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Line 46: On 7 August [[3015]], thirteen years prior to the events from ''Karma'', several youths from the underground city of Bram-Ze on [[Niomede]]-4 including young militia [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]] recruit [[Jen Xiao]], his sister [[Goda Dscheng|Goda]] and his future girlfriend [[Meh Walong|Meh]] travel to the neighboring underground city of Wa-L-Sum for a contest among local children that involves recovering pyrite from deserted (and off-limits) mining caves. In a chance encounter they witness members of the [[servitor]] caste being hunted down by troops and ultimately shot by a noblewoman for sport. [[Warrior House Fujita]] is in the process of brutally clearing out a settlement of unowned servitors, capturing suitable five-year-old children for their training cadre and killing all others. On 7 August [[3015]], thirteen years prior to the events from ''Karma'', several youths from the underground city of Bram-Ze on [[Niomede]]-4 including young militia [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]] recruit [[Jen Xiao]], his sister [[Goda Dscheng|Goda]] and his future girlfriend [[Meh Walong|Meh]] travel to the neighboring underground city of Wa-L-Sum for a contest among local children that involves recovering pyrite from deserted (and off-limits) mining caves. In a chance encounter they witness members of the [[servitor]] caste being hunted down by troops and ultimately shot by a noblewoman for sport. [[Warrior House Fujita]] is in the process of brutally clearing out a settlement of unowned servitors, capturing suitable five-year-old children for their training cadre and killing all others. − Fourteen years later, following his heroic exploits in defending Niomede-4 from an attack by rogue Andurien forces (as narrated in the earlier novel ''Karma''), Jen is proposed as a candidate for the [[Death Commandos]] by Duke Tell and arrives on [[Grand Base]] on 3 May [[3029]] together with his servant [[Oala]]. Jen meets his instructors and fellow cadet [[Elisa Miwong]], with whom he soon begins a relationship, though the very harsh and cruel training regimen in Chángyè Chéng, the City of Death, leaves little time for anything else. Elisa is the daughter of ''[[Shonso]]'' [[Jukon Miwong]] of Grand Base, who owns and operates a large 'Mech maintenance facility on Gebrar Island. + Fourteen years later, following his heroic exploits in defending Niomede-4 from an attack by rogue Andurien forces (as narrated in the earlier novel ''Karma''), Jen is proposed as a candidate for the [[Death Commandos]] by Duke Tell and arrives on [[Grand Base]] on 3 May [[3029]] together with his servant [[Oala]]. Jen meets his instructors and fellow cadet [[Elisa Miwong]], with whom he soon begins a relationship, though the very harsh and cruel training regimen in Chángyè Chéng, the City of Death, leaves little time for anything else. Elisa is the daughter of [[Shonso]] [[Jukon Miwong]] of Grand Base, who owns and operates a large 'Mech maintenance facility on Gebrar Island. − Upon finding out that Oala has joined the Ash Witch cult Elisa makes the servitor take her to one of the meetings out of curiosity on 8 August, and accepts an injection of silicates, thinking her body fit enough to cope. However, she falls into a coma. This reckless endangering of her life is regarded as a violation of her Death Commando vows by the trainers, as Elisa had pledged her life to the Chancellor (and was not free to recklessly risk it without orders). Over the desperate pleas of her father it is decided that the remaining six cadets including Jen have to bludgeon her to death with wooden clubs. Jen hands Oala over to a ''mandrissa'' to be her new owner (incidentally the same noblewoman who killed servitors for sport fourteen years earlier on Niomede, but had a change of heart since and has taken to caring for servitors and preparing them for their [[philosophical exam]] to become full citizens). + Upon finding out that Oala has joined the Ash Witch cult Elisa makes the servitor take her to one of the meetings out of curiosity on 8 August, and accepts an injection of silicates, thinking her body fit enough to cope. However, she falls into a coma. This reckless endangering of her life is regarded as a violation of her Death Commando vows by the trainers, as Elisa had pledged her life to the Chancellor (and was not free to recklessly risk it without orders). Over the desperate pleas of her father it is decided that the remaining six cadets including Jen have to bludgeon her to death with wooden clubs. Jen hands Oala over to a ''Mandrissa'' to be her new owner (incidentally the same noblewoman who killed servitors for sport fourteen years earlier on Niomede, but had a change of heart since and has taken to caring for servitors and preparing them for their [[philosophical exam]] to become full citizens). ===Andurien Secession=== ===Andurien Secession=== During the Vidtape Finals festival on [[Thurrock]] in February 3029 a gossip reporter in the Miner X space habitat complex hosting the event happens to overhear a conversation between Dame Catherine Humphreys and Magestrix Kyalla Centrella that indicates an alliance has already been forged between them. Catherine catches the reporter but then decides to let her go, reasoning that spreading some rumors may help to prepare her people for the upcoming secession. During the Vidtape Finals festival on [[Thurrock]] in February 3029 a gossip reporter in the Miner X space habitat complex hosting the event happens to overhear a conversation between Dame Catherine Humphreys and Magestrix Kyalla Centrella that indicates an alliance has already been forged between them. Catherine catches the reporter but then decides to let her go, reasoning that spreading some rumors may help to prepare her people for the upcoming secession. − The members of House Humphreys meet in a secure location on Thurrock on the next day. Besides discussing the gossip reporter and preparing measures to control her if necessary, the clan discuss the progress of their various tasks and projects to gain influence and Catherine announces to the assembled family that Kyalla Centrella is agreeable to House Humphreys' proposal: [[Richard Humphreys (31st c.)|Richard]], Catherine's estranged son, shall be brought back from his exile to fulfill his duty to the family; he is to marry the Magestrix's daughter. + The members of House Humphreys meet in a secure location on Thurrock on the next day. Besides discussing the gossip reporter and preparing measures to control her if necessary, the clan discuss the progress of their various tasks and projects to gain influence and Catherine announces to the assembled family that Kyalla Centrella is agreeable to House Humphrey's proposal: [[Richard Humphreys (31st c.)|Richard]], Catherine's estranged son, shall be brought back from his exile to fulfill his duty to the family; he is to marry the Magestrix's daughter. On 5 May, Dame Catherine makes an appearance in parliament on [[Atreus (FWL)|Atreus]] and announces that the mortally wounded Capellan Confederation deserves nothing but the coup de grâce. Two days later, on the hostile ice world of [[Xanthe III]], she informs Richard that he is expected to marry [[Emma Centrella]]. On 5 May, Dame Catherine makes an appearance in parliament on [[Atreus (FWL)|Atreus]] and announces that the mortally wounded Capellan Confederation deserves nothing but the coup de grâce. Two days later, on the hostile ice world of [[Xanthe III]], she informs Richard that he is expected to marry [[Emma Centrella]]. Line 69:
Line 69: On 5 January [[3026]], Magestrix [[Kyalla Centrella]] is approached by a scion of [[House Selaj]] with a proposal to intensify cooperation between their respective Houses in the military and intelligence fields, as he perceives the Free Worlds League to be unraveling. She agrees to consider his proposal. On 5 January [[3026]], Magestrix [[Kyalla Centrella]] is approached by a scion of [[House Selaj]] with a proposal to intensify cooperation between their respective Houses in the military and intelligence fields, as he perceives the Free Worlds League to be unraveling. She agrees to consider his proposal. − Colonel [[Askan Yü]], militia colonel and the younger brother of Refrector Elam Yü of Niomede-4, is still smarting about how Andurien BattleMechs mopped the floor with his poorly trained and led troops in the recent raid on Niomede-4. Hoping to bring the fight to the enemy in a personal vendetta, he includes himself with a Capellan tank regiment on medical leave to [[Scarborough]] in the Free Worlds League (medical aid provided on grounds of the [[Concord of Kapteyn]]). With the hated [[4th Defenders of Andurien]] regiment on-planet, Yü plants a bomb at the hospital on 2 December 3028, hoping to incite an uprising of the Capellan troops residing on the world. The attempt is marginally successful, but BattleMechs including a ''[[Firestarter (BattleMech)|Firestarter]]'' piloted by Lieutenant [[Carmilla Tzevasta]] successfully contain the uprising within a day. Yü dies in the fighting, and ultimately the incident only serves to reinforce Andurien hatred of the Capellan Confederation. + Colonel [[Askan Yü]], militia colonel and the younger brother of Refrector Elam Yü of Niomede-4, is still smarting about how Andurien BattleMechs mopped the floor with his poorly trained and led troops in the recent raid on Niomede-4. Hoping to bring the fight to the enemy in a personal vendetta, he includes himself with a Capellan tank regiment on medical leave to [[Scarborough]] in the Free Worlds League (medical aid provided on grounds of the [[Concord of Kapteyn]]). With the hated [[4th Defenders of Andurien]] regiment on-planet, Yü plants a bomb at the hospital on 2 December 3028, hoping to incite an uprising of the Capellan troops residing on the world. The attempt is marginally successful, but BattleMechs including a ''[[Firestarter]]'' piloted by Lieutenant [[Carmilla Tzevasta]] successfully contain the uprising within a day. Yü dies in the fighting, and ultimately the incident only serves to reinforce Andurien hatred of the Capellan Confederation. Following the recent raid on Niomede, Flag Captain [[Pavel Padura]] is transferred to the [[6th Defenders of Andurien]] with the prospect of becoming a battalion commander, while his friend [[Walter Kemben]] (one of the officers who refused to break through the lostech airlocks of the city of Bram-Ze during the raid, regarding it as a war crime) has since resigned and returned to the seminary and becomes a Catholic priest. However, Walter ends up as a military chaplain with the 6th Defenders regiment just as the regiment is ordered to seize [[Grand Base]] in 3030. The campaign is hard from the very beginning, when the desperate Capellan defenders go so far as to attack the invading [[JumpShip]]s, and the [[recharge station]] is captured in a doggedly fought boarding action with high casualties. Following the recent raid on Niomede, Flag Captain [[Pavel Padura]] is transferred to the [[6th Defenders of Andurien]] with the prospect of becoming a battalion commander, while his friend [[Walter Kemben]] (one of the officers who refused to break through the lostech airlocks of the city of Bram-Ze during the raid, regarding it as a war crime) has since resigned and returned to the seminary and becomes a Catholic priest. However, Walter ends up as a military chaplain with the 6th Defenders regiment just as the regiment is ordered to seize [[Grand Base]] in 3030. The campaign is hard from the very beginning, when the desperate Capellan defenders go so far as to attack the invading [[JumpShip]]s, and the [[recharge station]] is captured in a doggedly fought boarding action with high casualties. Line 99:
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On 7 August [[3015]], thirteen years prior to the events from ''Karma'', several youths from the underground city of Bram-Ze on [[Niomede]]-4 including young militia [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]] recruit [[Jen Xiao]], his sister [[Goda Dscheng|Goda]] and his future girlfriend [[Meh Walong|Meh]] travel to the neighboring underground city of Wa-L-Sum for a contest among local children that involves recovering pyrite from deserted (and off-limits) mining caves. In a chance encounter they witness members of the [[servitor]] caste being hunted down by troops and ultimately shot by a noblewoman for sport. [[Warrior House Fujita]] is in the process of brutally clearing out a settlement of unowned servitors, capturing suitable five-year-old children for their training cadre and killing all others. | On 7 August [[3015]], thirteen years prior to the events from ''Karma'', several youths from the underground city of Bram-Ze on [[Niomede]]-4 including young militia [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]] recruit [[Jen Xiao]], his sister [[Goda Dscheng|Goda]] and his future girlfriend [[Meh Walong|Meh]] travel to the neighboring underground city of Wa-L-Sum for a contest among local children that involves recovering pyrite from deserted (and off-limits) mining caves. In a chance encounter they witness members of the [[servitor]] caste being hunted down by troops and ultimately shot by a noblewoman for sport. [[Warrior House Fujita]] is in the process of brutally clearing out a settlement of unowned servitors, capturing suitable five-year-old children for their training cadre and killing all others. | ||
| − | Fourteen years later, following his heroic exploits in defending Niomede-4 from an attack by rogue Andurien forces (as narrated in the earlier novel ''Karma''), Jen is proposed as a candidate for the [[Death Commandos]] by Duke Tell and arrives on [[Grand Base]] on 3 May [[3029]] together with his servant [[Oala]]. Jen meets his instructors and fellow cadet [[Elisa Miwong]], with whom he soon begins a relationship, though the very harsh and cruel training regimen in Chángyè Chéng, the City of Death, leaves little time for anything else. Elisa is the daughter of | + | Fourteen years later, following his heroic exploits in defending Niomede-4 from an attack by rogue Andurien forces (as narrated in the earlier novel ''Karma''), Jen is proposed as a candidate for the [[Death Commandos]] by Duke Tell and arrives on [[Grand Base]] on 3 May [[3029]] together with his servant [[Oala]]. Jen meets his instructors and fellow cadet [[Elisa Miwong]], with whom he soon begins a relationship, though the very harsh and cruel training regimen in Chángyè Chéng, the City of Death, leaves little time for anything else. Elisa is the daughter of [[Shonso]] [[Jukon Miwong]] of Grand Base, who owns and operates a large 'Mech maintenance facility on Gebrar Island. |
| − | Upon finding out that Oala has joined the Ash Witch cult Elisa makes the servitor take her to one of the meetings out of curiosity on 8 August, and accepts an injection of silicates, thinking her body fit enough to cope. However, she falls into a coma. This reckless endangering of her life is regarded as a violation of her Death Commando vows by the trainers, as Elisa had pledged her life to the Chancellor (and was not free to recklessly risk it without orders). Over the desperate pleas of her father it is decided that the remaining six cadets including Jen have to bludgeon her to death with wooden clubs. Jen hands Oala over to a '' | + | Upon finding out that Oala has joined the Ash Witch cult Elisa makes the servitor take her to one of the meetings out of curiosity on 8 August, and accepts an injection of silicates, thinking her body fit enough to cope. However, she falls into a coma. This reckless endangering of her life is regarded as a violation of her Death Commando vows by the trainers, as Elisa had pledged her life to the Chancellor (and was not free to recklessly risk it without orders). Over the desperate pleas of her father it is decided that the remaining six cadets including Jen have to bludgeon her to death with wooden clubs. Jen hands Oala over to a ''Mandrissa'' to be her new owner (incidentally the same noblewoman who killed servitors for sport fourteen years earlier on Niomede, but had a change of heart since and has taken to caring for servitors and preparing them for their [[philosophical exam]] to become full citizens). |
===Andurien Secession=== | ===Andurien Secession=== | ||
During the Vidtape Finals festival on [[Thurrock]] in February 3029 a gossip reporter in the Miner X space habitat complex hosting the event happens to overhear a conversation between Dame Catherine Humphreys and Magestrix Kyalla Centrella that indicates an alliance has already been forged between them. Catherine catches the reporter but then decides to let her go, reasoning that spreading some rumors may help to prepare her people for the upcoming secession. | During the Vidtape Finals festival on [[Thurrock]] in February 3029 a gossip reporter in the Miner X space habitat complex hosting the event happens to overhear a conversation between Dame Catherine Humphreys and Magestrix Kyalla Centrella that indicates an alliance has already been forged between them. Catherine catches the reporter but then decides to let her go, reasoning that spreading some rumors may help to prepare her people for the upcoming secession. | ||
| − | The members of House Humphreys meet in a secure location on Thurrock on the next day. Besides discussing the gossip reporter and preparing measures to control her if necessary, the clan discuss the progress of their various tasks and projects to gain influence and Catherine announces to the assembled family that Kyalla Centrella is agreeable to House | + | The members of House Humphreys meet in a secure location on Thurrock on the next day. Besides discussing the gossip reporter and preparing measures to control her if necessary, the clan discuss the progress of their various tasks and projects to gain influence and Catherine announces to the assembled family that Kyalla Centrella is agreeable to House Humphrey's proposal: [[Richard Humphreys (31st c.)|Richard]], Catherine's estranged son, shall be brought back from his exile to fulfill his duty to the family; he is to marry the Magestrix's daughter. |
On 5 May, Dame Catherine makes an appearance in parliament on [[Atreus (FWL)|Atreus]] and announces that the mortally wounded Capellan Confederation deserves nothing but the coup de grâce. Two days later, on the hostile ice world of [[Xanthe III]], she informs Richard that he is expected to marry [[Emma Centrella]]. | On 5 May, Dame Catherine makes an appearance in parliament on [[Atreus (FWL)|Atreus]] and announces that the mortally wounded Capellan Confederation deserves nothing but the coup de grâce. Two days later, on the hostile ice world of [[Xanthe III]], she informs Richard that he is expected to marry [[Emma Centrella]]. | ||
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On 5 January [[3026]], Magestrix [[Kyalla Centrella]] is approached by a scion of [[House Selaj]] with a proposal to intensify cooperation between their respective Houses in the military and intelligence fields, as he perceives the Free Worlds League to be unraveling. She agrees to consider his proposal. | On 5 January [[3026]], Magestrix [[Kyalla Centrella]] is approached by a scion of [[House Selaj]] with a proposal to intensify cooperation between their respective Houses in the military and intelligence fields, as he perceives the Free Worlds League to be unraveling. She agrees to consider his proposal. | ||
| − | Colonel [[Askan Yü]], militia colonel and the younger brother of Refrector Elam Yü of Niomede-4, is still smarting about how Andurien BattleMechs mopped the floor with his poorly trained and led troops in the recent raid on Niomede-4. Hoping to bring the fight to the enemy in a personal vendetta, he includes himself with a Capellan tank regiment on medical leave to [[Scarborough]] in the Free Worlds League (medical aid provided on grounds of the [[Concord of Kapteyn]]). With the hated [[4th Defenders of Andurien]] regiment on-planet, Yü plants a bomb at the hospital on 2 December 3028, hoping to incite an uprising of the Capellan troops residing on the world. The attempt is marginally successful, but BattleMechs including a ''[[ | + | Colonel [[Askan Yü]], militia colonel and the younger brother of Refrector Elam Yü of Niomede-4, is still smarting about how Andurien BattleMechs mopped the floor with his poorly trained and led troops in the recent raid on Niomede-4. Hoping to bring the fight to the enemy in a personal vendetta, he includes himself with a Capellan tank regiment on medical leave to [[Scarborough]] in the Free Worlds League (medical aid provided on grounds of the [[Concord of Kapteyn]]). With the hated [[4th Defenders of Andurien]] regiment on-planet, Yü plants a bomb at the hospital on 2 December 3028, hoping to incite an uprising of the Capellan troops residing on the world. The attempt is marginally successful, but BattleMechs including a ''[[Firestarter]]'' piloted by Lieutenant [[Carmilla Tzevasta]] successfully contain the uprising within a day. Yü dies in the fighting, and ultimately the incident only serves to reinforce Andurien hatred of the Capellan Confederation. |
Following the recent raid on Niomede, Flag Captain [[Pavel Padura]] is transferred to the [[6th Defenders of Andurien]] with the prospect of becoming a battalion commander, while his friend [[Walter Kemben]] (one of the officers who refused to break through the lostech airlocks of the city of Bram-Ze during the raid, regarding it as a war crime) has since resigned and returned to the seminary and becomes a Catholic priest. However, Walter ends up as a military chaplain with the 6th Defenders regiment just as the regiment is ordered to seize [[Grand Base]] in 3030. The campaign is hard from the very beginning, when the desperate Capellan defenders go so far as to attack the invading [[JumpShip]]s, and the [[recharge station]] is captured in a doggedly fought boarding action with high casualties. | Following the recent raid on Niomede, Flag Captain [[Pavel Padura]] is transferred to the [[6th Defenders of Andurien]] with the prospect of becoming a battalion commander, while his friend [[Walter Kemben]] (one of the officers who refused to break through the lostech airlocks of the city of Bram-Ze during the raid, regarding it as a war crime) has since resigned and returned to the seminary and becomes a Catholic priest. However, Walter ends up as a military chaplain with the 6th Defenders regiment just as the regiment is ordered to seize [[Grand Base]] in 3030. The campaign is hard from the very beginning, when the desperate Capellan defenders go so far as to attack the invading [[JumpShip]]s, and the [[recharge station]] is captured in a doggedly fought boarding action with high casualties. | ||
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==='Mechs=== | ==='Mechs=== | ||
* ''[[Crusader]]'' | * ''[[Crusader]]'' | ||
| − | * ''[[ | + | * ''[[Firestarter]]'' |
* ''[[Hatchetman]]'' | * ''[[Hatchetman]]'' | ||
* ''[[Hermes II]]'' | * ''[[Hermes II]]'' | ||