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| type                = Short story
 
| author              = [[Blaine Lee Pardoe]]
 
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| timeline            = 29 December [[3066]] – 15 September [[3067]]
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| timeline            = 29 December [[3066]]—15 September [[3067]]
 
| series              = Archer Christifori novels
 
| series              = Archer Christifori novels
 
| precededby          = [[Operation Audacity]]
 
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'''''The Longest Road''''' (subtitled "'''''The Untold Story of Archer Christifori and Archer's Avengers'''''") is a novella by [[Blaine Lee Pardoe]] that was published online on [[BattleCorps]] on 12 December 2004 and concludes his series of novels about [[Archer Christifori]] and his unit, [[Archer's Avengers]], in the [[FedCom Civil War]]. It was later also published in print in the first BattleCorps anthology, ''[[The Corps]]''.
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'''''The Longest Road''''' (subtitled "'''''The Untold Story of Archer Christifori and Archer's Avengers'''''") is a short story by [[Blaine Lee Pardoe]] that was published online on [[BattleCorps]] on 12 December 2004. It was later also published in print in the first BattleCorps anthology, ''[[The Corps]]''.
  
 
==Teaser text==
 
==Teaser text==
{{quote|''Where was [[Archer Christifori|Archer]]? That was the question many people asked after the conclusion of the civil war novels. Fortunately, Blaine Pardoe has returned to [[Classic BattleTech]], and in his first offering here on BattleCorps he brings Archer's Avengers in to the final battle on [[New Avalon]] where they always deserved to be. Enjoy!''}}
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{{quote|''Where was [[Archer Christifori|Archer]]? That was the question many people asked after the conclusion of the civil war novels. Fortuantely, Blaine Pardoe has returned to [[Classic BattleTech]], and in his first offering here on BattleCorps he brings [[Archer's Avengers]] in to the final battle on [[New Avalon]] where they always deserved to be. Enjoy!''}}
  
 
==Plot Summary==
 
==Plot Summary==
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==Featured characters==
 
==Featured characters==
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*[[Kai Allard-Liao]]
 
*[[Kai Allard-Liao]]
 
*[[Katya Chaffee]]
 
*[[Katya Chaffee]]
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*[[Katherine Steiner-Davion]]
 
*[[Katherine Steiner-Davion]]
 
*[[Victor Steiner-Davion]]
 
*[[Victor Steiner-Davion]]
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==Featured places==
 
*[[New Avalon]]
 
*[[Thorin]]
 
 
==Featured units==
 
* [[Archer's Avengers]]
 
* [[4th Avalon Militia|Fourth Avalon Militia]]
 
* [[Tenth Deneb Light Cavalry]]
 
* [[Tenth Lyran Guards]]
 
* [[Seventeenth Avalon Hussars]]
 
* [[Twenty-second Avalon Hussars]]
 
* [[Outland Legion]]
 
  
 
==Featured BattleTech==
 
==Featured BattleTech==
 
===BattleMechs===
 
===BattleMechs===
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*''[[Centurion]]'' (''[[Yen-Lo-Wang]]'')
*''[[Centurion (BattleMech)|Centurion]]'' (''[[Yen-Lo-Wang]]'')
 
 
*''[[Cicada]]''
 
*''[[Cicada]]''
 
*''[[Dire Wolf (Daishi)]]''
 
*''[[Dire Wolf (Daishi)]]''
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*''[[Nightsky]]''
 
*''[[Nightsky]]''
 
*''[[Penetrator]]''
 
*''[[Penetrator]]''
*''[[Salamander (BattleMech)|Salamander]]''
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*''[[Salamander]]''
 
*''[[Watchman]]''
 
*''[[Watchman]]''
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===Vehicles===
 
===Vehicles===
*[[Demon (Combat Vehicle)|Demon]] Combat Vehicle
 
 
*[[SRM Carrier]]
 
*[[SRM Carrier]]
 
 
===DropShips===
 
===DropShips===
*''[[Overlord]]'' (''[[Colonel Crockett]]''; class not specified in this story but established in a preceding novel)
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*''[[Colonel Crockett]]'' (unspecified type)
 
*''[[Little Sorrell]]'' (unspecified type)
 
*''[[Little Sorrell]]'' (unspecified type)
  
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==Featured units==
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*[[Archer's Avengers]]
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*[[10th Deneb Light Cavalry]]
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*[[10th Lyran Guards]]
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*[[17th Avalon Hussars]]
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*[[22nd Avalon Hussars]]
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*[[Outland Legion]]
  
[[Category: BattleCorps publications|Longest Road, The]]
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[[Category:BattleCorps publications]]
[[Category: Short Stories|Longest Road, The]]
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[[Category:Short Stories]]
[[Category: Works by Blaine Lee Pardoe|Longest Road, The]]
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[[Category:Works by Blaine Lee Pardoe]]

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