Die Albatros-Akte
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Template:InfoBoxNovel Die Albatros-Akte ("The Albatros file"), by Reinhold H. Mai, is a German-language BattleTech novel published by FanPro in 2005. It is the 6th in their German "Classic BattleTech" line of novels.
Unusually, the storyline is written as fictional within its ficional setting, i.e. it does not claim to narrate events that actually took place in the BattleTech universe according to the preface. Arguably, the preface could alternatively be taken to mean that the secret operation was covered up and that official sources deny it ever happened.
Contents
Overview
(Fictionally) set between 9 August and 21 December 2838
Canonicity
Written in German and exclusively published in that language so far, Die Albatros-Akte does not technically meet the current criteria for Canon in the BattleTech universe. As an official product published under a valid license, it might be regarded as apocryphal instead.
Its unusual status as a fictional story within the BattleTech universe seems to render the novel's canonicity a moot point.
From the back cover (translated from German)
| “ | In the year 2838, war rages in the Inner Sphere. After a brief pause, the Second Succession War is pitting the great Houses of mankind against one another again. And once more the Lyran Commonwealth is beset from two sides. In this situation, all powers must be focused to overcome the enemy.
But in the hinterland of the Protectorate of Donegal a new threat arises. Archonet Christian Delcord of Mahone is in the process of carving out his own little realm from the possessions of House Steiner, and none of the 'Mech garrisons on the worlds under attack can stop him. The powerful machines fail to function as if by magic when facing his troops. Does Delcord possess a new weapon that enables him to dethrone the kings of the battlefield? If yes, then it must be prevented from falling into the hands of an enemy superpower. The Lyran secret service LIC puts a team of four top agents on the case to remedy the situation before the enemy learns of it. |
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Plot Summary
Preface
A preface indicates that the narration is fictional—none of the detailed events ever occurred and the real Archonet Christian Delcord died of heart failure in December 2838 after long service to the Commonwealth.
Main plot
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Characters
- Akim Balikçi ("Fischer")
- Harald Krause
- "Thomas Neumann"
- Masako Schlüter
- Antonella Sonnenschein
Featured places
- Adelaide (mentioned)
- Blumenort (mentioned)
- Donegal
- Dukambia
- El Aïdi (mentioned as abandoned colony world)
- Gatineau (mentioned)
- Kandersteg (mentioned)
- Kumkol VII (in the Donegal district)
- Ludwigshafen
- Mahone (mentioned)
- Muscatine (mentioned as abandoned colony world)
- Timehri (mentioned)