Gravity Poisoning

Gravity Poisoning
Short story by Loren L. Coleman
Publication
Published	30 July 2004
Publisher	BattleCorps
Illustrator(s)	Chris Lewis
Pages	13
Chronology
Era	Civil War era
Timeline	15 November 3066

Gravity Poisoning is a short story by Loren L. Coleman that was first published online on BattleCorps on 30 July 2004. It was later republished in print in the second BattleCorps anthology First Strike in 2010.

Teaser Text

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When the civil war comes home to New Avalon, the first wave of attacks take place high above the planet and in the cold, dark reaches of space. Against this backdrop, an aerospace pilot struggles for hope. Story by Loren L. Coleman.

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Plot Summary

Launching from the Excalibur-class DropShip Blue Corona, Stingray pilot Eric Domingo and his wingman Patyr fight a delaying action against the forces of Victor Steiner-Davion to cover the retreating loyalist DropShips. Over the course of the intense dogfighting, Patyr's fighter is destroyed and Eric ends up dropping through New Avalon's atmosphere in a badly damaged craft, with a light enemy fighter in pursuit. He manages to destroy the enemy fighter but cannot save his own craft from the pull of gravity. Regretting the choices he made that led up to this point, Eric decides he perhaps needs to talk to the other pilot who ejected safely, and prepares to crashland his own doomed spacecraft nearby.

Featured Characters

• Subaltern Eric Domingo
• Patyr
• Victor Steiner-Davion (mentioned)

Featured Units

• Seventh FedCom RCT (mentioned)
• Twenty-second Avalon Hussars
• Thirty-second Tactical Air Wing

Featured Places

• New Avalon
• Acamar (mentioned)
• Dalkeith (mentioned)
• Hesperus II (mentioned)
• Tikonov (mentioned)

Featured BattleTech

Aerospace Fighters

• Chippewa
• CSR-V20 Corsair
• LCF-R16K Lucifer II
• F-92 Stingray
• Stuka

DropShips

• Excalibur-class troop carrier DropShip, Blue Corona

WarShips

• Avalon-class missile cruiser WarShip, FCS Melissa Davion