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−	[[Kommandant]] [[Jans Köhler]] of the [[Lyran Commonwealth]]'s [[6th Lyran Guards]] has been assigned to the [[Federated Suns]]' [[5th Crucis Lancers]] as a liaison officer (implicitly an officer exchange program, part of the [[FedCom Alliance]] treaty) as the 5th are tasked with the conquest of Menkib. Köhler and [[AFFS]] [[Marshal (rank)|Marshal]] [[Mathew Agerstand]] have a cordial relationship.	+	[[Kommandant]] [[Jans Köhler]] of the [[Lyran Commonwealth]]'s [[6th Lyran Guards]] has been assigned to the [[Federated Suns]]' [[5th Crucis Lancers]] as a liaison officer (implicitly an officer exchange program, part of the [[FedCom Alliance]] treaty) as the 5th are tasked with the conquest of Menkib. Köhler and [[AFFS]] [[Marshal]] [[Mathew Agerstand]] have a cordial relationship.
	Watching Agerstand deal with the stronger-than-anticipated conventional resistance on Menkib is a learning experience for Köhler who, as a [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]], finds that he is blissfully unaware of many details of conventional tank warfare.		Watching Agerstand deal with the stronger-than-anticipated conventional resistance on Menkib is a learning experience for Köhler who, as a [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]], finds that he is blissfully unaware of many details of conventional tank warfare.

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{{InfoBoxProduct | image = | name = | type = Short story | author = [[Jason Hansa]] | development = | primarywriting = | pages = 38 | cover = | interiorart = | illustrations = | publisher = [[BattleCorps]] | productioncode = | year = 30 January 2010 | ISBN10 = | ISBN13 = | MSRP = | content = | era = [[Succession Wars era]] | timeline = 16-19 May [[3029]] | series = [[Operation Rat (series)|Operation Rat]] | precededby = [[First Meeting on Second Try]] | followedby = [[Timbiqui Dark (short story)|Timbiqui Dark]] }} Published online on [[BattleCorps]] on 30 January 2010 as the fifth installment of the [[Operation Rat (series)|"Operation Rat" series]], '''''A Storm of Rain and Steel''''' is a story by [[Jason Hansa]] set in the [[Fourth Succession War]]. ==Teaser text== {{quote|''In our fifth [[Operation Rat]] story, Jason Hansa takes us to the conventioal battlefields of [[Menkib]] to show that although the [[BattleMech]] reigns supreme, it does not reign alone.''}} ==Plot summary== [[Kommandant]] [[Jans Köhler]] of the [[Lyran Commonwealth]]'s [[6th Lyran Guards]] has been assigned to the [[Federated Suns]]' [[5th Crucis Lancers]] as a liaison officer (implicitly an officer exchange program, part of the [[FedCom Alliance]] treaty) as the 5th are tasked with the conquest of Menkib. Köhler and [[AFFS]] [[Marshal]] [[Mathew Agerstand]] have a cordial relationship. Watching Agerstand deal with the stronger-than-anticipated conventional resistance on Menkib is a learning experience for Köhler who, as a [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]], finds that he is blissfully unaware of many details of conventional tank warfare. Heavy [[Capellan Confederation]] tank forces have dug in on a ridgeline between the capital city of Menkib City and New Paris. Agerstand allows the home guard defenders to move out of the city to these positions, then seals off the city. As a result, the majority of the defending forces on-planet are surrounded in their dug-in positions. However, one home guard armor company was apparently moved from Three Forks to the medium-sized fishing town of Dulac, puzzling the attackers. After two days, torrential downpours have mired the defenders' positions to the point where Agerstand, who everyone believed would send his 587th Heavy Armor Regiment, can overrun their essentially immobile heavy tanks with the nimble hovertanks of the 204th scout regiment. It turns out the Capellans have loaded the missing tank company onto a sea freighter in Dulac, and have moved out towards New Paris under cover of the storm. With an enemy tank company now threatening their ammo and fuel depots and Agerstand's HQ behind their lines, Köhler is rushed back to New Paris in a VTOL and asked to contribute his ''[[Thunderbolt]]'' to the makeshift defense there. The AFFS forces carry the day, but Capellan elements succeed in shooting down the Ferret VTOL carrying Marshal Agerstand (and the escorting Warrior VTOL) with [[Inferno (Missile)|Inferno]] rockets just as the pivotal tank battle is won by the attackers. == Featured units == * [[5th Crucis Lancers]] * [[6th Lyran Guards]] (mentioned) * [[4th Tau Ceti Rangers]] (mentioned) == Featured BattleTech == ==='Mechs=== * ''[[Thunderbolt]]'' ===Aerospace Fighters=== * ''[[Sparrowhawk]]'' ===Vehicles=== {{div col|colwidth=25em}} * [[Anastaska Maro]]-class seagoing freighter ''Pomroy VI'' * [[Behemoth (Combat Vehicle)|Behemoth]] tank * [[Büffel]] engineer support vehicle * [[Bulldog]] tank * [[Condor (Combat Vehicle)|Condor]] hovertank * [[Demolisher]] tank * [[Ferret]] VTOL (also a modified version) * [[Goblin]] tank (plow-equipped) * [[Hetzer]] tank * [[Ontos]] tank * [[Packrat]] scout vehicle * [[Partisan]] AA tank * [[Pike (Combat Vehicle)|Pike]] tank * [[Planetlifter]] * [[Saracen]] hovertank * [[Schrek]] tank * [[Warrior (Combat Vehicle)|Warrior-H7]] VTOL * unspecified APC {{div col end}} [[Category:BattleCorps publications|Storm of Rain and Steel, A]] [[Category:Short Stories|Storm of Rain and Steel, A]] [[Category:Works by Jason Hansa|Storm of Rain and Steel, A]]

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