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{{quote|''A STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE… | {{quote|''A STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE… | ||
− | Former hauptmann Ronan Carlyle is a man without a nation. After his former commanding officer declared herself governor-general of a reborn Tamar Pact, Ronan, a loyal Steiner officer, led a group of soldiers and techs including his sister, Isobel, back for Garrison for reassignment. | + | Former hauptmann [[Ronan Carlyle]] is a man without a nation. After his former commanding officer declared herself governor-general of a reborn [[Tamar Pact]], Ronan, a loyal Steiner officer, led a group of soldiers and techs including his sister, Isobel, back for [[Garrison]] for reassignment. |
− | But on Garrison, his troubles multiply. The senior Lyran officer brands the 26th Arcturan loyalists traitors and cashiers them, stranding nearly 200 former LCAF soldiers, technicians, and crewmen on a Lyran world with no way off-planet. | + | But on Garrison, his troubles multiply. The senior Lyran officer brands the [[26th Arcturan Guards|26th Arcturan]] loyalists traitors and cashiers them, stranding nearly 200 former LCAF soldiers, technicians, and crewmen on a Lyran world with no way off-planet. |
− | Forced to scrounge up a way to survive, Ronan and Isobel hatch a plan to get the former LCAF members back to their homeworlds by salvaging ’Mechs. But when a Lyran scout battalion goes AWOL over an off-world mission squashed by their commanding officer, the LCAF is shocked to discover the Arcturan loyalists have built up have the largest contingent of combat equipment outside the militia. Ronan’s people need cash. They have skills. And there’s history in his name… | + | Forced to scrounge up a way to survive, Ronan and Isobel hatch a plan to get the former [[LCAF]] members back to their homeworlds by salvaging ’Mechs. But when a Lyran scout battalion goes AWOL over an off-world mission squashed by their commanding officer, the LCAF is shocked to discover the Arcturan loyalists have built up have the largest contingent of combat equipment outside the militia. Ronan’s people need cash. They have skills. And there’s history in his name… |
− | Thus, the Gray Death Legion is reborn. First as a way to get funds for his people to leave. But they fight the Lyran unit—winning by use of unorthodox tactics—and discover they don’t want to | + | Thus, the [[Gray Death Legion]] is reborn. First as a way to get funds for his people to leave. But they fight the Lyran unit—winning by use of unorthodox tactics—and discover they don’t want to disband… instead, the reconstituted mercenary unit wants to find its next employer…''}} |
==Plot Summary== | ==Plot Summary== |
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The Price of Duty | |
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Product information | |
Type | Novella |
Author | Jason Schmetzer |
Publication information | |
Publisher | Catalyst Game Labs |
First published | 26 July 2021 |
Content | |
Era | IlClan Era |
Contents
From the back cover
“ | A STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE…
Former hauptmann Ronan Carlyle is a man without a nation. After his former commanding officer declared herself governor-general of a reborn Tamar Pact, Ronan, a loyal Steiner officer, led a group of soldiers and techs including his sister, Isobel, back for Garrison for reassignment. But on Garrison, his troubles multiply. The senior Lyran officer brands the 26th Arcturan loyalists traitors and cashiers them, stranding nearly 200 former LCAF soldiers, technicians, and crewmen on a Lyran world with no way off-planet. Forced to scrounge up a way to survive, Ronan and Isobel hatch a plan to get the former LCAF members back to their homeworlds by salvaging ’Mechs. But when a Lyran scout battalion goes AWOL over an off-world mission squashed by their commanding officer, the LCAF is shocked to discover the Arcturan loyalists have built up have the largest contingent of combat equipment outside the militia. Ronan’s people need cash. They have skills. And there’s history in his name… Thus, the Gray Death Legion is reborn. First as a way to get funds for his people to leave. But they fight the Lyran unit—winning by use of unorthodox tactics—and discover they don’t want to disband… instead, the reconstituted mercenary unit wants to find its next employer… |
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