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Line 29: ==Plot summary== ==Plot summary== − [[Point Commander]] Merced is waiting in ambush with other members of his [[point]], carefully concealed near the remains of Herrara Street, within sight of the Gap - the space where once the Hiring Hall stood - when Merced realizes that the passing [[Word of Blake]] convoy is too important to attack. One of the convoy vehicles is a [[BattleMech Recovery Vehicle]], modified to become an obvious and highly visible cage for displaying a special prisoner. Trapped underneath the thick transpex is something Merced never expected to see - a woman, a survivor from [[Zeta Battalion (Wolf's Dragoons)|Zeta Battalion]], all of whom were believed lost in the disastrous attack on [[Terra|Mars]]. + [[Point Commander]] Merced is waiting in ambush with other members of his [[point]], carefully concealed near the remains of Herrara Street, within sight of the Gap - the space where once the Hiring Hall stood - when Merced realizes that the passing [[Word of Blake]] convoy is too important to attack. One of the convoy vehicles is a [[BattleMech Recovery Vehicle]], modified to become an obvious and highly-visible cage for displaying a special prisoner. Trapped underneath the thick transpex is something Merced never expected to see - a woman, a survivor from [[Zeta Battalion (Wolf's Dragoons)|Zeta Battalion]], all of which was believed to have been lost in the disastrous attack on [[Terra|Mars]]. Merced and his point return to their operating base - a bunker underneath the remains of the Harlech DropPort, close to the site of the last stand made by [[Battle Magic]] during the first Blakist-sponsored attack on [[Outreach]]. There, Merced is able to bring the news to his commander - [[Major]] [[Elson Novacat]] - and in turn to the other survivors of the Dragoons Elemental Strike [[Cluster]], reduced to little more than a [[Binary]] but still determined to fight, and to exact vengeance upon the Blakists. Merced and his point return to their operating base - a bunker underneath the remains of the Harlech DropPort, close to the site of the last stand made by [[Battle Magic]] during the first Blakist-sponsored attack on [[Outreach]]. There, Merced is able to bring the news to his commander - [[Major]] [[Elson Novacat]] - and in turn to the other survivors of the Dragoons Elemental Strike [[Cluster]], reduced to little more than a [[Binary]] but still determined to fight, and to exact vengeance upon the Blakists. Line 37:
Line 37: While the Dragoon Elementals prepare, Tara Lucas drifts in and out of a drug-induced haze, recollecting mismatched events from Mars - and from her interrogation by the Blakists. While the Dragoon Elementals prepare, Tara Lucas drifts in and out of a drug-induced haze, recollecting mismatched events from Mars - and from her interrogation by the Blakists. − Lying in wait, Merced is sure that the convoy is a lure, and that the twelve [[Bulldog (Truck)|Bulldog trucks]] are likely to contain infantry to support the convoy - either for them, or perhaps for the surviving Dragoon [[BattleMech]]s still operating on Romulus, striking at the Blakists, even if they aren't working with the Dragoon Elementals. Despite that certainty, he watches as Alpha [[Star]] attack the convoy, disabling trucks and other vehicles with their carefully hoarded [[SRM]]s... and then he sees the squads of [[Purifier]] [[battle armor]] emerging from the trucks, moving swiftly to attack the Dragoons. + Lying in wait, Merced is sure that the convoy is a lure, and that the twelve [[Bulldog (Truck)|Bulldog trucks]] are likely to contain infantry to support the convoy - either for them, or perhaps for the surviving Dragoon [[BattleMech]]s still operating on Romulus, striking at the Blakists, even if they aren't working with the Dragoon Elementals. Despite that certainty, he watches as Alpha [[Star]] attack the convoy, disabling trucks and other vehicles with their carefully-hoarded [[SRM]]s... and then he sees the squads of [[Purifier]] [[battle armor]] emerging from the trucks, moving swiftly to attack the Dragoons. With the Purifiers revealed, Elson orders Beta Star into the fray - apart from Two Point, Merced's point, which he orders to free Lucas. As Lucas struggles to understand what's happening, Merced and his point battle Purifiers and try to tear her prison apart, Elementals falling as Merced tries to remain focused on the mission. When a Blakist ''[[Panther]]'' moves to attack, Merced finds himself working directly alongside Elson himself to fell the enemy 'Mech, before returning to try and free Lucas... only to find most of the rest of his point dead. With the Purifiers revealed, Elson orders Beta Star into the fray - apart from Two Point, Merced's point, which he orders to free Lucas. As Lucas struggles to understand what's happening, Merced and his point battle Purifiers and try to tear her prison apart, Elementals falling as Merced tries to remain focused on the mission. When a Blakist ''[[Panther]]'' moves to attack, Merced finds himself working directly alongside Elson himself to fell the enemy 'Mech, before returning to try and free Lucas... only to find most of the rest of his point dead. Line 67:
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| − | [[Point Commander]] Merced is waiting in ambush with other members of his [[point]], carefully concealed near the remains of Herrara Street, within sight of the Gap - the space where once the Hiring Hall stood - when Merced realizes that the passing [[Word of Blake]] convoy is too important to attack. One of the convoy vehicles is a [[BattleMech Recovery Vehicle]], modified to become an obvious and highly visible cage for displaying a special prisoner. Trapped underneath the thick transpex is something Merced never expected to see - a woman, a survivor from [[Zeta Battalion (Wolf's Dragoons)|Zeta Battalion]], all of | + | [[Point Commander]] Merced is waiting in ambush with other members of his [[point]], carefully concealed near the remains of Herrara Street, within sight of the Gap - the space where once the Hiring Hall stood - when Merced realizes that the passing [[Word of Blake]] convoy is too important to attack. One of the convoy vehicles is a [[BattleMech Recovery Vehicle]], modified to become an obvious and highly-visible cage for displaying a special prisoner. Trapped underneath the thick transpex is something Merced never expected to see - a woman, a survivor from [[Zeta Battalion (Wolf's Dragoons)|Zeta Battalion]], all of which was believed to have been lost in the disastrous attack on [[Terra|Mars]]. |
Merced and his point return to their operating base - a bunker underneath the remains of the Harlech DropPort, close to the site of the last stand made by [[Battle Magic]] during the first Blakist-sponsored attack on [[Outreach]]. There, Merced is able to bring the news to his commander - [[Major]] [[Elson Novacat]] - and in turn to the other survivors of the Dragoons Elemental Strike [[Cluster]], reduced to little more than a [[Binary]] but still determined to fight, and to exact vengeance upon the Blakists. | Merced and his point return to their operating base - a bunker underneath the remains of the Harlech DropPort, close to the site of the last stand made by [[Battle Magic]] during the first Blakist-sponsored attack on [[Outreach]]. There, Merced is able to bring the news to his commander - [[Major]] [[Elson Novacat]] - and in turn to the other survivors of the Dragoons Elemental Strike [[Cluster]], reduced to little more than a [[Binary]] but still determined to fight, and to exact vengeance upon the Blakists. | ||
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While the Dragoon Elementals prepare, Tara Lucas drifts in and out of a drug-induced haze, recollecting mismatched events from Mars - and from her interrogation by the Blakists. | While the Dragoon Elementals prepare, Tara Lucas drifts in and out of a drug-induced haze, recollecting mismatched events from Mars - and from her interrogation by the Blakists. | ||
| − | Lying in wait, Merced is sure that the convoy is a lure, and that the twelve [[Bulldog (Truck)|Bulldog trucks]] are likely to contain infantry to support the convoy - either for them, or perhaps for the surviving Dragoon [[BattleMech]]s still operating on Romulus, striking at the Blakists, even if they aren't working with the Dragoon Elementals. Despite that certainty, he watches as Alpha [[Star]] attack the convoy, disabling trucks and other vehicles with their carefully hoarded [[SRM]]s... and then he sees the squads of [[Purifier]] [[battle armor]] emerging from the trucks, moving swiftly to attack the Dragoons. | + | Lying in wait, Merced is sure that the convoy is a lure, and that the twelve [[Bulldog (Truck)|Bulldog trucks]] are likely to contain infantry to support the convoy - either for them, or perhaps for the surviving Dragoon [[BattleMech]]s still operating on Romulus, striking at the Blakists, even if they aren't working with the Dragoon Elementals. Despite that certainty, he watches as Alpha [[Star]] attack the convoy, disabling trucks and other vehicles with their carefully-hoarded [[SRM]]s... and then he sees the squads of [[Purifier]] [[battle armor]] emerging from the trucks, moving swiftly to attack the Dragoons. |
With the Purifiers revealed, Elson orders Beta Star into the fray - apart from Two Point, Merced's point, which he orders to free Lucas. As Lucas struggles to understand what's happening, Merced and his point battle Purifiers and try to tear her prison apart, Elementals falling as Merced tries to remain focused on the mission. When a Blakist ''[[Panther]]'' moves to attack, Merced finds himself working directly alongside Elson himself to fell the enemy 'Mech, before returning to try and free Lucas... only to find most of the rest of his point dead. | With the Purifiers revealed, Elson orders Beta Star into the fray - apart from Two Point, Merced's point, which he orders to free Lucas. As Lucas struggles to understand what's happening, Merced and his point battle Purifiers and try to tear her prison apart, Elementals falling as Merced tries to remain focused on the mission. When a Blakist ''[[Panther]]'' moves to attack, Merced finds himself working directly alongside Elson himself to fell the enemy 'Mech, before returning to try and free Lucas... only to find most of the rest of his point dead. | ||
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==Featured planets== | ==Featured planets== | ||
* [[Outreach]] | * [[Outreach]] | ||
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[[Category:BattleCorps publications]] | [[Category:BattleCorps publications]] | ||
[[Category:Short Stories]] | [[Category:Short Stories]] | ||
[[Category:Works by Jason Schmetzer]] | [[Category:Works by Jason Schmetzer]] | ||