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==Plot summary== | ==Plot summary== | ||
| + | The 28 December 3075, the [[Tooth of Ymir]] [[Firebrand (DropShip)]] was about to make landfall on Galatea, to fight the [[Word of Blake]] planetary forces. The mercenary Lieutenant Charlie Farabaugh was talking with his lance members, Kevin Gurski Maria Peltergast and Paramar. His commanding officer, Captain Brandon Shadwell, cut off their discussion calling them onto the command post when they landed. | ||
| + | Soon later, the Charlie Lance, dubbed ''Cacophony Lance'', for the music Charlie always put, was on the command post, where Major Ivan Petrov informed them of their mission: to infiltrate inside the Blakist lines and destroy an [[Arrow IV]] battery ammo depot supposedly with nukes, before the blakists can use them. | ||
| + | Despite Petrov's reassuring words about other lances supporting them, the lance knew it was almost a suicide mission, but they obeyed anyway. | ||
| + | After Cacophony began their way, Charlie put heroic music on the waves on the waves. | ||
| + | They first find two Blakist scout 'Mechs, but they put them down quickly and easily. Paramar's ''Chimera'' was damaged by a pairt of hovercrafts and their mates had to leave him behind, trying to return to the base. | ||
| + | Thanks to a Ymir's Tooth air strike, the Cacophony managed to break through blakist forces, though they lost Peltergast's 'Mech. Gursky and Charlie arrived to the depot, and while Farabaugh approached the nukes' bunker, Gursky draw away two heavy Blakist 'Mechs. | ||
| + | Charlie began blowing the different ammo depots. His Cougar, which he called ''Black Condor''was severely damaged, but he managed to bore into the target building and ignite the ammo, saying goodbye by the waves before the final explosion. | ||
| + | In 3122, on Galatea's ''Museum of the Jihad'', was exposed Farabaugh's music data chip, explaining how the ''Black Condor'''s remains were found, and its battleRom recordings proved Charlie's heroic sacrifice and how this saved countless thousands of Galatea's civilians. | ||
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| The Last Flight of the Black Condor | |
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| Author | Matthew Cross |
| Type | Short Story |
| Product | Shrapnel Issue 10 |
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The Last Flight of the Black Condor is a short story by Matthew Cross that was published in the tenth issue of Shrapnel.
Plot summary
The 28 December 3075, the Tooth of Ymir Firebrand (DropShip) was about to make landfall on Galatea, to fight the Word of Blake planetary forces. The mercenary Lieutenant Charlie Farabaugh was talking with his lance members, Kevin Gurski Maria Peltergast and Paramar. His commanding officer, Captain Brandon Shadwell, cut off their discussion calling them onto the command post when they landed. Soon later, the Charlie Lance, dubbed Cacophony Lance, for the music Charlie always put, was on the command post, where Major Ivan Petrov informed them of their mission: to infiltrate inside the Blakist lines and destroy an Arrow IV battery ammo depot supposedly with nukes, before the blakists can use them. Despite Petrov's reassuring words about other lances supporting them, the lance knew it was almost a suicide mission, but they obeyed anyway. After Cacophony began their way, Charlie put heroic music on the waves on the waves. They first find two Blakist scout 'Mechs, but they put them down quickly and easily. Paramar's Chimera was damaged by a pairt of hovercrafts and their mates had to leave him behind, trying to return to the base. Thanks to a Ymir's Tooth air strike, the Cacophony managed to break through blakist forces, though they lost Peltergast's 'Mech. Gursky and Charlie arrived to the depot, and while Farabaugh approached the nukes' bunker, Gursky draw away two heavy Blakist 'Mechs. Charlie began blowing the different ammo depots. His Cougar, which he called Black Condorwas severely damaged, but he managed to bore into the target building and ignite the ammo, saying goodbye by the waves before the final explosion.
In 3122, on Galatea's Museum of the Jihad, was exposed Farabaugh's music data chip, explaining how the Black Condor's remains were found, and its battleRom recordings proved Charlie's heroic sacrifice and how this saved countless thousands of Galatea's civilians.