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Line 1: + {{ApocryphalProduct}} {{InfoBoxProduct {{InfoBoxProduct − | image = Calm of the Void cover.jpg + | image = | name = | name = − | type = [[Novella]] + | type = [[Novella]]/serialized [[Novel]] (part 1 of 8) | author = [[Randall N. Bills]] | author = [[Randall N. Bills]] | development = | development = | primarywriting = | primarywriting = − | pages = 75 (EPUB edition)<br />46 (PDF edition) + | pages = 46 (PDF edition) | cover = [[David Kerber]] | cover = [[David Kerber]] | interiorart = | interiorart = | illustrations = | illustrations = − | publisher = [[MechaPub, INc.]]<br/>[[Catalyst Game Labs]] + | publisher = [[MechaPub Inc]] | productioncode = | productioncode = | year = 18 November 2019 | year = 18 November 2019 Line 21:
Line 22: | series = [[MechWarrior 5: Origins (series)|MechWarrior 5: Origins]] | series = [[MechWarrior 5: Origins (series)|MechWarrior 5: Origins]] | precededby = | precededby = − | followedby = [[Vision's Hunger]] + | followedby = }} }} − '''''The Calm of the Void''''', subtitled ''A MechWarrior 5 Origins Series Story, Installment 1'', is an original [[BattleTech]] [[novella]] penned by [[Randall N. Bills]], offered as a free tie-in product supporting the ''[[MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries]]'' computer game. It was originally released in electronic format on 18 November 2019, before being also included in an electronic omnibus collection on 12 December 2019, two days after the game's launch. The novella was later re-released as part of ''[[The Mercenary Life]]'' anthology released 12 April 2021, with an additional author postscript. + '''''The Calm of the Void''''' is an original [[BattleTech]] [[novella]] penned by [[Randall N. Bills]], the first of a currently unknown number of parts of a serial [[novel]]. It was offered as a free tie-in product supporting [[MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries]] and was released in electronic format on 18 November 2019. + + ==Canonicity== + This novella is a publication going with MechWarrior 5 and, like MechWarrior 5, derives from [[Piranha Games]]' license to BattleTech video games instead of the (distinct) "mainline" BattleTech license held by [[Catalyst Game Labs]]. As such it does not meet the criteria for canon in the "mainline" BattleTech universe and is therefore flagged as apocryphal. ==Plot summary== ==Plot summary== − Working for Merchant Captain Cardian of the free trader [[JumpShip]] ''[[Talia's Investiture]]'', [[Nikolai Mason]] has a fierce professional rivalry with procurement officer [[Jules Vonic]], whose position with Cardian he hopes to usurp. Vonic is aware of his goal, and tells him to his face that "Whatever ''you'' want, ''I'' get." + {{sectionstub}} − − To prove his worth, draw the Captain's attention and get the promotion he seeks, Nicolai endeavors to procure a replacement Motor Control Unit for a [[Star League]] era ''[[Champion]]'', a [[lostech]] spare desperately sought by the [[Twelfth Star Guards]], one of the [[mercenary unit]]s Cardian supplies. To this end Nikolai makes contact with [[Chloe Reed|Chloe]], a tech with the [[Blackhearts]], and develops a crush on her. From her he learns of [[Detlef Jorgenson]], a master tech with [[Bowie Industries]] who is in possession of such a MCU and who is prepared to "jump ship" to a new employer. As corporations don't usually let their master techs walk away, Nikolai arranges for Jorgenson's covert extraction on [[Wyatt]]. − − Nikolai had considered a [[Free Worlds League]] attack on Wyatt coinciding with his mission a complication so unlikely as to be negligible. However, their escape truck unexpectedly comes under attack from a ''[[Wasp]]'' in [[Marik Militia]] livery. Jorgenson is killed and Nikolai is wounded. Merchant Captain Cardian's meticulously planned timetable for his year-long round trip is upset and pushed back two days, earning Nikolai his ire. Worse, it turns out that Vonic was apparently behind the attack; she has secured the priceless MCU and is the one to provide it to the Twelfth Star Guards five weeks later. − − Thus, Vonic reaps all the rewards for Nicolai's toil and expenses, namely the prestige, contacts, and good standing with Cardian. The wounded Nikolai can only watch helplessly as she mouths her "Whatever ''you'' want, ''I'' get" to him. ==Featured Characters== ==Featured Characters== − * Merchant Captain Cardian + * Merchant Captaon Cardian − * [[Chloe Reed|Chloe]] + * Chloe * [[Detlef Jorgenson]] * [[Detlef Jorgenson]] * Joshua * Joshua Line 42:
Line 40: * [[Nikolai Mason]] * [[Nikolai Mason]] * [[Albert Rivers]] (mentioned) * [[Albert Rivers]] (mentioned) − * Zardoff (mentioned) ==Featured BattleTech== ==Featured BattleTech== Line 49:
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Line 75: * [[Rahne]] (mentioned) * [[Rahne]] (mentioned) − ==External links== + ==Notes== − *[https://mw5mercs.com/novellas MechWarrior 5 novella downloads] (official)+ − [[Category:Short Stories|Calm of the Void, The]] + [[Category:Short Stories]] − [[Category:Novels|Calm of the Void, The]] + [[Category:Novels]] − [[Category:Works by Randall N. Bills|Calm of the Void, The]] + [[Category:Works by Randall N. Bills]]
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| − | | type = [[Novella]] | + | | type = [[Novella]]/serialized [[Novel]] (part 1 of 8) |
| author = [[Randall N. Bills]] | | author = [[Randall N. Bills]] | ||
| development = | | development = | ||
| primarywriting = | | primarywriting = | ||
| − | | pages = | + | | pages = 46 (PDF edition) |
| cover = [[David Kerber]] | | cover = [[David Kerber]] | ||
| interiorart = | | interiorart = | ||
| illustrations = | | illustrations = | ||
| − | | publisher = [[MechaPub | + | | publisher = [[MechaPub Inc]] |
| productioncode = | | productioncode = | ||
| year = 18 November 2019 | | year = 18 November 2019 | ||
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| series = [[MechWarrior 5: Origins (series)|MechWarrior 5: Origins]] | | series = [[MechWarrior 5: Origins (series)|MechWarrior 5: Origins]] | ||
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| − | '''''The Calm of the Void''''' | + | '''''The Calm of the Void''''' is an original [[BattleTech]] [[novella]] penned by [[Randall N. Bills]], the first of a currently unknown number of parts of a serial [[novel]]. It was offered as a free tie-in product supporting [[MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries]] and was released in electronic format on 18 November 2019. |
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| + | ==Canonicity== | ||
| + | This novella is a publication going with MechWarrior 5 and, like MechWarrior 5, derives from [[Piranha Games]]' license to BattleTech video games instead of the (distinct) "mainline" BattleTech license held by [[Catalyst Game Labs]]. As such it does not meet the criteria for canon in the "mainline" BattleTech universe and is therefore flagged as apocryphal. | ||
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==Featured Characters== | ==Featured Characters== | ||
| − | * Merchant | + | * Merchant Captaon Cardian |
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* [[Detlef Jorgenson]] | * [[Detlef Jorgenson]] | ||
* Joshua | * Joshua | ||
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* [[Nikolai Mason]] | * [[Nikolai Mason]] | ||
* [[Albert Rivers]] (mentioned) | * [[Albert Rivers]] (mentioned) | ||
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==Featured BattleTech== | ==Featured BattleTech== | ||
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* ''[[Wasp]]'' | * ''[[Wasp]]'' | ||
* ''[[Champion]]'' (mentioned) | * ''[[Champion]]'' (mentioned) | ||
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| − | + | ===Featured JumpShips and DropShips=== | |
| − | === | + | * ''[[Mule]]''-class DropShip ''[[Perdido (Individual Mule-class DropShip)|Perdido]]'' |
| − | * ''[[Mule]]''-class DropShip ''[[Perdido (Individual Mule-class DropShip|Perdido]]'' | ||
* ''[[Star Lord (JumpShip class)|Star Lord]]''-class JumpShip ''[[Talia's Investiture]]'' | * ''[[Star Lord (JumpShip class)|Star Lord]]''-class JumpShip ''[[Talia's Investiture]]'' | ||
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* [[Rahne]] (mentioned) | * [[Rahne]] (mentioned) | ||
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| − | [[Category:Short Stories | + | [[Category:Short Stories]] |
| − | [[Category:Novels | + | [[Category:Novels]] |
| − | [[Category:Works by Randall N. Bills | + | [[Category:Works by Randall N. Bills]] |