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Line 29: ==Plot summary== ==Plot summary== − [[Kincaid Defiance Industries]] (KDI) used to be a minor [[Lyran Commonwealth|Lyran]] ammunition manufacturer and arms dealer until ca. [[3026]] when, because of their inconspicuous profile, shipping capacity and established trade routes into the [[Federated Suns]], the firm was selected as a front for a secret manufacturing deal: Since the sacking of the [[Friden Aerospace Park]] facility on [[Hoff]] at the hands of the [[Black Widow Company]], the Federated Suns lacked the industrial base to manufacture the prototype [[Double Heat Sink]]s which they had created there. They turned to their Lyran Commonwealth [[FedCom Accords|allies]] to produce components which were secretly delivered to the KDI HQ facility on [[Hesperus II]] for assembly and delivery to [[New Avalon]]. + [[Kincaid Defiance Industries]] (KDI) used to be a minor [[Lyran Commonwealth|Lyran]] ammunition manufacturer and arms dealer until ca. [[3026]] when, because of their inconspicious profile, shipping capacity and established trade routes into the [[Federated Suns]], the firm was selected as a front for a secret manufacturing deal: Since the sacking of the [[Friden Aerospace Park]] facility on [[Hoff]] at the hands of the [[Black Widow Company]], the Federated Suns lacked the industrial base to manufacture the prototype [[Double Heat Sink]]s which they had created there. They turned to their Lyran Commonwealth [[FedCom Accords|allies]] to produce components which were secretly delivered to the KDI HQ facility on [[Hesperus II]] for assembly and delivery to [[New Avalon]]. On 5 March [[3028]] a trio of Molehunters, counterintelligence operatives of the [[Lyran Intelligence Corps]] led by one agent Schröder, make an unannounced visit to CEO [[Simon Kincaid]]. Only Kincaid and his aide [[Francesco Roncaletti]] are let in on the fact that a Double Heat Sink assembled at their site was found installed on a Capellan BattleMech; the subsequent inspection reveals that an unknown perpetrator has been diverting a significant share of the prototype Double Heat Sink production by falsely marking it as production cull, and smuggling it into the Capellan Confederation. On 5 March [[3028]] a trio of Molehunters, counterintelligence operatives of the [[Lyran Intelligence Corps]] led by one agent Schröder, make an unannounced visit to CEO [[Simon Kincaid]]. Only Kincaid and his aide [[Francesco Roncaletti]] are let in on the fact that a Double Heat Sink assembled at their site was found installed on a Capellan BattleMech; the subsequent inspection reveals that an unknown perpetrator has been diverting a significant share of the prototype Double Heat Sink production by falsely marking it as production cull, and smuggling it into the Capellan Confederation. − Flashback scenes reveal that a Lyran businessman calling himself "Johnson" indeed contacted the Capellan Confederation as early as 5 May [[3026]] and offered to sell them prototype Double Heat Sinks of Davion/Steiner manufacture. During a clandestine cargo exchange masked as a customs inspection in the Capellan transit system of [[Outreach]] on 18 November [[3027]], he personally collects the price he has been asking: His Capellan contact, the ever-friendly Mr. Ling, delivers the frozen corpse of a certain (unnamed) [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]] from the Perth River Strike Battalion of the [[First Marik Militia]] whom the Lyran wanted dead. According to his dossier the dead man was considered a sadistic sociopath even by his own superiors, and he was apparently responsible for the death of "Johnson"'s family in an unspecified incident on [[Megrez]] in [[3018]]. However, [[House Marik]] merely demoted the man after the incident on Megrez, implicitly because of his noble title and possession of a valuable ''[[Thunderbolt]]''. He rose back to lance commander a year later in what was described as a "recurring scenario". + Flashback scenes reveal that a Lyran businessman calling himself "Johnson" indeed contacted the Capellan Confederation as early as 5 May [[3026]] and offered to sell them prototype Double Heat Sinks of Davion/Steiner manufacture. During a clandestine cargo exchange masked as a customs inspection in the Capellan transit system of [[Outreach]] on 18 November [[3027]], he personally collects the price he has been asking: His Capellan contact, the ever-friendly Mr. Ling, delivers the frozen corpse of a certain (unnamed) [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]] from the Perth River Strike Batallion of the [[First Marik Militia]] whom the Lyran wanted dead. According to his dossier the dead man was considered a sadistic sociopath even by his own superiors, and he was apparently responsible for the death of "Johnson"'s family in an unspecified incident on [[Megrez]] in [[3018]]. However, [[House Marik]] merely demoted the man after the incident on Megrez, implicitly because of his noble title and possession of a valuable ''[[Thunderbolt]]''. He rose back to lance commander a year later in what was described as a "recurring scenario". While KDI chafes under the lockdown implemented by Schröder's Molehunter team in the following weeks, the investigation stalls just short of uncovering the agent. On 21 April 3028, Hesperus II comes under attack but unusually, the target is the KDI compound and not the [[Defiance Industries]] BattleMech factory. The LIC agents immediately suspect an extraction raid. Schröder is determined to apprehend the traitor and assumes overall command of the defenders, overriding Kincaid's suggestion of surrender to minimize damage to the facility. While KDI chafes under the lockdown implemented by Schröder's Molehunter team in the following weeks, the investigation stalls just short of uncovering the agent. On 21 April 3028, Hesperus II comes under attack but unusually, the target is the KDI compound and not the [[Defiance Industries]] BattleMech factory. The LIC agents immediately suspect an extraction raid. Schröder is determined to apprehend the traitor and assumes overall command of the defenders, overriding Kincaid's suggestion of surrender to minimize damage to the facility. − During the fighting, Kincaid destroys Schröder's ''[[Zeus]]'' during a rear guard action when no other friendly units are watching. He then radios Roncaletti, whom he considers his adoptive son, and tells him that he just killed Schröder to prevent him from uncovering that it was Kincaid himself who sold the secret technology to the Confederation. With his back literally to the wall Kincaid makes Roncaletti promise that he will destroy all evidence and save the firm, then announces that he is not coming back. However, Kincaid is not killed by the enemy 'Mechs. It turns out he had arranged safe extraction for himself in exchange for the prototype blueprints which he carries with him. + During the fighting, Kincaid destroys Schröder's ''[[Zeus]]'' during a rear guard action when no other friendly units are watching. He then radioes Roncaletti, whom he considers his adoptive son, and tells him that he just killed Schröder to prevent him from uncovering that it was Kincaid himself who sold the secret technology to the Confederation. With his back literally to the wall Kincaid makes Roncaletti promise that he will destroy all evidence and save the firm, then announces that he is not coming back. However, Kincaid is not killed by the enemy 'Mechs. It turns out he had arranged safe extraction for himself in exchange for the prototype blueprints which he carries with him. == Featured characters == == Featured characters == Line 57:
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| − | [[Kincaid Defiance Industries]] (KDI) used to be a minor [[Lyran Commonwealth|Lyran]] ammunition manufacturer and arms dealer until ca. [[3026]] when, because of their | + | [[Kincaid Defiance Industries]] (KDI) used to be a minor [[Lyran Commonwealth|Lyran]] ammunition manufacturer and arms dealer until ca. [[3026]] when, because of their inconspicious profile, shipping capacity and established trade routes into the [[Federated Suns]], the firm was selected as a front for a secret manufacturing deal: Since the sacking of the [[Friden Aerospace Park]] facility on [[Hoff]] at the hands of the [[Black Widow Company]], the Federated Suns lacked the industrial base to manufacture the prototype [[Double Heat Sink]]s which they had created there. They turned to their Lyran Commonwealth [[FedCom Accords|allies]] to produce components which were secretly delivered to the KDI HQ facility on [[Hesperus II]] for assembly and delivery to [[New Avalon]]. |
On 5 March [[3028]] a trio of Molehunters, counterintelligence operatives of the [[Lyran Intelligence Corps]] led by one agent Schröder, make an unannounced visit to CEO [[Simon Kincaid]]. Only Kincaid and his aide [[Francesco Roncaletti]] are let in on the fact that a Double Heat Sink assembled at their site was found installed on a Capellan BattleMech; the subsequent inspection reveals that an unknown perpetrator has been diverting a significant share of the prototype Double Heat Sink production by falsely marking it as production cull, and smuggling it into the Capellan Confederation. | On 5 March [[3028]] a trio of Molehunters, counterintelligence operatives of the [[Lyran Intelligence Corps]] led by one agent Schröder, make an unannounced visit to CEO [[Simon Kincaid]]. Only Kincaid and his aide [[Francesco Roncaletti]] are let in on the fact that a Double Heat Sink assembled at their site was found installed on a Capellan BattleMech; the subsequent inspection reveals that an unknown perpetrator has been diverting a significant share of the prototype Double Heat Sink production by falsely marking it as production cull, and smuggling it into the Capellan Confederation. | ||
| − | Flashback scenes reveal that a Lyran businessman calling himself "Johnson" indeed contacted the Capellan Confederation as early as 5 May [[3026]] and offered to sell them prototype Double Heat Sinks of Davion/Steiner manufacture. During a clandestine cargo exchange masked as a customs inspection in the Capellan transit system of [[Outreach]] on 18 November [[3027]], he personally collects the price he has been asking: His Capellan contact, the ever-friendly Mr. Ling, delivers the frozen corpse of a certain (unnamed) [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]] from the Perth River Strike | + | Flashback scenes reveal that a Lyran businessman calling himself "Johnson" indeed contacted the Capellan Confederation as early as 5 May [[3026]] and offered to sell them prototype Double Heat Sinks of Davion/Steiner manufacture. During a clandestine cargo exchange masked as a customs inspection in the Capellan transit system of [[Outreach]] on 18 November [[3027]], he personally collects the price he has been asking: His Capellan contact, the ever-friendly Mr. Ling, delivers the frozen corpse of a certain (unnamed) [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]] from the Perth River Strike Batallion of the [[First Marik Militia]] whom the Lyran wanted dead. According to his dossier the dead man was considered a sadistic sociopath even by his own superiors, and he was apparently responsible for the death of "Johnson"'s family in an unspecified incident on [[Megrez]] in [[3018]]. However, [[House Marik]] merely demoted the man after the incident on Megrez, implicitly because of his noble title and possession of a valuable ''[[Thunderbolt]]''. He rose back to lance commander a year later in what was described as a "recurring scenario". |
While KDI chafes under the lockdown implemented by Schröder's Molehunter team in the following weeks, the investigation stalls just short of uncovering the agent. On 21 April 3028, Hesperus II comes under attack but unusually, the target is the KDI compound and not the [[Defiance Industries]] BattleMech factory. The LIC agents immediately suspect an extraction raid. Schröder is determined to apprehend the traitor and assumes overall command of the defenders, overriding Kincaid's suggestion of surrender to minimize damage to the facility. | While KDI chafes under the lockdown implemented by Schröder's Molehunter team in the following weeks, the investigation stalls just short of uncovering the agent. On 21 April 3028, Hesperus II comes under attack but unusually, the target is the KDI compound and not the [[Defiance Industries]] BattleMech factory. The LIC agents immediately suspect an extraction raid. Schröder is determined to apprehend the traitor and assumes overall command of the defenders, overriding Kincaid's suggestion of surrender to minimize damage to the facility. | ||
| − | During the fighting, Kincaid destroys Schröder's ''[[Zeus]]'' during a rear guard action when no other friendly units are watching. He then | + | During the fighting, Kincaid destroys Schröder's ''[[Zeus]]'' during a rear guard action when no other friendly units are watching. He then radioes Roncaletti, whom he considers his adoptive son, and tells him that he just killed Schröder to prevent him from uncovering that it was Kincaid himself who sold the secret technology to the Confederation. With his back literally to the wall Kincaid makes Roncaletti promise that he will destroy all evidence and save the firm, then announces that he is not coming back. However, Kincaid is not killed by the enemy 'Mechs. It turns out he had arranged safe extraction for himself in exchange for the prototype blueprints which he carries with him. |
== Featured characters == | == Featured characters == | ||
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* [[Black Widow Company]] (mentioned) | * [[Black Widow Company]] (mentioned) | ||
* [[Defiance Self-Protection Force]] | * [[Defiance Self-Protection Force]] | ||
| − | * [[First Marik Militia]]; specifically the Perth River Strike | + | * [[First Marik Militia]]; specifically the Perth River Strike Batallion (mentioned) |
* KDI security forces | * KDI security forces | ||
* [[McCarron's Armored Cavalry]]; specifically the [[2nd McCarron's Armored Cavalry]] regiment, aka Barton's Regiment (by implication; see Notes below) | * [[McCarron's Armored Cavalry]]; specifically the [[2nd McCarron's Armored Cavalry]] regiment, aka Barton's Regiment (by implication; see Notes below) | ||