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	==Plot summary==		==Plot summary==
−	During the [[Reunification War]], the recently overhauled but nevertheless aging ''[[Aegis]]''-class [[Star League]] heavy cruiser [[Minotaur (Individual Aegis-class WarShip)|SLS ''Minotaur'']] fights alongside [[House Davion]]'s newer ''[[Congress]]''-class [[Klingenthal|FSS ''Klingenthal'']], pursuing a trio of Taurian ''[[Pinto (WarShip class)|Pinto]]'' corvettes in the Panpour system. Only the ''Klingenthal'' is fast enough to keep up with the enemy ships, but it suddenly suffers a catastrophic explosion and is helpless when the Taurian ships turn to destroy it. [[DropShip]]s from the ''Minotaur'' rescue a few survivors, who are immediately reassigned to man the understaffed ''Minotaur''.	+	During the [[Reunification War]], the recently overhauled but nevertheless aging ''[[Aegis]]''-class [[Star League]] heavy cruiser [[Minotaur (Aegis)|SLS ''Minotaur'']] fights alongside [[House Davion]]'s newer ''[[Congress]]''-class [[Klingenthal|FSS ''Klingenthal'']], pursuing a trio of Taurian ''[[Pinto]]'' corvettes in the Panpour system. Only the ''Klingenthal'' is fast enough to keep up with the enemy ships, but it suddenly suffers a catastrophic explosion and is helpless when the Taurian ships turn to destroy it. [[DropShip]]s from the ''Minotaur'' rescue a few survivors, who are immediately reassigned to man the understaffed ''Minotaur''.
−	[[Commodore]] [[Theodore Rasmusen]], CO of the ''Minotaur'', notes that the Taurian ships had already begun to turn before the explosion crippled the ''Klingenthal'' and, after debriefing survivors, suspects sabotage. Due to combat damage he cannot report this to the friendly fleet sitting at the [[jump point]] and bound to jump out to [[Tentativa]] via a reasonably safe transmission; for a lack of other options he decides to use the ''Minotaur''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Lithium-Fusion battery]] to reach the jump point from a nearby pirate point. En route the ''Minotaur'' experiences similar malfunctions as the ''Klingenthal'' had, and Rasmusen surmises they are being sabotaged, too. He pieces together information from the survivors and divines that the saboteurs were among a contingent of troops carried aboard the ''Klingenthal'' bound for the convoy's flagship at the jump point; because of a change of plans, the rendezvous was postponed, the personnel were not transferred to the flagship and so the ''Klingenthal'' was sabotaged instead. Rescued from the destroyed vessel, they are now active aboard the ''Minotaur''.	+	[[Commodore]] [[Theodore Rasmusen]], CO of the ''Minotaur'', notes that the Taurian ships had already begun to turn before the explosion crippled the ''Klingenthal'' and, after debriefing survivors, suspects sabotage. Due to combat damage he cannot report this to the friendly fleet sitting at the [[jump point]] and bound to jump out to [[Tentativa]] via a reasonably safe transmission; for a lack of other options he decides to use the ''Minotaur'''s [[Lithium-Fusion battery]] to reach the jump point from a nearby pirate point. Enroute the ''Minotaur'' experiences similar malfunctions as the ''Klingenthal'' had, and Rasmusen surmises they are being sabotaged, too. He pieces together information from the survivors and divines that the saboteurs were among a contingent of troops carried aboard the ''Klingenthal'' bound for the convoy's flagship at the jump point; because of a change of plans, the rendezvous was postponed, the personnell was not transferred to the flagship and so the ''Klingenthal'' was sabotaged instead. Rescued from the destroyed vessel, they are now active aboard the ''Minotaur''.
−	With the ship failing around them, Rasmusen and his crew finally corner the saboteurs and overpower them before the damage is irreversible. Rasmusen is confident that he will be able to rescue the convoy yet, by arriving at the jump point in time and informing them of the looming Taurian trap.	+	With the ship failing around them, Rasmusen and his crew finally corner the saboteurs and overpower them before the damage is irreverible. Rasmusen is confident that he will be able to rescue the convoy yet, by arriving at the jump point in time and informing them of the looming Taurian trap.
	==Featured BattleTech==		==Featured BattleTech==
−	* ''[[Aegis]]''	+	*''[[Aegis]]''
−	* ''[[Avatar (WarShip class)|Avatar]]'' ([[Lakshmi|SLS ''Lakshmi'']] mentioned as Rasmusen's previous command, destroyed by Taurian [[fireship]]s)	+	*''[[Avatar]]'' ([[Lakshmi|SLS ''Lakshmi'']] mentioned as Rasmusen's previous command, destroyed by Taurian "fire ships")
−	* ''[[Congress]]''	+	*''[[Congress]]''
−	* ''[[Pinto (WarShip class)|Pinto]]''	+	*''[[Pinto]]''
−		+	[[Category:BattleCorps publications]]
−	[[Category:BattleCorps publications|Theseus Knot, The]]	+	[[Category:Short Stories]]
−	[[Category:Short Stories|Theseus Knot, The]]	+	[[Category:Works by Colin Donnelly]]
−	[[Category:Works by Colin Donnelly|Theseus Knot, The]]	+	[[Category:Works by David McCulloch]]
−	[[Category:Works by David McCulloch|Theseus Knot, The]]

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{{InfoBoxProduct | image = | name = | type = Short story | author = [[Colin Donnelly]]<br />[[David McCulloch]] | development = | primarywriting = | pages = 18 | cover = | interiorart = | illustrations = | publisher = [[BattleCorps]] | productioncode = | year = 23 June 2006 | ISBN10 = | ISBN13 = | MSRP = | content = | era = [[Star League era]] | timeline = 18 February [[2585]] | series = | precededby = | followedby = }} '''''The Theseus Knot''''' is a short story by [[Colin Donnelly]] and [[David McCulloch]] that was published online on [[BattleCorps]] on 23 June 2006. It was also published in print in the third BattleCorps print anthology, ''[[Weapons Free]]'', in 2012 as simply "Theseus Knot". ==Teaser text== {{quote|''The SLS [[Minotaur]] and the FSS [[Klingenthal|Kligenthal]] were engaged in joint combat over [[Panpour]] against [[Taurian Concordat|Taurian]] raiders—that is, until the Kligenthal was destroyed. Damaged and adrift, the Minotaur seems headed for the same fate...''}} ==Plot summary== During the [[Reunification War]], the recently overhauled but nevertheless aging ''[[Aegis]]''-class [[Star League]] heavy cruiser [[Minotaur (Aegis)|SLS ''Minotaur'']] fights alongside [[House Davion]]'s newer ''[[Congress]]''-class [[Klingenthal|FSS ''Klingenthal'']], pursuing a trio of Taurian ''[[Pinto]]'' corvettes in the Panpour system. Only the ''Klingenthal'' is fast enough to keep up with the enemy ships, but it suddenly suffers a catastrophic explosion and is helpless when the Taurian ships turn to destroy it. [[DropShip]]s from the ''Minotaur'' rescue a few survivors, who are immediately reassigned to man the understaffed ''Minotaur''. [[Commodore]] [[Theodore Rasmusen]], CO of the ''Minotaur'', notes that the Taurian ships had already begun to turn before the explosion crippled the ''Klingenthal'' and, after debriefing survivors, suspects sabotage. Due to combat damage he cannot report this to the friendly fleet sitting at the [[jump point]] and bound to jump out to [[Tentativa]] via a reasonably safe transmission; for a lack of other options he decides to use the ''Minotaur'''s [[Lithium-Fusion battery]] to reach the jump point from a nearby pirate point. Enroute the ''Minotaur'' experiences similar malfunctions as the ''Klingenthal'' had, and Rasmusen surmises they are being sabotaged, too. He pieces together information from the survivors and divines that the saboteurs were among a contingent of troops carried aboard the ''Klingenthal'' bound for the convoy's flagship at the jump point; because of a change of plans, the rendezvous was postponed, the personnell was not transferred to the flagship and so the ''Klingenthal'' was sabotaged instead. Rescued from the destroyed vessel, they are now active aboard the ''Minotaur''. With the ship failing around them, Rasmusen and his crew finally corner the saboteurs and overpower them before the damage is irreverible. Rasmusen is confident that he will be able to rescue the convoy yet, by arriving at the jump point in time and informing them of the looming Taurian trap. ==Featured BattleTech== *''[[Aegis]]'' *''[[Avatar]]'' ([[Lakshmi|SLS ''Lakshmi'']] mentioned as Rasmusen's previous command, destroyed by Taurian "fire ships") *''[[Congress]]'' *''[[Pinto]]'' [[Category:BattleCorps publications]] [[Category:Short Stories]] [[Category:Works by Colin Donnelly]] [[Category:Works by David McCulloch]]

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