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In framing text, [[Magestrix]] [[Emma Centrella]] sits alone on Christmas Eve 3061 and mourns her daughter, [[Danai Centrella]] and her friend [[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]].   
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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]] [[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.
 
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.
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==Featured planets==
* ''[[Marshal]]'' (BattleMech)
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* [[Detroit]]
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* [[Assault Commando]]s (infantry)
 
* [[Assault Commando]]s (infantry)
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* ''[[Marshal (BattleMech)|Marshal]]'' (BattleMech)
  
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* [[Detroit]]
 
 
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[[Category:Short Stories]]
 
[[Category:Short Stories]]
 
[[Category:Works by Eric Salzman]]
 
[[Category:Works by Eric Salzman]]

Revision as of 10:57, 3 November 2023

Shrapnel Cover (Issue 7).jpg
Chaos Campaign Scenario: The Christmas Eve Coup
Story information
Author Eric Salzman
Pages 6
Type Scenario
Product Shrapnel Issue 7
Content
Era Civil War Era
Timeline 24 December 3060

The Christmas Eve Coup is a Track-style scenario by Eric Salzman that was published in Shrapnel Issue 7 on 15 December 2021.

Plot summary

In framing text, Magestrix Emma Centrella sits alone on Christmas Eve 3061 and mourns her daughter, Danai Centrella and her friend 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.

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