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Line 30: ==Plot summary== ==Plot summary== Their rebellion crumbling as the [[Free Worlds League]] is reconquering its wayward province, troops from the [[Defenders of Andurien]] brigade are retreating from [[Xanthe III]] and have left some tanks and infantry behind in the city of New Barstow to buy time for their evacuating comrades. Disillusioned soldier [[Danny Spriggs]], a Brevet-Major at only twenty-six after Major Mitchell's death, is in command of a tank unit and commands the hopelessly outmatched defense forces when the [[Fifth Marik Militia]] launches another assault in the city. To undermine the defenders' morale, the attacking Marik troops have been calling out a message via loudspeakers for the past four weeks proclaiming that every twelve seconds a defending trooper dies (suggesting that the defenders should surrender before it is their turn to die), and Spriggs cannot help it from influencing his spirit. However, he stubbornly fights on. His unit destroys two League [[Galleon]] tanks, but then comes under attack from two enemy [[BattleMech]]s. The unit's other [[Von Luckner]] tank is destroyed. Danny's Von Lucker, named "Lucy B", was crippled and on fire, with most of the crew killed. Spriggs tries to evacuate the only other survivor, but falls, implying that he dies in battle. Their rebellion crumbling as the [[Free Worlds League]] is reconquering its wayward province, troops from the [[Defenders of Andurien]] brigade are retreating from [[Xanthe III]] and have left some tanks and infantry behind in the city of New Barstow to buy time for their evacuating comrades. Disillusioned soldier [[Danny Spriggs]], a Brevet-Major at only twenty-six after Major Mitchell's death, is in command of a tank unit and commands the hopelessly outmatched defense forces when the [[Fifth Marik Militia]] launches another assault in the city. To undermine the defenders' morale, the attacking Marik troops have been calling out a message via loudspeakers for the past four weeks proclaiming that every twelve seconds a defending trooper dies (suggesting that the defenders should surrender before it is their turn to die), and Spriggs cannot help it from influencing his spirit. However, he stubbornly fights on. His unit destroys two League [[Galleon]] tanks, but then comes under attack from two enemy [[BattleMech]]s. The unit's other [[Von Luckner]] tank is destroyed. Danny's Von Lucker, named "Lucy B", was crippled and on fire, with most of the crew killed. Spriggs tries to evacuate the only other survivor, but falls, implying that he dies in battle. − − ==Featured characters== − *Brevet-Major [[Danny Spriggs]] − − ==Featured places== − *[[Xanthe III]] ==Featured BattleTech== ==Featured BattleTech==
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Their rebellion crumbling as the [[Free Worlds League]] is reconquering its wayward province, troops from the [[Defenders of Andurien]] brigade are retreating from [[Xanthe III]] and have left some tanks and infantry behind in the city of New Barstow to buy time for their evacuating comrades. Disillusioned soldier [[Danny Spriggs]], a Brevet-Major at only twenty-six after Major Mitchell's death, is in command of a tank unit and commands the hopelessly outmatched defense forces when the [[Fifth Marik Militia]] launches another assault in the city. To undermine the defenders' morale, the attacking Marik troops have been calling out a message via loudspeakers for the past four weeks proclaiming that every twelve seconds a defending trooper dies (suggesting that the defenders should surrender before it is their turn to die), and Spriggs cannot help it from influencing his spirit. However, he stubbornly fights on. His unit destroys two League [[Galleon]] tanks, but then comes under attack from two enemy [[BattleMech]]s. The unit's other [[Von Luckner]] tank is destroyed. Danny's Von Lucker, named "Lucy B", was crippled and on fire, with most of the crew killed. Spriggs tries to evacuate the only other survivor, but falls, implying that he dies in battle. | Their rebellion crumbling as the [[Free Worlds League]] is reconquering its wayward province, troops from the [[Defenders of Andurien]] brigade are retreating from [[Xanthe III]] and have left some tanks and infantry behind in the city of New Barstow to buy time for their evacuating comrades. Disillusioned soldier [[Danny Spriggs]], a Brevet-Major at only twenty-six after Major Mitchell's death, is in command of a tank unit and commands the hopelessly outmatched defense forces when the [[Fifth Marik Militia]] launches another assault in the city. To undermine the defenders' morale, the attacking Marik troops have been calling out a message via loudspeakers for the past four weeks proclaiming that every twelve seconds a defending trooper dies (suggesting that the defenders should surrender before it is their turn to die), and Spriggs cannot help it from influencing his spirit. However, he stubbornly fights on. His unit destroys two League [[Galleon]] tanks, but then comes under attack from two enemy [[BattleMech]]s. The unit's other [[Von Luckner]] tank is destroyed. Danny's Von Lucker, named "Lucy B", was crippled and on fire, with most of the crew killed. Spriggs tries to evacuate the only other survivor, but falls, implying that he dies in battle. | ||
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