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	While the Mandrills manage to outlast some of the other Clans in the Trials, both the previous round of fighting and battling between Mandrill warriors leave their [[OmniMech|OmniMechs]] marked with damage when they turn up for the Trial against [[Clan Star Adder|Clan Star Adder's]] pristine 'Mechs. In the battle the Mandrills' own self-sabotage leads to their defeat, with saKhan Sainze attempting to backstab Khan Payne during the fighting. Faraday defeats Sainze and kills him with the ''katana'' of the Clan's first Khan [[Raymond Sainze]] before breaking the blade.		While the Mandrills manage to outlast some of the other Clans in the Trials, both the previous round of fighting and battling between Mandrill warriors leave their [[OmniMech|OmniMechs]] marked with damage when they turn up for the Trial against [[Clan Star Adder|Clan Star Adder's]] pristine 'Mechs. In the battle the Mandrills' own self-sabotage leads to their defeat, with saKhan Sainze attempting to backstab Khan Payne during the fighting. Faraday defeats Sainze and kills him with the ''katana'' of the Clan's first Khan [[Raymond Sainze]] before breaking the blade.
−	Visiting Khan Payne in the hospital afterward, Faraday demands to know whether Sainze was correct in accusing her, a [[Warden Clans|Warden]], of sabotaging the Clan's chance of joining the invasion. Payne admits this, prompting a disgusted Faraday to reject the position of saKhan and place her under arrest for her actions, but he privately fears that his Clan's internal strife will lead to [[Wars of Reaving|its destruction]].	+	Visiting Khan Payne in the hospital afterward, Faraday demands to know whether Sainze was correct in accusing her, a [[Warden Clans|Warden]], of sabotaging the Clan's chance of joining the invasion. Payne admits this, prompting a disgusted Faraday to reject the position of saKhan and place her under arrest for her actions, but privately fears that his Clan's internal strife will lead to [[Wars of Reaving|its destruction]].
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{{InfoBoxProduct | image = | name = | type = Short story | author = [[Philip A. Lee]] | development = | primarywriting = | pages = 15 | cover = | interiorart = | illustrations = | publisher = [[BattleCorps]] | productioncode = | year = 20 October 2013 | ISBN10 = | ISBN13 = | MSRP = | content = | era = [[Clan Invasion era]] (see Notes) | timeline = 20 November - 28 December [[3048]] | series = | precededby = | followedby = }} '''''A Keystone Arch''''' is a story by [[Philip A. Lee]] that was published online on [[BattleCorps]] on 20 October 2013. ==Teaser text== {{quote|''On the eve of [[Operation REVIVAL]], the [[Clans]] battle for the right to invade the [[Inner Sphere]]. Can [[Clan Fire Mandrill]], the most divided Clan, unite long enough to stray from the path of self-destruction? Story by Philip A. Lee.''}} ==Plot summary== During a rare [[Clan Council]] session [[Loremaster]] [[Ethan Faraday]] and members of all seven [[Kindraa]] witness [[saKhan]] [[Naresh Sainze]] berate his [[Bondsman|bondsman]] [[Star Captain]] [[Carter Payne]], holding Payne responsible for the loss of the Clan's Mount Lucca enclave on [[Dagda (Clan System)|Dagda]] to [[Clan Burrock]]. Despite [[Khan]] [[Eudora Payne]]'s protests, Sainze orders Carter Payne to commit ''[[Seppuku|seppuku]]'', largely to humiliate Khan Payne who is his ''[[Sibko|sibkin]]''. Carter appears to go along with this before making a failed attempt to kill Khan Sainze and being beheaded by Sainze's ''katana'', stirring uproar in the Council chamber. In a subsequent unarmed [[Trial of Position]] Sainze defeats Eudora Payne and the two swap the positions of Khan and saKhan. Visiting her in hospital, Loremaster Faraday berates Payne for dishonorably orchestrating the attempt on Sainze's life and informs her that his first and foremost goal is to preserve balance within the Clan. The [[Grand Council]] approves [[Operation REVIVAL]], setting off internal strife within the Clan as all Kindraa fight one another, except for [[Kindraa Faraday-Tanaga (Clan Fire Mandrill)|Kindraa Faraday-Tanaga]] at Loremaster Faraday's express order. Euroda Payne reclaims the Khanship from Naresh Sainze, but this does nothing to end the intra-Clan violence. Faraday finally assembles the Kindraa leaders and quoting [[Jerome Winson|Jerome Winson's]] words from the [[Clan Remembrance]] tells them that together they make a keystone arch of the Clans, but allowing internal strife to go on will destroy them. Despite their threats and bickering he manages to forge an acceptable compromise: for the upcoming Trials over a place in the invasion force, three [[Trinary|Trinaries]] drawn from across the Kindraa will represent Clan Fire Mandrill. While the Mandrills manage to outlast some of the other Clans in the Trials, both the previous round of fighting and battling between Mandrill warriors leave their [[OmniMech|OmniMechs]] marked with damage when they turn up for the Trial against [[Clan Star Adder|Clan Star Adder's]] pristine 'Mechs. In the battle the Mandrills' own self-sabotage leads to their defeat, with saKhan Sainze attempting to backstab Khan Payne during the fighting. Faraday defeats Sainze and kills him with the ''katana'' of the Clan's first Khan [[Raymond Sainze]] before breaking the blade. Visiting Khan Payne in the hospital afterward, Faraday demands to know whether Sainze was correct in accusing her, a [[Warden Clans|Warden]], of sabotaging the Clan's chance of joining the invasion. Payne admits this, prompting a disgusted Faraday to reject the position of saKhan and place her under arrest for her actions, but privately fears that his Clan's internal strife will lead to [[Wars of Reaving|its destruction]]. ==Featured Characters== * [[Loremaster]] / [[Kindraa]] Leader [[Ethan Faraday]] * [[Star Captain]] [[Carter Payne]] * [[Khan]] / Kindraa Leader [[Eudora Payne]] * [[saKhan]] / Kindraa Leader [[Naresh Sainze]] ==Featured Places== * [[Strana Mechty]] == Featured BattleTech Equipment== ===BattleMechs=== *''[[Executioner (Gladiator)|Executioner]]'' *''[[Gargoyle (Man O' War)]]'' *''[[Kingfisher]]'' *''[[Mad Dog (Vulture)|Mad Dog]]'' *''[[Shadow Cat]]'' *''[[Stormcrow (Ryoken)|Stormcrow]]'' *''[[Summoner (Thor)]]'' *''[[Warhawk (Masakari)|Warhawk]]'' ===Aerospace Fighters=== *''[[Avar]]'' *''[[Sulla]]'' ==Notes== Though marked as set in the Clan Invasion era, this story technically takes place at the tail end of the [[Succession Wars era]], set in 3048 and narrating events predating the actual Clan Invasion. (The Clan Invasion era is generally dated from [[3049]] onwards, when the Clan Invasion was first noticed on the fringes of the Inner Sphere.) [[Category:BattleCorps publications|Keystone Arch, A]] [[Category:Short Stories|Keystone Arch, A]] [[Category:Works by Philip A. Lee|Keystone Arch, A]]

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