Just Another Day
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| Just Another Day | |
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| Type | Short story |
| Author | Christoffer Trossen |
| Pages | 4 |
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| Era | Jihad era |
Just Another Day is a short story by Christoffer Trossen that was published as part of the Classic BattleTech Companion
Plot summary
Sergeant Rick Ellis is a mercenary from a unit which is a recovery and tech-scavengers one.
Working for Wolf's Dragoons in the Chaos March, he is driving a hovercraft and escaping from a Toyama an Exterminator and two Spectors with battlearmor support. After escaping, in his unit briefing he gets confirmation he was attacked by the Word of Blake.
Next day, working with a Gunslinger and an Apollo with Major Bill Travis, the team's liaison trying to retrieve a crypto module, which they retrieve and then return to base in three hovercraft.
After deciphering it they locate Colonel Anton Rand, commanding officer of the Wolf's Dragoons Beta Regiment and MIA since two days and captured by WoB. Lieutenant Colonel James Gavin organizes an extraction with the unit's Second Battalion as a decoy for a few choppers bringing an assault team to place to liberate the Colonel.
Rick Ellis and his team plus Major Bill Travis are deployed armed to the mission and attach a WoB position, capturing two prisoners, while Dragoons forces are able to rescue the Colonel.
Their escape becomes very dangerous as they cannot be extracted by chopper and finally have to escape by hover.
Featured Characters
- Sergeant Rick Ellis
- Major Bill Travis
- Major Horrocks
- Major Sosabowski
- Sergeant Urquhart
- Sergeant Browning
- Lieutenant Colonel James Gavin
- Colonel Anton Rand (mentioned)
Featured BattleTech
Notes
The character names of Major Horrocks, Major Sosabowski, Sergeant Urquhart, Sergeant Browning and Lieutenant Colonel James Gavin are a homenage to the WWII Operation Market Garden.