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Line 25: }} }} − '''''Im Schatten der Bestie''''' ("In the Shadow of the Beast") is the thirty-first in the line of original German-language Classic BattleTech novels that was published originally by [[FanPro]] and then continued by [[Ulisses Spiele]]. Written by [[Ingo Eikens]], it was published on 20 April 2016. + '''''Im Schatten der Bestie''''' ("In the Shadow of the Beast") is the 31st in the line of original German-language Classic BattleTech novels that was published originally by [[FanPro]] and then continued by [[Ulisses Spiele]]. Written by [[Ingo Eikens]], it was published on 20 April 2016. == Canonicity == == Canonicity == Line 36:
Line 36: == Plot Summary == == Plot Summary == − After the murder of [[Richard Cameron]] at the hands of [[Stefan Amaris]] in [[2766]], the official line throughout the Terran Hegemony–now ruled by Stefan Amaris–is that Cameron was killed by an assassin sent by [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] in a bid for power. SLDF Major Gerald McKenniston is among those who believed Amaris over Kerensky in the evolving war, where Amaris's garrison forces and some remaining SLDF forces in the Terran Hegemony (such as McKenniston's) turn against the rest of the SLDF, the bulk of which is campaigning abroad under General Kerensky. In mid-[[2774]], after his SLDF unit was decimated in combat against Kerensky's forces through indiscriminate artillery bombardment from his own side, McKenniston is put in charge of a nascent SAR training battalion on Terra. He arrives at Perekop on the Crimea peninsula where a backwater SLDF base complex, hours from the nearest spaceport at Nikopol, is reactivated. This base evolved out of a scientific outpost to study the drastic changes to the Crimea's landscape following tectonic events in the [[twenty-second century]]. + After the murder of [[Richard Cameron]] at the hands of [[Stefan Amaris]] in [[2766]], the official line throughout the Terran Hegemony–now ruled by Stefan Amaris–is that Cameron was killed by an assassin sent by [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] in a bid for power. SLDF Major Gerald McKenniston is among those who believed Amaris over Kerensky in the evolving war, where Amaris's garrison forces and some remaining SLDF forces in the Terran Hegemony (such as McKenniston's) turn against the rest of the SLDF, the bulk of which is campaigning abroad under General Kerensky. In mid-[[2774]], after his SLDF unit was decimated in combat against Kerensky's forces through indiscriminate artillery bombardment from his own side, McKenniston is put in charge of a nascent SAR training battalion on Terra. He arrives at Perekop on the Crimea peninsula where a backwater SLDF base complex, hours from the nearest spaceport at Nikopol, is reactivated. This base evolved out of a scientific outpost to study the drastic changes to the Crimea's landscape following tectonic events in the 22nd century. − Before long, McKenniston and his men come to realize that the Perekop base, which has all the charm of a prison, is a dead-end assignment and a dumping ground for unwanted or useless personnel. McKenniston's old Colonel Stinbjerk was reassigned prior to McKenniston's arrival at the base, and their parent regiment, the First Regiment of the 324th Mechanized Infantry Division, now answers to one Colonel Marcus Berger, who takes a more direct control over the commanders of the other two battalions while McKenniston's understrength training battalion, stationed at Perekop far from the others, is the lowest tier for supplies and mostly disregarded. + Before long, McKenniston and his men come to realize that the Perekop base, which has all the charm of a prison, is a dead-end assignment and a dumping ground for unwanted or useless personnel. McKenniston's old Colonel Stinbjerk was reassigned prior to McKenniston's arrival at the base, and their parent regiment, the 1st Regiment of the 324th Mechanized Infantry Division, now answers to one Colonel Marcus Berger, who takes a more direct control over the commanders of the other two battalions while McKenniston's understrength training battalion, stationed at Perekop far from the others, is the lowest tier for supplies and mostly disregarded. Mysteriously, although the Perekop base was supposedly just reopened after being mothballed for thirty years, its main computer was recently sabotaged. However, the acid charge was misplaced, leaving memory banks intact that prove something was going on here recently; but the files are encrypted. By the end of the year it is determined that the files predate McKenniston's arrival by two months, and were created by Colonel Stinbjerk. Mysteriously, although the Perekop base was supposedly just reopened after being mothballed for thirty years, its main computer was recently sabotaged. However, the acid charge was misplaced, leaving memory banks intact that prove something was going on here recently; but the files are encrypted. By the end of the year it is determined that the files predate McKenniston's arrival by two months, and were created by Colonel Stinbjerk.
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| − | '''''Im Schatten der Bestie''''' ("In the Shadow of the Beast") is the | + | '''''Im Schatten der Bestie''''' ("In the Shadow of the Beast") is the 31st in the line of original German-language Classic BattleTech novels that was published originally by [[FanPro]] and then continued by [[Ulisses Spiele]]. Written by [[Ingo Eikens]], it was published on 20 April 2016. |
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| − | After the murder of [[Richard Cameron]] at the hands of [[Stefan Amaris]] in [[2766]], the official line throughout the Terran Hegemony–now ruled by Stefan Amaris–is that Cameron was killed by an assassin sent by [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] in a bid for power. SLDF Major Gerald McKenniston is among those who believed Amaris over Kerensky in the evolving war, where Amaris's garrison forces and some remaining SLDF forces in the Terran Hegemony (such as McKenniston's) turn against the rest of the SLDF, the bulk of which is campaigning abroad under General Kerensky. In mid-[[2774]], after his SLDF unit was decimated in combat against Kerensky's forces through indiscriminate artillery bombardment from his own side, McKenniston is put in charge of a nascent SAR training battalion on Terra. He arrives at Perekop on the Crimea peninsula where a backwater SLDF base complex, hours from the nearest spaceport at Nikopol, is reactivated. This base evolved out of a scientific outpost to study the drastic changes to the Crimea's landscape following tectonic events in the | + | After the murder of [[Richard Cameron]] at the hands of [[Stefan Amaris]] in [[2766]], the official line throughout the Terran Hegemony–now ruled by Stefan Amaris–is that Cameron was killed by an assassin sent by [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] in a bid for power. SLDF Major Gerald McKenniston is among those who believed Amaris over Kerensky in the evolving war, where Amaris's garrison forces and some remaining SLDF forces in the Terran Hegemony (such as McKenniston's) turn against the rest of the SLDF, the bulk of which is campaigning abroad under General Kerensky. In mid-[[2774]], after his SLDF unit was decimated in combat against Kerensky's forces through indiscriminate artillery bombardment from his own side, McKenniston is put in charge of a nascent SAR training battalion on Terra. He arrives at Perekop on the Crimea peninsula where a backwater SLDF base complex, hours from the nearest spaceport at Nikopol, is reactivated. This base evolved out of a scientific outpost to study the drastic changes to the Crimea's landscape following tectonic events in the 22nd century. |
| − | Before long, McKenniston and his men come to realize that the Perekop base, which has all the charm of a prison, is a dead-end assignment and a dumping ground for unwanted or useless personnel. McKenniston's old Colonel Stinbjerk was reassigned prior to McKenniston's arrival at the base, and their parent regiment, the | + | Before long, McKenniston and his men come to realize that the Perekop base, which has all the charm of a prison, is a dead-end assignment and a dumping ground for unwanted or useless personnel. McKenniston's old Colonel Stinbjerk was reassigned prior to McKenniston's arrival at the base, and their parent regiment, the 1st Regiment of the 324th Mechanized Infantry Division, now answers to one Colonel Marcus Berger, who takes a more direct control over the commanders of the other two battalions while McKenniston's understrength training battalion, stationed at Perekop far from the others, is the lowest tier for supplies and mostly disregarded. |
Mysteriously, although the Perekop base was supposedly just reopened after being mothballed for thirty years, its main computer was recently sabotaged. However, the acid charge was misplaced, leaving memory banks intact that prove something was going on here recently; but the files are encrypted. By the end of the year it is determined that the files predate McKenniston's arrival by two months, and were created by Colonel Stinbjerk. | Mysteriously, although the Perekop base was supposedly just reopened after being mothballed for thirty years, its main computer was recently sabotaged. However, the acid charge was misplaced, leaving memory banks intact that prove something was going on here recently; but the files are encrypted. By the end of the year it is determined that the files predate McKenniston's arrival by two months, and were created by Colonel Stinbjerk. | ||