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| − | | author = [[Craig A. Reed, Jr.]]
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| − | | publisher = [[Catalyst Game Labs]]
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| − | | year = 15 June 2020
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| − | | era = [[Clan Invasion Era]]
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| − | | timeline = 5 January [[3052]] - 12 January 3090
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| − | | series = [[Tales from the Cracked Canopy]]
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| − | First in a reoccurring series, '''''Tales from the Cracked Canopy: Blind Arrogance''''' is a short story by [[Craig A. Reed, Jr.]] that was published in the first issue of ''[[Shrapnel (magazine)|Shrapnel]]'' on 15 June 2020. It is set during the [[Battle of Coventry]] with [[Manny Totske]] as the protagonist. It covers the [[Waco Rangers]] effective annihilation on [[Coventry]].
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| − | ==Plot summary==
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| − | In the ''[[Cracked Canopy]]'', a [[Solaris City]] [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]] bar in the [[International Zone]], Sedge, the bartender, began working. Soon, an old MechWarrior arrives and asks for a drink. When his attention focused on a wall covered by all class of items (unit patches, photos, armor pieces, even old weapons, he asks what it is, and Sedge tells him it's the ''Memory Wall'', a commemorative place for the remembrance of lost friends and destroyed units. The client, named Manny Totske, took an old patch from a pocket: an ''Waco Rangers'' patch, and, reluctantly, began telling his patch's history.
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| − | Manny had joined the Rangers in the year [[3050]], and took the [[Death Oath]] like anybody, but, for him, its was little more than an old joke. After arriving at Coventry, tensions between the Rangers and [[Wolf's Dragoons]] began to gave trouble even before they join the battle. When the Rangers and [[Crazy Eights]] were hold in reserve, the Rangers leader, ''Wayne Rogers'', blamed the Dragoons. When finally both units were send to the battle, Manny's lance, one from ''Mace McCarthy's'' company, was on a flank. He piloted his ''Marauder'', [[Ariadne Sherbow]], with a ''Griffin'', [[Parker LaBelle]] in a ''Whithworth'' and [[Hector Shirotan]] in a ''Dervish''.
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| − | The Rangers ignored ''Caradoc Trevena's'' recon company warnings and entered the Dales. The [[Clan Jade Falcon]] 'Mechs made rain missiles over them. McCarthy ordered his men to stand their ground, fearful of the Dragoons laughing of them. Mace's lance attempted to hold, but a shot to the cockpit killed Ariadne instantly, and after Mace downed her killer, a ''Masakari'' destroyed Parker and Hector's Mechs, killing them both in seconds.
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| − | McCarthy ignored the pleas of Mace, but after his 'Mech was downed, Totske ordered his company to retreat. During the retreat, it was a total chaos, with the Falcons slaughtering the Rangers and Crazies. When they were surrounded and trapped, Trevena's people intervention was the only thing than saved them, and the Dragoons assistance.
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| − | During the rest of the campaign, the remaining Rangers only played a minimal role. After the Falcons have retreat, and their prisoners liberated, Trevena knocked colonel Rogers without saying a word.
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| − | When McCarthy blamed Manny for the disaster, by his retreat order, and refused to recognize the Rangers mistakes, Manny hit him as well, before leave the unit. After cutting his patch, Manny invited to drink two [[Eridani Light Horse]] warriors to celebrate his freedom. After finishing the history, Manny tells Sedge how he had spent thirty years in the unit [[Tooth of Ymir]], and now he is returning home. He thanked the bartender for listening him, and leave the patch for the Wall.
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| − | Weeks later, Sedge added the patch to the wall, along with a picture showing all Manny's lance members, and a fragment of 'Mech armor as a headstone, listing the years of the foundation and destruction of the Rangers and the phrase "Blind Arrogance killed us" before commenting how Wayne Waco's hate infected his unit, and the real Rangers were destroyed in Coventry: his attack on [[Outreach]] was only the last twitch to his corpse.
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| − | ==Featured characters==
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| − | *[[Manny Totske]]
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| − | *[[Sedge]]
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| − | *[[Caradoc Trevena]]
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| − | *[[Wayne Rogers]]
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| − | *[[Mace McCarthy]]
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| − | *[[Wayne Waco]] (mentioned)
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| − | == Featured BattleTech ==
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| − | ===BattleMechs===
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| − | *''[[BattleMaster]]''
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| − | *''[[Nova (Black Hawk)|Black Hawk]]''
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| − | *''[[Warhawk]]''
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| − | *''[[Griffin]]''
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| − | *''[[Whitworth]]''
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| − | *''[[Dervish]]''
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| − | *''[[Fenris]]''
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| − | *''[[Cougar]]''
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| − | *''[[Mad Cat]]''
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| − | *''[[Ryoken]]''
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| − | ===Other===
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| − | *[[Elemental (Battle Armor)]]
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| − | == Featured planets ==
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| − | *[[Coventry]]
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| − | *[[Solaris]]
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| − | *[[Outreach]] (mentioned)
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| − | [[Category:Short Stories]]
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| − | [[Category:Works by Craig A. Reed]]
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