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	'''''No Tears''''', by [[Craig A. Reed]], is the second entry in the [[Eridani Light Horse Chronicles]] series. It covers the [[2798]] [[Sendai Massacre|massacre]] of the Light Horses' dependents on [[Sendai]].		'''''No Tears''''', by [[Craig A. Reed]], is the second entry in the [[Eridani Light Horse Chronicles]] series. It covers the [[2798]] [[Sendai Massacre|massacre]] of the Light Horses' dependents on [[Sendai]].
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−	==From the back cover==
−	{{quote|''TRADITIONS RUN DEEP…
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−	Other mercenary units fly flags at two flagpoles at their headquarters, one with their unit’s flag, and other bearing the flag of their current employer. However, the Third Regimental Combat Team—a.k.a. the Eridani Light Horse—leaves one flagpole bare, as a reminder of the death of the Star League, and the other pole flies the Light Horse’s unit and regimental flags at half-mast.
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−	What triumphs and tragedies shaped the Eridani Light Horse and its traditions? What drove them to become a force to be reckoned with, an elite mercenary unit with one of the longest histories and the deepest traditions in the Inner Sphere? Witness the unit’s origins in the Star League and follow their evolution all the way through the Succession Wars and the Clan Invasion to their downfall in the Dark Age and their resurrection in the uncertain future of the ilClan era.
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−	Part Two: No Tears by Craig A. Reed, Jr.: During the First Succession War, a tragedy borne of spite strikes the Eridani Light Horse on the Draconis Combine world of Sendai, and they will stop at nothing to exact their revenge.''}}
	==Plot summary==		==Plot summary==

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{{InfoBoxProduct | image = No Tears cover.jpg | name = No Tears | type = Novella | author = [[Craig A. Reed, Jr.]] | development = | primarywriting = | pages = | cover = [[David Allen Kerber|David Kerber]] | interiorart = | illustrations = | publisher = [[Catalyst Game Labs]] | productioncode = | year = 30 April 2021 | ISBN10 = | ISBN13 = | MSRP = | content = | era = [[Succession Wars era]] | timeline = 5 June - 23 June [[2798]] | series = [[Eridani Light Horse Chronicles]] | precededby = [[Conflicts of Interest]] | followedby = [[Dying Dignity]] }} '''''No Tears''''', by [[Craig A. Reed]], is the second entry in the [[Eridani Light Horse Chronicles]] series. It covers the [[2798]] [[Sendai Massacre|massacre]] of the Light Horses' dependents on [[Sendai]]. ==Plot summary== [[Lieutenant]] [[Rafe Fraser]] is a lance commander in the First Assault Company, Fiftieth Heavy Cavalry Battalion, [[151st Light Horse Regiment]] of the [[Eridani Light Horse]]. The Eridani Light Horse is preparing to depart the planet [[Sendai]], and the service of the [[Draconis Combine]], in response to the [[Kentares Massacre]]. Shortly after, his wife Ellen informs him she is pregnant. To avoid conflict with Kuritan forces, the combatant units take off in their [[DropShip]]s and await the departure of their dependents. Rafe and the other unit commanders of the Fiftieth are called together and informed that their dependents and those of the Eighth Recon have been taken hostage by Planetary Administrator [[Kol Dojiro]]. If both battalions do not return to Sendai and surrender to Dojiro's control, they will be executed. The next day, video is sent of the executions. The Fiftieth and the Eighth reverse course on a mission to execute every member of the government and militia and destroy every government building on Sendai in retaliation for this atrocity. Rafe drops with his unit at the Aobayama City Spaceport where they overrun the defenders there in minutes. Rafe leads his lance to the city square and demolishes the administration building there. The next day the battalions meet up at Sendai City, where the militia has dug in. Rafe spends some time talking with Lieutenant [[Mahault Carstens|Mahault “Manny” Carstens]] while their 'Mechs are being repaired. Manny admonishes Rafe that, eventually, he must deal with his grief. After battling his way into Sendai City, Rafe and his lance are ordered to intercept a convoy heading for the docks. They engage the Administrator's Guard Lance and supporting combat vehicles, and finally Rafe advances on the limousines, his ''[[Guillotine]]'' bearing heavy damage from combat. He crushes the engine of the lead limousine engages the rest of the convoy as his lance arrives to support him. Kol Dojiro exits the damaged vehicle, and Rafe aims his weapons at him. Then a woman, Dojiro's wife, tries to pull Dojiro away, and Rafe hesitates. Finally, two children come out of the car and run to their mother. After a brief internal struggle, Rafe reports to his company commander that Dojiro is still alive, and he is ordered to take Dojiro and any other government ministers he can find into custody. Days later, after Dojiro was tried and executed along with other government and militia personnel, they are on their DropShips again heading for the jump point. Manny comes to find Rafe to tell him the memorial service is about to start. The story ends with Manny holding Rafe in her arms as he finally gives in to tears. == Featured characters == * [[Kol Dojiro]] * [[Rafe Fraser]] == Featured BattleTech == ===BattleMechs=== * [[Dragon]] * [[Exterminator]] * [[Gladiator (BattleMech)|Gladiator]] * [[Grasshopper]] * [[Griffin]] * [[Guillotine]] * [[Marauder]] * [[Flea#Variants|Trooper]] * [[Warhammer]] ===Vehicles=== * [[APC]] (unknown types) * [[Chi-Ha]] * [[Demon (Combat Vehicle)|Demon]] * [[Randolph Support Vehicle]] ===DropShips=== * ''[[Union]]'' (''[[Red River (Individual Union-class DropShip)|Red River]])'' == Featured planets == * [[Sendai]] [[Category:Novellas]] [[Category:Works by Craig A. Reed]]

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