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| product             = Shrapnel Issue 7
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| era                 = [[Civil War Era]]
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| timeline            = [[24 December 3060]]

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'''''The Christmas Eve Coup''''' is a Track-style scenario by [[Eric Salzman (person)|Eric Salzman]] that was published in ''[[Shrapnel Issue 7]]'' on 15 December 2021.

==Plot summary==
In framing text, [[Magestrix of the Magistracy of Canopus|Magestrix]] [[Emma Centrella]] sits alone on Christmas Eve 3061 and mourns her daughter, [[Danai Centrella]] and her friend [[Protector of the Realm|Protector]] [[Jeffrey Calderon]]—both of whom had recently died.  Trying to drown her sorrows in wine, she sleeps and dreams of the events of a year prior, when President [[Sherman Maltin]] took her and Jeffrey hostage with the help of the [[Colonial Marshals]].  

In her dream, however, she had not sent her guards offworld as a demonstration of peaceful intent, and the [[Green Mountain Boys]] and [[Ebon Magistrate]] rallied to her defense against the renegade lawmen.

==Featured characters==
* [[Emma Centrella]]
* [[Jeffrey Calderon]]
* [[Sherman Maltin]]

==Featured planets==
* [[Detroit]]

==Featured BattleTech==
* [[Assault Commando]]s (infantry)
* ''[[Marshal (BattleMech)|Marshal]]'' (BattleMech)


[[Category:Short Stories]]
[[Category:Works by Eric Salzman]]