Editing Stalking the Legends

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The short story '''''Stalking the Legends''''' by [[Loren L. Coleman]] was first published in ''[[Technical Readout: Project Phoenix]]''; it was republished via [[BattleCorps]] as a stand-alone product.  An enhanced version was published in 2011 as part of the [[A Face Full of Blades]] compilation.

==Plot summary==
The [[SHDL]] is running, and among them [[Erik Gray]] and [[The Unnamed Soldier]] while fighting a retreating battle against the [[WoB]] forces. The Unnamed Soldier is injured during the fight, and then Erik shows all the potential he has. With the shortened company of forces formed by gladiators from [[DeLon Stables|Delon]] and [[Overlord Stables|Overlord]] Stables plus a few free agents he is leading the Solaris VII Home Defense League as best as he can, driving the survivors through the thick woods and being able to stop their enemies to outflank them while escaping [[Solaris City]].

Among them is coming [[Adam Kristof]], from the Sun Times when he detects several unidentified 'Mechs from old (''[[Battlemaster]]'', ''[[Warhammer]]'', ''[[Marauder]]'', ''[[Rifleman]]'', ''[[Phoenix Hawk]]'', ''[[Archer]]'', and even a ''[[Valkyrie]]''), which turn out to be fighters from the minor leagues. A deal is made for both parties to be united against the common enemy by giving the newcomers full share of the video time in the transmissions being sent outside. This added to the SHDL survivors from [[Midnight Stables]], [[Manticore Stables]], [[Jacobite Stables]] and the [[Streholm Cooperative]], all of them lead by [[Shen Driscoll]].

United, they decided to stop the march and go back to counterattack to the WoB invaders, a movement that surprised them as they most probably did not expect that movement nor the reinforcements they had gotten. Things were looking good when a downed ''[[Toyama]]'' used the suicide charge it had installed killing some of the infantrymen that were going to take it down. This broke the second division stables and several of the [[Manticore Stables]] broke lines and were killed because of that.

A WoB ''[[Penetrator]]'' rallied the [[25th Division (Word of Blake)|WoB Militia]] unit and counterattacked, downing Driscoll's ''BattleMaster'' and then going for Erik Gray, when the [[battle armor]] infantry attacked him, enough to distract him and allow a Phoenix Hawk to join the numbers and damage him. Fortunately for them all, Erik is able to see this and use his damaged ''[[Emperor]]'', missing an arm, to damage even more the ''Penetrator'', but not enough to kill him. When all seems lost and they are expecting the ''Penetrator'' to make a killing shot, Shen Driscoll is able to shot with his [['Mech]] [[Gauss rifle]] from the ground by using his other hand to set up his 'Mech high enough. That was a killing shot that destroyed the ''Penetrator''&#39;s head and broke the WoB morale, that after that retreated, though not prior to losing a ''[[Trebuchet]]''.

==Notes==
* The story is undated, but is noted as being part of the opening shots of the Jihad, putting this in [[3068]].

== Featured characters ==
* [[The Unnamed Soldier]]
* [[Erik Gray]]
* [[Adam Kristof]]
* [[Shen Driscoll]]

== Featured BattleTech ==
==='Mechs===
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* ''[[Archer]]''
* ''[[Battlemaster]]'' 
* ''[[Emperor]]''
* ''[[Marauder]]''
* ''[[Penetrator]]''
* ''[[Phoenix Hawk]]''
* ''[[Rifleman]]''
* ''[[Toyama]]''
* ''[[Trebuchet]]''
* ''[[Valkyrie]]''
* ''[[Warhammer]]''
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===Vehicles===
*[[Pegasus (Combat Vehicle - Hovertank)|Pegasus]]

===Battle Armor===
* [[Cavalier]]

== Featured planets ==
* [[Solaris VII]]


[[Category:BattleCorps publications]]
[[Category:Short Stories]]
[[Category:Works by Loren L. Coleman]]