Shades
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| Shades | |
|---|---|
| Story information | |
| Author | Loren Coleman |
| Pages | 2 |
| Type | Short story |
| Product | Classic BattleTech Miniatures Rules |
| Content | |
| Era | Dark Age era |
| Timeline | unspecified (ca. 3132, see notes) |
The short story Shades by Loren L. Coleman was first published as fiction in Classic BattleTech Miniatures Rules.
No timestamp is provided, but the story makes references to Devlin Stone's vanishing and the Blackout.
Contents
Plot summary
The narrator, Zander Shienzè, is a member of the Shienzè clan on New Home. He bitterly remembers how his family had once stood for this world during the Jihad, but now the family has lost the title of baron. He recovers his family's Spider and escapes from the forces sent by planetary governor Clarence Whitman to capture him. Chased by two Demon tanks, one SM1 and four Saxons. He travels to the Ashentines (an offshoot of the New Home's Great Spine Mountains) simulating he is escaping while in reality he is sending them to his trap, set in graveyard where the Word of Blake forces on New Home made their last stand. Hidden infantry, plus a Fox and a Joust, successfully ambush his enemies even though they have deployed Grenadier battle armor and were able to capture the SM1 by the usage of a suicide squad armed with anti-personal grenades that are thrown inside the vehicle.
Featured characters
- Zander Shienzè
- Planetary Governor Clarence Whitman (mentioned)
Featured BattleTech
'Mechs
Vehicles
Featured planets
Notes
- Although the story is undated, the product it is featured in depicts 'Mech designs from the early Dark Age era, with the year given as 3132 which suggests the story to takes place around that year as well.