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{{InfoBoxProduct | image = | name = | type = Short story | author = [[Patrick S. Tomlinson]] | development = | primarywriting = | pages = 7 | cover = | interiorart = | illustrations = | publisher = [[BattleCorps]] | productioncode = | year = 21 January 2013 | ISBN10 = | ISBN13 = | MSRP = | content = | era = [[Civil War era]] | timeline = 17 May [[3064]] | series = | precededby = | followedby = }} '''''Sore Loser''''' is a short story by [[Patrick S. Tomlinson]] that was published online on [[BattleCorps]] on 21 January 2013. ==Teaser text== {{quote|''After a routine jump, a civilian [[JumpShip]] from the [[Lyran Alliance]] comes under attack from an unknown enemy.''}} ==Plot summary== Rematerializing after a jump out of the [[Kelenfold]] system en route to [[Tharkad]], the ''[[Tramp]]''-class JumpShip ''[[Hornblower]]'' immediately comes under attack. With no clue as to what is going on or who is attacking, crew member Lenna enters the cockpit of a ''[[Shadow Cat]]'' [[BattleMech]] in the maintenance bay upon hearing the alarm and then witnesses weapons fire killing her crewmates and eventually tearing the ''Hornblower'' apart around her. She moves the 'Mech clear of the wreckage and witnesses how [[escape pod]]s from the ''Hornblower'' are deliberately destroyed by the unknown attackers. Consigned to either freezing to death, suffocating, or being killed by the unknown enemy, Lenna angrily lines up the 'Mech's weapons against a damaged section of the enemy JumpShip and triggers an [[Alpha strike (Tactic)|Alpha Strike]] that, against all odds, actually succeeds in breaching the [[fusion reactor]] containment on the enemy vessel, destroying it. She ends up drifting in space in the damaged 'Mech, wondering if she will die of suffocation or hypothermia. ==Featured characters== mama raven ==Featured BattleTech== * ''[[Tramp]]''-class JumpShip ''[[Hornblower]]'' * unspecified JumpShip described as armed, but not armored like a [[WarShip]] and as "patched" (apparently a [[JumpShip|Jolly Roger]]) * [[Escape Pod]]s * ''[[Shadow Cat]]'' 'Mech ==Featured places== * [[Kelenfold]] ==Notes== *It remains unclear in which system the ''Hornblower'' was destroyed, who attacked her or why. [[Category:BattleCorps publications]] [[Category:Short Stories]] [[Category:Works by Patrick S. Tomlinson]]