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Line 34: ''And while secret ambitions drive plans to rip the Commonwealth apart, [[Khan]] [[Phelan Ward]] and [[Archon-Prince|Prince]] [[Victor Ian Steiner-Davion|Victor Davion]]—cousins, rulers, and enemies—must decide if maintaining the peace justifies the actions they will take to preserve it.''}} ''And while secret ambitions drive plans to rip the Commonwealth apart, [[Khan]] [[Phelan Ward]] and [[Archon-Prince|Prince]] [[Victor Ian Steiner-Davion|Victor Davion]]—cousins, rulers, and enemies—must decide if maintaining the peace justifies the actions they will take to preserve it.''}} − ==Summary== + == Summary == − The Novel covers the ongoing border skirmishes between the Lyran Alliance and the Jade Falcons after the truce at Tukkayide.+ Pre-FedCom civil War. Arc-Royal; Victor Davion, Katherine Steiner changes name to Katrina, is a charmer. − + Khan Phelan Kell Ward attends Morgan Kell's retirement. − There are 3 major story arcs in the novel.+ Omi Kurita and Victor's love grows. − The first is that of a Fedcom mechwarrior captured by the raiding clan unit, and made a bondsman. It documents his struggle to accept the work he is doing against is own people, while trying to protect the other bondsman around him.+ Melissa Steiner and Salome Kell are killed in an assassination bombing. − + Red Corsair raids FedCom territory, Clan Wolf sends the 31st Wolf [[Solahma]] unit to stop them. Zimmer's Zouaves were also destroyed in the conflict. Description of first battle Kell Hounds vs. Red Corsair p. 277. Red Corsair is actually a Jade Falcon unit and is in league with the 31st WS (p. 308). On page 324 reference to Clan Wolverine annailation in retaliation to using a nuclear weapon on a genetic repository. − The second major arc is the tale of the assassin who is plotting to kill Melissa Steiner. − − The Third story arc is that of the kell hounds as they attempt to hunt down and destroy the raiding clan unit. − − * Pre–FedCom Civil War. Arc-Royal; Victor Davion, Katherine Steiner changes name to Katrina, is a charmer. − * Khan Phelan Kell Ward attends Morgan Kell's retirement. − * Omi Kurita and Victor's love grows. − * Melissa Steiner and Salome Kell are killed in an assassination bombing. − * The Red Corsair raids FedCom territory, Clan Wolf sends the 31st Wolf ''[[Solahma]]'' unit to stop them. [[Zimmer's Zouaves]] were also destroyed in the conflict. − * Description of first battle Kell Hounds vs. Red Corsair p. 277. Red Corsair is actually a Jade Falcon unit and is in league with the 31st ''Wolf Solahma'' (p. 308). − * On page 324 reference to Clan Wolverine annihilation in retaliation to using a nuclear weapon on a genetic repository. {{sectionstub}} {{sectionstub}} − ==Featured characters== + == Featured characters == − {{div col|colwidth=25em}} * [[Kai Allard-Liao]] * [[Kai Allard-Liao]] * [[Mark Allard]] * [[Mark Allard]] Line 65:
Line 53: * [[Colonel]] [[Morgan Kell]] * [[Colonel]] [[Morgan Kell]] * "[[Red Corsair]]" * "[[Red Corsair]]" − * [[Archon of the Lyran Commonwealth|Archon]] [[Melissa Steiner]] + * [[Archon]] [[Melissa Steiner]] − * [[Archon-Prince of the Federated Commonwealth|Archon-Prince]] [[Victor Steiner-Davion]] + * [[Archon-Prince]] [[Victor Steiner-Davion]] * [[Khan]] [[Phelan Ward]] * [[Khan]] [[Phelan Ward]] − {{div col end}} − ==Featured places== + == Featured places == − {{div col|colwidth=25em}} − * [[Arc-Royal]] − * [[Caledonia]] * [[Deia]] * [[Deia]] * [[Elissa]] * [[Elissa]] * [[Kooken's Pleasure Pit]] * [[Kooken's Pleasure Pit]] * [[Pasig]] * [[Pasig]] − * [[Port Moseby]] − * [[Solaris]] − * [[Tamar]] − * [[Tharkad]] * [[Zanderij]] * [[Zanderij]] * [[Zhongshan]] * [[Zhongshan]] − {{div col end}} ==Featured BattleTech== ==Featured BattleTech== − ===BattleMechs=== + ===Featured DropShips=== − {{div col|colwidth=25em}}+ * ''[[Overlord]]''-class DropShips ''[[Lioness (Individual Overlord-class DropShip)|Lioness]]'', ''[[Tigress (Individual Overlord-class DropShip)|Tigress]]'' − * ''[[BattleMaster]]''+ * Individual DropShips of unspecified class: ''[[Barbarossa]]'' − * ''[[Blackjack (BattleMech)|Blackjack]]'' (mentioned) − * ''[[Catapult]]'' − * ''[[Centurion (BattleMech)|Centurion]]'' (''[[Yen-Lo-Wang]]'') − * ''[[Clint]]'' − * ''[[Crusader]]'' − * ''[[Dire Wolf (Daishi)|Daishi]]'' − * ''[[Dervish]]'' − * ''[[Griffin]]'' − * ''[[Hermes]]'' − * ''[[Hunchback]]'' − * ''[[Locust]]'' − * ''[[Gargoyle (Man O' War)|Man O' War]]'' − * ''[[Marauder]]'' − * ''[[Warhawk (Masakari)|Masakari]]'' − * ''[[Ostsol]]'' − * ''[[Panther]]'' − * ''[[Phoenix Hawk]]'' − * ''[[Rifleman]]'' − * ''[[Stinger]]'' − * ''[[Thunderbolt]]'' − * ''[[Valkyrie]]'' − * ''[[Vindicator]]'' − * ''[[Wolfhound IIC]]'' (Grinner) − {{div col end}} − − ===Aerospace Fighters=== − * ''[[Corsair (Aerospace Fighter class)|Corsair]]'' − * ''[[Hellcat (Aerospace Fighter class)|Hellcat]]'' − * ''[[Rogue (Aerospace Fighter class)|Rogue]]'' − * ''[[Stingray]]'' − * ''[[Stuka]]'' − * ''[[Transgressor]]'' − * ''[[Trident]]'' − * ''[[Visigoth]]'' [[OmniFighter]] − − ===Small Craft=== − * ''[[K-1]]'' [[DropShuttle]] − − ===DropShips=== − * ''[[Overlord (DropShip class)|Overlord]]''-class DropShips ''[[Lioness (Individual Overlord-class DropShip)|Lioness]]'', ''[[Lugh]]'', ''[[Taizai]]'', ''[[Tigress (Individual Overlord-class DropShip)|Tigress]]'' − * Individual DropShips of unspecified class: ''[[Barbarossa]]'', ''[[Columbus (Individual K-1-class DropShuttle)|Columbus]]'', ''[[Jadbalja]]''. ''[[Lady Luck]]'' − ===JumpShips=== + ===Featured JumpShips=== * ''[[Congress]]''-class frigate ''[[Fire Rose]]'' * ''[[Congress]]''-class frigate ''[[Fire Rose]]'' == Notes == == Notes == * The novel was initially meant to tell that story of [[Katrina Steiner]]'s [[3004]] stint as the "Red Corsair" in the [[Periphery]] that the author had hinted at, but not detailed, in the earlier [[Warrior Trilogy]]. However, the publisher wanted no flashback stories and so the story was rewritten, keeping only the "Red Corsair" nucleus and thereby introducing a new, distinct Red Corsair persona.<ref>according to Stackpole himself in [http://www.michaelastackpole.com/?p=1736 a blog entry on his homepage]</ref> Stackpole revisited Katrina Steiner's backstory some 20 years later in the 2010 short story ''[[Vanish]]''. * The novel was initially meant to tell that story of [[Katrina Steiner]]'s [[3004]] stint as the "Red Corsair" in the [[Periphery]] that the author had hinted at, but not detailed, in the earlier [[Warrior Trilogy]]. However, the publisher wanted no flashback stories and so the story was rewritten, keeping only the "Red Corsair" nucleus and thereby introducing a new, distinct Red Corsair persona.<ref>according to Stackpole himself in [http://www.michaelastackpole.com/?p=1736 a blog entry on his homepage]</ref> Stackpole revisited Katrina Steiner's backstory some 20 years later in the 2010 short story ''[[Vanish]]''. − − ==Foreign-Language Editions== − ===German=== − A German edition, translated by [[Reinhold H. Mai]], was published by [[Heyne]] in 1993 as ''Natürliche Auslese'' (ISBN 9783453072428).<ref>Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Catalog entry for [https://d-nb.info/940027674 first printing of ''Natürliche Auslese'']</ref> The book had several printings, including a fourth printing in 1995 under the same ISBN.<ref>Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Catalog entry for [https://d-nb.info/946817979 fourth printing of ''Natürliche Auslese'']</ref> This was republished as an EPUB by [[Ulisses Medien & Spiel Distribution GmbH|Ulisses Spiele]] in 2017 as ''BattleTech Legenden 17 : Natürliche Auslese'' (ISBN 9783957526694).<ref>Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Catalog entry for [https://d-nb.info/1142114244 ''BattleTech Legenden 17 : Natürliche Auslese'']</ref> − − ===Hungarian=== − A Hungarian edition was published by [[Beholder]] in 1999 as ''Farkastörvény''.<ref>Beholder product page for [http://beholder.hu/?m=bolt&cikk=133 ''Farkastörvény'']</ref> − − ===Russian=== − A Russian edition, translated by V.V. Andreev, was published by [[Армада]] (Armada) in 1995 as ''Естественный отбор'' (ISBN 5763200373). <ref> Science Fiction Lab Book description for [http://fantlab.ru/edition39121 Естественный отбор]</ref><ref> National Library of Russia description for [https://webservices.nlr.ru/util/?method=recordFormat&vid=07NLR_VU1&sysid=005371416&format=037&base=NLR01 Естественный отбор (1995)]</ref> A reprint was published in 2001 (ISBN 5309002286) by [[Армада-пресс]] (Armada-Press) as part of a different series produced in collaboration with [[Дрофа]] (Drofa). <ref> Science Fiction Lab Book description for [http://fantlab.ru/edition8468 Естественный отбор]</ref><ref> National Library of Russia description for [https://webservices.nlr.ru/util/?method=recordFormat&vid=07NLR_VU1&sysid=000251589&format=037&base=NLR01 Естественный отбор (2001)]</ref> − − ===Spanish=== − A Spanish edition, translated by Jaime de Marcos Andreu, was published by [[Timun Mas]] in 2001 as [[List of BattleTech Print Novels in Spanish#Selección natural|''Selección natural'']]. ==Covers== ==Covers== <gallery> <gallery> − Image:Natural Selection.jpg|Original 1992 cover. Art by [[Bruce Jensen]]. + Image:Natuerliche Auslese.jpg|Original 1993 german cover. Art by Bruce Jensen. − Image:Natuerliche Auslese.jpg|1993 German edition. − Image:BattleTech Legenden 17 - Natürliche Auslese.jpg|2017 German edition (reprint). − Image:Farkastörvény - 1999.jpg|1999 Hungarian edition. − Image:Естественный отбор.jpg|1995 Russian edition. − Image:Естественный отбор-2001.jpg|2001 Russian edition (reprint). − Image:SpanishBattletech-Seleccion Natural.jpg|Spanish 2001 cover </gallery> </gallery> ==Reference== ==Reference== <references /> <references /> − [[Category:Novels]] [[Category:Novels]] Line 170:
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''And while secret ambitions drive plans to rip the Commonwealth apart, [[Khan]] [[Phelan Ward]] and [[Archon-Prince|Prince]] [[Victor Ian Steiner-Davion|Victor Davion]]—cousins, rulers, and enemies—must decide if maintaining the peace justifies the actions they will take to preserve it.''}} | ''And while secret ambitions drive plans to rip the Commonwealth apart, [[Khan]] [[Phelan Ward]] and [[Archon-Prince|Prince]] [[Victor Ian Steiner-Davion|Victor Davion]]—cousins, rulers, and enemies—must decide if maintaining the peace justifies the actions they will take to preserve it.''}} | ||
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* The novel was initially meant to tell that story of [[Katrina Steiner]]'s [[3004]] stint as the "Red Corsair" in the [[Periphery]] that the author had hinted at, but not detailed, in the earlier [[Warrior Trilogy]]. However, the publisher wanted no flashback stories and so the story was rewritten, keeping only the "Red Corsair" nucleus and thereby introducing a new, distinct Red Corsair persona.<ref>according to Stackpole himself in [http://www.michaelastackpole.com/?p=1736 a blog entry on his homepage]</ref> Stackpole revisited Katrina Steiner's backstory some 20 years later in the 2010 short story ''[[Vanish]]''. | * The novel was initially meant to tell that story of [[Katrina Steiner]]'s [[3004]] stint as the "Red Corsair" in the [[Periphery]] that the author had hinted at, but not detailed, in the earlier [[Warrior Trilogy]]. However, the publisher wanted no flashback stories and so the story was rewritten, keeping only the "Red Corsair" nucleus and thereby introducing a new, distinct Red Corsair persona.<ref>according to Stackpole himself in [http://www.michaelastackpole.com/?p=1736 a blog entry on his homepage]</ref> Stackpole revisited Katrina Steiner's backstory some 20 years later in the 2010 short story ''[[Vanish]]''. | ||
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