Unholy Union

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Unholy is a story by Chris Hussey, originally published on BattleCorps on 24 September 2008.

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“ Although the marriage of Hanse Davion to Melissa Steiner and the war of conquest that followed are the most well-known events of 3028, that wasn't all that happened that year. Deep in the Periphery, two others lovers were meeting and setting great plans in motion... ”

Plot Summary

On Butte Hold, merchant Kelly Hunt delivers a message from Hendrik Grimm III to Redjack Ryan on 14 September 3028. In the message, Grimm explains how the Fourth Succession War will forever alter the political landscape in which their pirate realms flourished, and invites Ryan to Oberon VI, offering a mission that will set them up to survive the future. Grimm is alledgedly acting as a middle-man to hire the pirates to support the defensive efforts of the Draconis Combine. A similar message reaches Maria Morgraine aboard her JumpShip Hath No Fury at the Zenith Jump Point of the Blackstone system on 1 October. She deducts that Grimm really wants to send her after he ex-lover Ryan.

On 8 October, Ryan and his Lieutenant Agnar "Satan's Son" Haggerty meet Hendrik III at Grimfort, Oberon City, and learn that part of the plan is that Ryan's unit must dispose of Maria Morgraine's unit to which Ryan agrees.

In a radio conference three days later, Hendrik Grimm III suggests cooperation and a possible future alliance to Maria Morgraine in exchange for the elemination of Ryan's unit. After terminating the comm line, Grimm discusses with a Lyran visitor how the two pirate bands will wipe each other out and how Grimm's agent will take care of whoever survives.

On 11 November, Maria's Valkyries capture a weakly defended depot on Toland. Only now does she explain the plan to her command staff who are decidedly unhappy and have to be convinced at gunpoint to go with Hendrik Grimm III's plan and set a trap for Ryan's Rebels. The DropShips Sigrun and Winged Vengeance are deployed to provide cover if anything goes wrong.

Two days later the pirate bands clash, but when Ryan recognizes Maria Morgraine's unit he realizes how Grimm played them both and convinces her that they have both been lured into a trap. Agnar Haggerty attempts to shoot Ryan but is himself shot by Tack Hadder, a MechWarrior from Ryan's lance, before he can kill Ryan.

At that point elements from the 30th Lyran Guards spring a trap of their own on the pirates. With his own Quickdraw previously disabled by Maria Morgraine's Grasshopper, Ryan switches to Haggerty's Orion and calls his DropShips to evacuate them. The pirate groups split up and make for their respective pickup zones. Ryan's unit is cut off from their DropShips by a full company of enemy 'Mechs. Karen Grander, pilot of Ryan's Leopard-class command DropShip Summoner's Gale, coordinates the evacuation effort by the DropShips Bonny T and Black Caesar. Just when Ryan is overrun she saves him with a strafing run and picks up the Orion.

Returning aboard the JumpShip Hath No Fury on 1 December, Redjack Ryan and Maria Morgraine reconcile and agree to merge their pirate realms into one larger realm, the Greater Valkyrate, and plot revenge against Hendrik Grimm III.

On 25 December, Hendrik Grimm III realizes that the ComStar reports he received, together with the lack of a report from Agnar Haggerty, means that his plan failed. Worse, Ryan and Morgraine have joined forces against him and hit a secret munitions factory on Placida that produced almost half of the ammunition for the Oberon Confederation infantry troops and also some 'Mech ammunition. Only Kelly Hunt could have supplied this information to the Greater Valkyrate forces, and Grimm orders the merchant be brought before him...

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