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Line 34: [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Geralk Marik]] of the [[Free Worlds League]] dies in combat when his forces are overmatched by defending [[Lyran Commonwealth]] BattleMechs on [[Loric]] in [[2459]], leaving the realm to his barely 19-year-old daughter [[Simone Marik]]. Impressed by the 'Mechs combat power, she immediately authorizes the National Intelligence Agency to set operatives on [[Alarion]] on the task of obtaining the technology. [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Geralk Marik]] of the [[Free Worlds League]] dies in combat when his forces are overmatched by defending [[Lyran Commonwealth]] BattleMechs on [[Loric]] in [[2459]], leaving the realm to his barely 19-year-old daughter [[Simone Marik]]. Impressed by the 'Mechs combat power, she immediately authorizes the National Intelligence Agency to set operatives on [[Alarion]] on the task of obtaining the technology. − In December [[2461]] [[Desmond Manvers]], CEO of [[AlarCorp]], berates Chief Engineer [[Gunther Rive]] and his team (Chief Electronics Engineer Elias Singh and Daniel Connors) for what he feels was a poor and belated reaction to a security leak regarding the top-secret "Project Ymir" that apparently originated somewhere within the team; Rive and his team failed to report the possible leak to security immediately upon discovery because they wanted to confirm it first. The team are suspended on full pay pending an investigation, and later charged a large sum for the investigation because of contributory negligence. The team is both depressed and infuriated, and their financial as well as social situation deteriorates. Rive also finds his clearance for classified material is largely revoked, and he and his team are assigned to mundane technical servicing work. Rive's girlfriend Sandrine Miller, a corporate lawyer, points out that their contracts would allow AlarCorp to effectively force him to stay if he tried to quit. + In December [[2461]] [[Desmond Manvers]], CEO of [[AlarCorp]], berates Chief Engineer [[Gunther Rive]] and his team (Chief Electronics Engineer Elias Singh and Daniel Connors) for what he feels was a poor and belated reaction to a security leak regarding the top-secret "Project Ymir" that apparently originated somewhere within the team; Rive and his team failed to report the possible leak to security immediately upon discovery because they wanted to confirm it first. The team are suspended on full pay pending an investigation, and later charged a large sum for the investigation because of contributory neglidence. The team is both depressed and infuriated, and their financial as well as social situation deteriorates. Rive also finds his clearance for classified material is largely revoked, and he and his team are assigned to mundane technical servicing work. Rive's girlfriend Sandrine Miller, a corporate lawyer, points out that their contracts would allow AlarCorp to effectively force him to stay if he tried to quit. Rive is approached by an anonymous headhunter who calls himself "Johnny" who seems to know all about his situation and contractual obligations. He offers Rive a job suitable for his skills, including a placeholder job for the twelve-month no-compete period stipulated by his AlarCorp contract. Johnny recommends Rive and his team visit a job fair, where they are invited by Stanislaw Consultants and given personal offers with excellent pay and conditions too good to be true. Rive is approached by an anonymous headhunter who calls himself "Johnny" who seems to know all about his situation and contractual obligations. He offers Rive a job suitable for his skills, including a placeholder job for the twelve-month no-compete period stipulated by his AlarCorp contract. Johnny recommends Rive and his team visit a job fair, where they are invited by Stanislaw Consultants and given personal offers with excellent pay and conditions too good to be true. Line 77:
Line 77: * There's a slight discrepancy between ''A Dish Served Cold'' and ''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 2]]'' regarding the ''[[Icarus]]''. ''XTRO: Primitives II'' says that the ''Icarus'' was first deployed in [[2470]], with four of six prototypes seeing action. However, in this story, the ''Icarus'' plays a pivotal role in the battle for New Milan on [[Alula Australis]] in [[2469]]. * There's a slight discrepancy between ''A Dish Served Cold'' and ''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 2]]'' regarding the ''[[Icarus]]''. ''XTRO: Primitives II'' says that the ''Icarus'' was first deployed in [[2470]], with four of six prototypes seeing action. However, in this story, the ''Icarus'' plays a pivotal role in the battle for New Milan on [[Alula Australis]] in [[2469]]. − [[Category:BattleCorps publications|Dish Served Cold, A]] + [[Category:BattleCorps publications]] − [[Category:Short Stories|Dish Served Cold, A]] + [[Category:Short Stories]] − [[Category:Works by Chris Hartford|Dish Served Cold, A]] + [[Category:Works by Chris Hartford]] − [[Category:Works by Jason M. Hardy|Dish Served Cold, A]] + [[Category:Works by Jason M. Hardy]]
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[[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Geralk Marik]] of the [[Free Worlds League]] dies in combat when his forces are overmatched by defending [[Lyran Commonwealth]] BattleMechs on [[Loric]] in [[2459]], leaving the realm to his barely 19-year-old daughter [[Simone Marik]]. Impressed by the 'Mechs combat power, she immediately authorizes the National Intelligence Agency to set operatives on [[Alarion]] on the task of obtaining the technology. | [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Geralk Marik]] of the [[Free Worlds League]] dies in combat when his forces are overmatched by defending [[Lyran Commonwealth]] BattleMechs on [[Loric]] in [[2459]], leaving the realm to his barely 19-year-old daughter [[Simone Marik]]. Impressed by the 'Mechs combat power, she immediately authorizes the National Intelligence Agency to set operatives on [[Alarion]] on the task of obtaining the technology. | ||
| − | In December [[2461]] [[Desmond Manvers]], CEO of [[AlarCorp]], berates Chief Engineer [[Gunther Rive]] and his team (Chief Electronics Engineer Elias Singh and Daniel Connors) for what he feels was a poor and belated reaction to a security leak regarding the top-secret "Project Ymir" that apparently originated somewhere within the team; Rive and his team failed to report the possible leak to security immediately upon discovery because they wanted to confirm it first. The team are suspended on full pay pending an investigation, and later charged a large sum for the investigation because of contributory | + | In December [[2461]] [[Desmond Manvers]], CEO of [[AlarCorp]], berates Chief Engineer [[Gunther Rive]] and his team (Chief Electronics Engineer Elias Singh and Daniel Connors) for what he feels was a poor and belated reaction to a security leak regarding the top-secret "Project Ymir" that apparently originated somewhere within the team; Rive and his team failed to report the possible leak to security immediately upon discovery because they wanted to confirm it first. The team are suspended on full pay pending an investigation, and later charged a large sum for the investigation because of contributory neglidence. The team is both depressed and infuriated, and their financial as well as social situation deteriorates. Rive also finds his clearance for classified material is largely revoked, and he and his team are assigned to mundane technical servicing work. Rive's girlfriend Sandrine Miller, a corporate lawyer, points out that their contracts would allow AlarCorp to effectively force him to stay if he tried to quit. |
Rive is approached by an anonymous headhunter who calls himself "Johnny" who seems to know all about his situation and contractual obligations. He offers Rive a job suitable for his skills, including a placeholder job for the twelve-month no-compete period stipulated by his AlarCorp contract. Johnny recommends Rive and his team visit a job fair, where they are invited by Stanislaw Consultants and given personal offers with excellent pay and conditions too good to be true. | Rive is approached by an anonymous headhunter who calls himself "Johnny" who seems to know all about his situation and contractual obligations. He offers Rive a job suitable for his skills, including a placeholder job for the twelve-month no-compete period stipulated by his AlarCorp contract. Johnny recommends Rive and his team visit a job fair, where they are invited by Stanislaw Consultants and given personal offers with excellent pay and conditions too good to be true. | ||
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* There's a slight discrepancy between ''A Dish Served Cold'' and ''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 2]]'' regarding the ''[[Icarus]]''. ''XTRO: Primitives II'' says that the ''Icarus'' was first deployed in [[2470]], with four of six prototypes seeing action. However, in this story, the ''Icarus'' plays a pivotal role in the battle for New Milan on [[Alula Australis]] in [[2469]]. | * There's a slight discrepancy between ''A Dish Served Cold'' and ''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 2]]'' regarding the ''[[Icarus]]''. ''XTRO: Primitives II'' says that the ''Icarus'' was first deployed in [[2470]], with four of six prototypes seeing action. However, in this story, the ''Icarus'' plays a pivotal role in the battle for New Milan on [[Alula Australis]] in [[2469]]. | ||
| − | [[Category:BattleCorps publications | + | [[Category:BattleCorps publications]] |
| − | [[Category:Short Stories | + | [[Category:Short Stories]] |
| − | [[Category:Works by Chris Hartford | + | [[Category:Works by Chris Hartford]] |
| − | [[Category:Works by Jason M. Hardy | + | [[Category:Works by Jason M. Hardy]] |