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Line 32: ==Plot summary== ==Plot summary== − Scion of a [[House Sandoval|noble family]], Päl Wyndham-Sandoval has returned from a three-year tour of duty as a [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]] with the [[Robinson Rangers]]. Reporting on the new Duke [[Tancred Sandoval]]'s plans about easing relations with [[Theodore Kurita]] to his parents, he is embroiled in politics against his wishes. His support of this policy and his loyalty to the Duke cause an argument. Päl's parents regard [[Victor Steiner-Davion]] and his allies, including the Duke, as essentially selling out to the Draconis Combine. Subsequently, Päl comes to realize that he is a stranger to his own three-year-old son, who is being raised by his mother in Päl's absence and is becoming another pawn on the political board; his wet-nurse even describes the infant as the Baroness' pet project. + Scion of a [[House Sandoval|noble family]], Päl Wyndham-Sandoval has returned from a three-year tour of duty as a [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]] with the [[Robinson Rangers]]. Reporting on the new Duke [[Tancred Sandoval]]'s plans about easing relations with [[Theodore Kurita]] to his parents, he is embroiled in politics against his wishes. His support of this policy and his loyalty to the Duke cause an argument. Päl's parents regard [[Victor Steiner-Davion]] and his allies, including the Duke, as essentially selling out to the Draconis Combine. Subsequently, Päl comes to realize that he is a stranger to his own three-year old son, who is being raised by his mother in Päl's absence and is becoming another pawn on the political board; his wet-nurse even describes the infant as the Baroness' pet project. At a reception in honor of his return, Päl notices a black-clad intruder on the estate and happens to eavesdrop on a discussion where his father warns other nobles about how the new Duke's actions will weaken [[House Davion]]'s defenses against an attack by [[House Kurita]] that he claims is likely to occur, in an obvious attempt to sway their already wavering loyalty away from the Duke. Later that night, Päl discovers and brings down an assassin, but both Päl and his wife Khim are wounded in the process. When pressed by Päl, the dying assassin claims that Baroness Wyndham-Sandoval sent him. Small tidbits later reinforce Päl's impression that his own mother set him up to be killed, to blame his death on the Draconis Combine to further his parents' political agenda. Päl comes to regard the political landscape as a chess board, where he is a mere pawn that his mother was going to sacrifice. At a reception in honor of his return, Päl notices a black-clad intruder on the estate and happens to eavesdrop on a discussion where his father warns other nobles about how the new Duke's actions will weaken [[House Davion]]'s defenses against an attack by [[House Kurita]] that he claims is likely to occur, in an obvious attempt to sway their already wavering loyalty away from the Duke. Later that night, Päl discovers and brings down an assassin, but both Päl and his wife Khim are wounded in the process. When pressed by Päl, the dying assassin claims that Baroness Wyndham-Sandoval sent him. Small tidbits later reinforce Päl's impression that his own mother set him up to be killed, to blame his death on the Draconis Combine to further his parents' political agenda. Päl comes to regard the political landscape as a chess board, where he is a mere pawn that his mother was going to sacrifice.
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| − | Scion of a [[House Sandoval|noble family]], Päl Wyndham-Sandoval has returned from a three-year tour of duty as a [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]] with the [[Robinson Rangers]]. Reporting on the new Duke [[Tancred Sandoval]]'s plans about easing relations with [[Theodore Kurita]] to his parents, he is embroiled in politics against his wishes. His support of this policy and his loyalty to the Duke cause an argument. Päl's parents regard [[Victor Steiner-Davion]] and his allies, including the Duke, as essentially selling out to the Draconis Combine. Subsequently, Päl comes to realize that he is a stranger to his own three-year | + | Scion of a [[House Sandoval|noble family]], Päl Wyndham-Sandoval has returned from a three-year tour of duty as a [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]] with the [[Robinson Rangers]]. Reporting on the new Duke [[Tancred Sandoval]]'s plans about easing relations with [[Theodore Kurita]] to his parents, he is embroiled in politics against his wishes. His support of this policy and his loyalty to the Duke cause an argument. Päl's parents regard [[Victor Steiner-Davion]] and his allies, including the Duke, as essentially selling out to the Draconis Combine. Subsequently, Päl comes to realize that he is a stranger to his own three-year old son, who is being raised by his mother in Päl's absence and is becoming another pawn on the political board; his wet-nurse even describes the infant as the Baroness' pet project. |
At a reception in honor of his return, Päl notices a black-clad intruder on the estate and happens to eavesdrop on a discussion where his father warns other nobles about how the new Duke's actions will weaken [[House Davion]]'s defenses against an attack by [[House Kurita]] that he claims is likely to occur, in an obvious attempt to sway their already wavering loyalty away from the Duke. Later that night, Päl discovers and brings down an assassin, but both Päl and his wife Khim are wounded in the process. When pressed by Päl, the dying assassin claims that Baroness Wyndham-Sandoval sent him. Small tidbits later reinforce Päl's impression that his own mother set him up to be killed, to blame his death on the Draconis Combine to further his parents' political agenda. Päl comes to regard the political landscape as a chess board, where he is a mere pawn that his mother was going to sacrifice. | At a reception in honor of his return, Päl notices a black-clad intruder on the estate and happens to eavesdrop on a discussion where his father warns other nobles about how the new Duke's actions will weaken [[House Davion]]'s defenses against an attack by [[House Kurita]] that he claims is likely to occur, in an obvious attempt to sway their already wavering loyalty away from the Duke. Later that night, Päl discovers and brings down an assassin, but both Päl and his wife Khim are wounded in the process. When pressed by Päl, the dying assassin claims that Baroness Wyndham-Sandoval sent him. Small tidbits later reinforce Päl's impression that his own mother set him up to be killed, to blame his death on the Draconis Combine to further his parents' political agenda. Päl comes to regard the political landscape as a chess board, where he is a mere pawn that his mother was going to sacrifice. | ||