the planet's resources, he neutralizes the insurgency by refusing to launch a counterinsurgency. By changing the rules of the game he gave his opponents no chance to win. This type of high-level gamesmanship was useless, however, against an opponent like Anastasia Kerensky. Arriving with three [[battalion]]s, she bids everything against Alaric's tiny force, as she does not care about [[zellbrigen|Clan honor]] but rather quick victory. When Alaric devises an insurgency of his own, Kerensky destroys the dikes protecting the city, flooding his defenses. Thoroughly beaten, the Star Colonel surrenders to the Wolf Hunters. Star Colonel Alaric is assigned the world of [[Yed Posterior]]. His [[Binary]] easily takes the planet, but insurgency tactics prevent him from controlling it. Realizing the goal is not to win the planet, but rather the planet's resources, he neutralizes the insurgency by refusing to launch a counterinsurgency. By changing the rules of the game he gave his opponents no chance to win. This type of high-level gamesmanship was useless, however, against an opponent like Anastasia Kerensky. Arriving with three [[battalion]]s, she bids everything against Alaric's tiny force, as she does not care about [[zellbrigen|Clan honor]] but rather quick victory. When Alaric devises an insurgency of his own, Kerensky destroys the dikes protecting the city, flooding his defenses. Thoroughly beaten, the Star Colonel surrenders to the Wolf Hunters. − Anastasia Kerensky sees exceptional potential in her captive, so she breaks him. Sleep deprivation, stimulants, mind games, physical torture—after two days Alaric is stripped of his pride, his confidence, even his megalomania. While Kerensky does not know Alaric's background, she does know that he was the only Wolf warrior without a [[Bloodname]] at the funeral for [[Victor Ian Steiner-Davion]], that he planned Clan Wolf's strategy, and that his soldiers see him as an almost mythic figure. His potential seems limitless, ''if'' he can learn that war is more than gamesmanship. But Kerensky does not want him as a [[bondsman]]—she wants to release him back to the wild. Anastasia understands that in the far future the Wolves and the Wolf Hunters will inevitably meet in an epic battle, and what better opponent than a future-Khan that she has already broken? + Anastasia Kerensky sees exceptional potential in her captive, so she breaks him. Sleep deprivation, stimulants, mind games, physical torture—after two days Alaric is stripped of his pride, his confidence, even his megalomania. While Kerensky does not know Alaric's background, she does know that he was the only Wolf warrior without a [[Bloodname]] at the funeral for [[Victor Ian Steiner-Davion]], that he planned Clan Wolf's strategy, and that his soldiers see him as an almost mythic figure. His potential seems limitless, ''if'' he can learn that war is more than gamesmanship. But Kerensky does not want him as a [[bondsman]] – she wants to release him back to the wild. Anastasia understands that in the far future the Wolves and the Wolf Hunters will inevitably meet in an epic battle, and what better opponent than a future-Khan that she has already broken? − ==Featured Characters== + == Featured Characters == − {{div col|colwidth=25em}} * [[Star Colonel]] [[Alaric Ward|Alaric]] * [[Star Colonel]] [[Alaric Ward|Alaric]] * [[Colonel]] [[Anastasia Kerensky]] * [[Colonel]] [[Anastasia Kerensky]] * Star Colonel [[Bjorn Wolf|Bjorn]] * Star Colonel [[Bjorn Wolf|Bjorn]] * Star Colonel [[Donovan Wolf|Donovan]] * Star Colonel [[Donovan Wolf|Donovan]] − * [[Edward]] − * [[Hestia]] * [[Katherine Steiner-Davion|Katherine Wolf]] * [[Katherine Steiner-Davion|Katherine Wolf]] * [[Kennerly]] * [[Kennerly]] * [[Archon of the Lyran Commonwealth|Archon]] [[Melissa Steiner II|Melissa Steiner]] * [[Archon of the Lyran Commonwealth|Archon]] [[Melissa Steiner II|Melissa Steiner]] − * [[Selvina Woods]] * [[Khan of Clan Wolf|Khan]] [[Seth Ward]] * [[Khan of Clan Wolf|Khan]] [[Seth Ward]] * [[Verena Wolf|Verena]] * [[Verena Wolf|Verena]] − {{div col end}} − − ==Featured Places== − {{div col|colwidth=25em}} − * [[Baxter]] − * [[Castor]] − * [[Domain]] − * [[Koniz]] − * [[La Blon]] − * [[Nusakan]] − * [[Skondia]] − * [[Tharkad]] − * [[Unukalhai]] − * [[Yed Posterior]] − {{div col end}} ==Featured BattleTech== ==Featured BattleTech== ===BattleMechs=== ===BattleMechs=== − {{div col|colwidth=25em}} * ''[[Assassin]]'' * ''[[Assassin]]'' * ''[[Axman]]'' * ''[[Axman]]'' Line 99:
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Line 84: ===Spacecraft=== ===Spacecraft=== − * ''[[Conquistador (DropShip class)|Conquistador]]''-class [[DropShip]] ''[[Thylacine]]'' + * ''[[Conquistador]]''-class [[DropShip]] ''[[Thylacine]]'' * ''[[Monarch]]''-class DropShip ''[[Baron's Pride]]'' * ''[[Monarch]]''-class DropShip ''[[Baron's Pride]]'' − * ''[[Overlord (DropShip class)|Overlord]]''-class DropShip ''[[Jaeger]]'' + * ''[[Overlord]]''-class DropShip ''[[Jaeger]]'' − * ''[[Overlord-C]]''-class DropShip ''[[Romulus (Individual Overlord-C-class DropShip)|Romulus]]'' + * ''[[Overlord-C]]''-class DropShip ''[[Romulus]]'' * ''[[Visigoth]]'' * ''[[Visigoth]]'' + + == Featured Places == + * [[Baxter]] + * [[Castor]] + * [[Domain]] + * [[La Blon]] + * [[Nusakan]] + * [[Skondia]] + * [[Tharkad]] + * [[Unukalhai]] + * [[Yed Posterior]] ==Covers== ==Covers== Line 115:
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| − | [[Archon of the Lyran Commonwealth|Archon]] [[Melissa Steiner II|Melissa Steiner]] hatches a complex and risky plot to secure the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] for the coming [[Dark Age]] wars. Believing the greatest threat is a united and resurgent [[Free Worlds League]], the Archon looks to duplicate the [[Arc-Royal Theater]], where the melding of [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile|Clan]] and [[Kell Hounds|Inner Sphere]] forces created a powerful and lasting buffer between the Commonwealth and the invading Clans. Her idea is to convince [[Clan Wolf]] to move its entire | + | [[Archon of the Lyran Commonwealth|Archon]] [[Melissa Steiner II|Melissa Steiner]] hatches a complex and risky plot to secure the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] for the coming [[Dark Age]] wars. Believing the greatest threat is a united and resurgent [[Free Worlds League]], the Archon looks to duplicate the [[Arc-Royal Theater]], where the melding of [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile|Clan]] and [[Kell Hounds|Inner Sphere]] forces created a powerful and lasting buffer between the Commonwealth and the invading Clans. Her idea is to convince [[Clan Wolf]] to move its entire [[touman]] and people to the border between the Commonwealth and former Free Worlds League, with the bait being the many wealthy worlds available for the taking. Her cousin, [[Trillian Steiner|Trillian]], thinks the idea extremely dangerous, but the Archon believes the gamble is worth the danger. |
[[Clan Wolf]] [[Khan of Clan Wolf|Khan]] [[Seth Ward]] accepts the proposal and challenges three of his ''[[ristar]]''s to design a strategy for moving the entire Clan without inviting attacks of opportunity. [[Star Colonel]] [[Alaric Ward|Alaric]]'s audacious proposal wins: invade the [[Republic of the Sphere]], drive straight for [[Terra]], and become the [[ilClan]]. Their enemies will be forced to unite against them, leaving a path open to the Commonwealth's [[rimward]] border, and only after reaching the border will the Wolves' assault be revealed as a feint. | [[Clan Wolf]] [[Khan of Clan Wolf|Khan]] [[Seth Ward]] accepts the proposal and challenges three of his ''[[ristar]]''s to design a strategy for moving the entire Clan without inviting attacks of opportunity. [[Star Colonel]] [[Alaric Ward|Alaric]]'s audacious proposal wins: invade the [[Republic of the Sphere]], drive straight for [[Terra]], and become the [[ilClan]]. Their enemies will be forced to unite against them, leaving a path open to the Commonwealth's [[rimward]] border, and only after reaching the border will the Wolves' assault be revealed as a feint. | ||
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Star Colonel Alaric is assigned the world of [[Yed Posterior]]. His [[Binary]] easily takes the planet, but insurgency tactics prevent him from controlling it. Realizing the goal is not to win the planet, but rather the planet's resources, he neutralizes the insurgency by refusing to launch a counterinsurgency. By changing the rules of the game he gave his opponents no chance to win. This type of high-level gamesmanship was useless, however, against an opponent like Anastasia Kerensky. Arriving with three [[battalion]]s, she bids everything against Alaric's tiny force, as she does not care about [[zellbrigen|Clan honor]] but rather quick victory. When Alaric devises an insurgency of his own, Kerensky destroys the dikes protecting the city, flooding his defenses. Thoroughly beaten, the Star Colonel surrenders to the Wolf Hunters. | Star Colonel Alaric is assigned the world of [[Yed Posterior]]. His [[Binary]] easily takes the planet, but insurgency tactics prevent him from controlling it. Realizing the goal is not to win the planet, but rather the planet's resources, he neutralizes the insurgency by refusing to launch a counterinsurgency. By changing the rules of the game he gave his opponents no chance to win. This type of high-level gamesmanship was useless, however, against an opponent like Anastasia Kerensky. Arriving with three [[battalion]]s, she bids everything against Alaric's tiny force, as she does not care about [[zellbrigen|Clan honor]] but rather quick victory. When Alaric devises an insurgency of his own, Kerensky destroys the dikes protecting the city, flooding his defenses. Thoroughly beaten, the Star Colonel surrenders to the Wolf Hunters. | ||
| − | Anastasia Kerensky sees exceptional potential in her captive, so she breaks him. Sleep deprivation, stimulants, mind games, physical torture—after two days Alaric is stripped of his pride, his confidence, even his megalomania. While Kerensky does not know Alaric's background, she does know that he was the only Wolf warrior without a [[Bloodname]] at the funeral for [[Victor Ian Steiner-Davion]], that he planned Clan Wolf's strategy, and that his soldiers see him as an almost mythic figure. His potential seems limitless, ''if'' he can learn that war is more than gamesmanship. But Kerensky does not want him as a [[bondsman]] | + | Anastasia Kerensky sees exceptional potential in her captive, so she breaks him. Sleep deprivation, stimulants, mind games, physical torture—after two days Alaric is stripped of his pride, his confidence, even his megalomania. While Kerensky does not know Alaric's background, she does know that he was the only Wolf warrior without a [[Bloodname]] at the funeral for [[Victor Ian Steiner-Davion]], that he planned Clan Wolf's strategy, and that his soldiers see him as an almost mythic figure. His potential seems limitless, ''if'' he can learn that war is more than gamesmanship. But Kerensky does not want him as a [[bondsman]] – she wants to release him back to the wild. Anastasia understands that in the far future the Wolves and the Wolf Hunters will inevitably meet in an epic battle, and what better opponent than a future-Khan that she has already broken? |
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* [[Star Colonel]] [[Alaric Ward|Alaric]] | * [[Star Colonel]] [[Alaric Ward|Alaric]] | ||
* [[Colonel]] [[Anastasia Kerensky]] | * [[Colonel]] [[Anastasia Kerensky]] | ||
* Star Colonel [[Bjorn Wolf|Bjorn]] | * Star Colonel [[Bjorn Wolf|Bjorn]] | ||
* Star Colonel [[Donovan Wolf|Donovan]] | * Star Colonel [[Donovan Wolf|Donovan]] | ||
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* [[Katherine Steiner-Davion|Katherine Wolf]] | * [[Katherine Steiner-Davion|Katherine Wolf]] | ||
* [[Kennerly]] | * [[Kennerly]] | ||
* [[Archon of the Lyran Commonwealth|Archon]] [[Melissa Steiner II|Melissa Steiner]] | * [[Archon of the Lyran Commonwealth|Archon]] [[Melissa Steiner II|Melissa Steiner]] | ||
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* [[Khan of Clan Wolf|Khan]] [[Seth Ward]] | * [[Khan of Clan Wolf|Khan]] [[Seth Ward]] | ||
* [[Verena Wolf|Verena]] | * [[Verena Wolf|Verena]] | ||
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==Featured BattleTech== | ==Featured BattleTech== | ||
===BattleMechs=== | ===BattleMechs=== | ||
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* ''[[Assassin]]'' | * ''[[Assassin]]'' | ||
* ''[[Axman]]'' | * ''[[Axman]]'' | ||
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* ''[[Vindicator]]'' | * ''[[Vindicator]]'' | ||
* ''[[Mad Dog (Vulture)|Vulture]]'' | * ''[[Mad Dog (Vulture)|Vulture]]'' | ||
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===Combat vehicles=== | ===Combat vehicles=== | ||
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===Spacecraft=== | ===Spacecraft=== | ||
| − | * ''[[ | + | * ''[[Conquistador]]''-class [[DropShip]] ''[[Thylacine]]'' |
* ''[[Monarch]]''-class DropShip ''[[Baron's Pride]]'' | * ''[[Monarch]]''-class DropShip ''[[Baron's Pride]]'' | ||
| − | * ''[[ | + | * ''[[Overlord]]''-class DropShip ''[[Jaeger]]'' |
| − | * ''[[Overlord-C]]''-class DropShip ''[[ | + | * ''[[Overlord-C]]''-class DropShip ''[[Romulus]]'' |
* ''[[Visigoth]]'' | * ''[[Visigoth]]'' | ||
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| + | == Featured Places == | ||
| + | * [[Baxter]] | ||
| + | * [[Castor]] | ||
| + | * [[Domain]] | ||
| + | * [[La Blon]] | ||
| + | * [[Nusakan]] | ||
| + | * [[Skondia]] | ||
| + | * [[Tharkad]] | ||
| + | * [[Unukalhai]] | ||
| + | * [[Yed Posterior]] | ||
==Covers== | ==Covers== | ||
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File:Masters of War (2022 cover).jpg|2022 cover. Art by [[Tan Ho Sim]]. | File:Masters of War (2022 cover).jpg|2022 cover. Art by [[Tan Ho Sim]]. | ||
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[[Category:Novels]] | [[Category:Novels]] | ||
[[Category:MechWarrior: Dark Age novels]] | [[Category:MechWarrior: Dark Age novels]] | ||
[[Category:Works by Michael A. Stackpole]] | [[Category:Works by Michael A. Stackpole]] | ||