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Line 35: Raul's team includes [[Adept]] [[Kim Dawson]], a native from Haddings who grew up in a primitive village that still had a blacksmith and a ferrier; she is fanatically loyal to the Word of Blake for the technological blessings the order brought to Haddings. Despite finding her very attractive, Raul decides against pursuing a relationship while she is his subordinate. Using Raul's unorthodox and out-of-the-box thinking his team achieve their objective in the graduation exercise. Raul's team includes [[Adept]] [[Kim Dawson]], a native from Haddings who grew up in a primitive village that still had a blacksmith and a ferrier; she is fanatically loyal to the Word of Blake for the technological blessings the order brought to Haddings. Despite finding her very attractive, Raul decides against pursuing a relationship while she is his subordinate. Using Raul's unorthodox and out-of-the-box thinking his team achieve their objective in the graduation exercise. − On 30 May [[3070]] Raul and his team arrive on [[Muskegon]] in the [[Federated Suns]] with orders to prevent the [[First Muskegon Capellan March Militia]], a volunteer combined arms regiment raised by the locals, from leaving the world for deployment against the Word of Blake elsewhere. Adept Kilrain wants to use the two pack-nukes to destroy a battalion of militia at two of their largest bases, but Raul thinks it would not be enough and instead opts to wage a war of terror to tie the militia down. Over the next months they carry out sabotage and terror acts including subway bombings, sabotaging large bridges, cutting the world's third-largest city off by destroying all six of its large traffic bridges and both underwater cable shunts, and destroying [[aerospace fighter]]s on the ground. Four [[BattleMech]]s smuggled to Muskegon add a military dimension to the threat. While this indeed raises security concerns and forces General Hanks to deploy his militia forces for security, ultimately the base of operations for the Word of Blake forces is found out (implicitly with the help of intelligence analyst [[Francis Lyman]] on [[Markesan]], who is specifically hunting for Raul Tinker since the events on Bryant) and overrun, ending the threat. The militia subsequently prepares to leave the world and join the battle against the Word of Blake with great fanfare. + On 30 May [[3070]] Raul and his team arrive on [[Muskegon]] in the [[Federated Suns]] with orders to prevent the [[First Muskegon Capellan March Militia]], a volunteer combined arms regiment raised by the locals, from leaving the world for deployment against the Word of Blake elsewhere. Adept Kilrain wants to use the two pack-nukes to destroy altogether a battalion of militia at two of their largest bases, but Raul thinks it would not be enough and instead opts to wage a war of terror to tie the militia down. Over the next months they carry out sabotage and terror acts including subway bombings, sabotaging large bridges, cutting the world's third-largest city off by destroying all six of its large traffic bridges and both underwater cable shunts, and destroying [[aerospace fighter]]s on the ground. Four [[BattleMech]]s smuggled to Muskegon add a military dimension to the threat. While this indeed raises security concerns and forces General Hanks to deploy his militia forces for security, ultimately the base of operations for the Word of Blake forces is found out (implicitly with the help of intelligence analyst [[Francis Lyman]] on [[Markesan]], who is specifically hunting for Raul Tinker since the events on Bryant) and overrun, ending the threat. The militia subsequently prepares to leave the world and join the battle against the Word of Blake with great fanfare. With most of his forces destroyed, Raul resorts to using the nuclear weapons after all, after having previously tried to keep civilian casualties as low as possible for a credible terror campaign. They manage to exchange an ammunition crate aboard a [[DropShip]] for one containing a pack-nuke and Adept Kilrain, who volunteered for the suicide mission. At the [[jump point]] Kilrain sets off the bomb to devastating effect, reportely killing two thirds of the militia regiment and destroying a [[JumpShip]] and several DropShips. With most of his forces destroyed, Raul resorts to using the nuclear weapons after all, after having previously tried to keep civilian casualties as low as possible for a credible terror campaign. They manage to exchange an ammunition crate aboard a [[DropShip]] for one containing a pack-nuke and Adept Kilrain, who volunteered for the suicide mission. At the [[jump point]] Kilrain sets off the bomb to devastating effect, reportely killing two thirds of the militia regiment and destroying a [[JumpShip]] and several DropShips.
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Raul's team includes [[Adept]] [[Kim Dawson]], a native from Haddings who grew up in a primitive village that still had a blacksmith and a ferrier; she is fanatically loyal to the Word of Blake for the technological blessings the order brought to Haddings. Despite finding her very attractive, Raul decides against pursuing a relationship while she is his subordinate. Using Raul's unorthodox and out-of-the-box thinking his team achieve their objective in the graduation exercise. | Raul's team includes [[Adept]] [[Kim Dawson]], a native from Haddings who grew up in a primitive village that still had a blacksmith and a ferrier; she is fanatically loyal to the Word of Blake for the technological blessings the order brought to Haddings. Despite finding her very attractive, Raul decides against pursuing a relationship while she is his subordinate. Using Raul's unorthodox and out-of-the-box thinking his team achieve their objective in the graduation exercise. | ||
| − | On 30 May [[3070]] Raul and his team arrive on [[Muskegon]] in the [[Federated Suns]] with orders to prevent the [[First Muskegon Capellan March Militia]], a volunteer combined arms regiment raised by the locals, from leaving the world for deployment against the Word of Blake elsewhere. Adept Kilrain wants to use the two pack-nukes to destroy a battalion of militia at two of their largest bases, but Raul thinks it would not be enough and instead opts to wage a war of terror to tie the militia down. Over the next months they carry out sabotage and terror acts including subway bombings, sabotaging large bridges, cutting the world's third-largest city off by destroying all six of its large traffic bridges and both underwater cable shunts, and destroying [[aerospace fighter]]s on the ground. Four [[BattleMech]]s smuggled to Muskegon add a military dimension to the threat. While this indeed raises security concerns and forces General Hanks to deploy his militia forces for security, ultimately the base of operations for the Word of Blake forces is found out (implicitly with the help of intelligence analyst [[Francis Lyman]] on [[Markesan]], who is specifically hunting for Raul Tinker since the events on Bryant) and overrun, ending the threat. The militia subsequently prepares to leave the world and join the battle against the Word of Blake with great fanfare. | + | On 30 May [[3070]] Raul and his team arrive on [[Muskegon]] in the [[Federated Suns]] with orders to prevent the [[First Muskegon Capellan March Militia]], a volunteer combined arms regiment raised by the locals, from leaving the world for deployment against the Word of Blake elsewhere. Adept Kilrain wants to use the two pack-nukes to destroy altogether a battalion of militia at two of their largest bases, but Raul thinks it would not be enough and instead opts to wage a war of terror to tie the militia down. Over the next months they carry out sabotage and terror acts including subway bombings, sabotaging large bridges, cutting the world's third-largest city off by destroying all six of its large traffic bridges and both underwater cable shunts, and destroying [[aerospace fighter]]s on the ground. Four [[BattleMech]]s smuggled to Muskegon add a military dimension to the threat. While this indeed raises security concerns and forces General Hanks to deploy his militia forces for security, ultimately the base of operations for the Word of Blake forces is found out (implicitly with the help of intelligence analyst [[Francis Lyman]] on [[Markesan]], who is specifically hunting for Raul Tinker since the events on Bryant) and overrun, ending the threat. The militia subsequently prepares to leave the world and join the battle against the Word of Blake with great fanfare. |
With most of his forces destroyed, Raul resorts to using the nuclear weapons after all, after having previously tried to keep civilian casualties as low as possible for a credible terror campaign. They manage to exchange an ammunition crate aboard a [[DropShip]] for one containing a pack-nuke and Adept Kilrain, who volunteered for the suicide mission. At the [[jump point]] Kilrain sets off the bomb to devastating effect, reportely killing two thirds of the militia regiment and destroying a [[JumpShip]] and several DropShips. | With most of his forces destroyed, Raul resorts to using the nuclear weapons after all, after having previously tried to keep civilian casualties as low as possible for a credible terror campaign. They manage to exchange an ammunition crate aboard a [[DropShip]] for one containing a pack-nuke and Adept Kilrain, who volunteered for the suicide mission. At the [[jump point]] Kilrain sets off the bomb to devastating effect, reportely killing two thirds of the militia regiment and destroying a [[JumpShip]] and several DropShips. | ||