Über dem Gesetz
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| Über dem Gesetz | |
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| Product information | |
| Type | Novel |
| Author | Michael Diel |
| Pages | 352 |
| Cover Artwork | Swen Papenbrock |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Fantasy Productions GmbH |
| Product code | 31005 |
| First published | 2005 |
| ISBN-10 | 3890645178 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3890645179 |
| MSRP | 9,00 € |
| Content | |
| Era | Star League era |
| Timeline | 2600 - 2605 |
| Series | Classic BattleTech Novels |
Über dem Gesetz ("Above the law"), by Michael Diel, is a German-language BattleTech novel published by FanPro in 2005 as the 4th in their line of Classic BattleTech Novels. It has not been translated into English so far.
Contents
Overview
Canonicity
Written in German and exclusively published in that language so far, Die Albatros-Akte does not technically meet the current criteria for Canon in the BattleTech universe. As an official product published under a valid license, it should be regarded as apocryphal instead.
From the back cover (translated from German)
| “ | 2600: The assistant to the League Prosecutor General is found murdered in his office. Star League Secret Service Command (SBGK - Sternenbund-Geheimdienstkommando) agent David Gibbs is put on the case. The answer seems simple and at arm's reach, but the case gets increasingly complicated and contradictory. What really happened in that night of New Year's Eve? Gibbs keeps at the case and uncovers a conspiracy that appears to reach to the highest government circles and up to the First Lord of the Star League himself... | ” |
Plot Summary
Each chapter begins with a newscast item. Initially these come from worlds all over the Inner Sphere and cover a wide range of topics to convey general background information to the reader.
Prologue
On New Year's Eve 2600, Bergan Industries supervisory board chairman Trevor Vaughn has invited selected guests to a party on New Avalon. Bergan Industries has been contracted by the Star League Quartermaster's Command to design a BattleMech around the newly developed LB-X Autocannon (LB-X standing for "Large Bore - Extended") and received the blueprints for the new weapon, and Vaughn has decided to sell the secret on. Star League secret service agent David Gibbs infiltrates the party and sneaks into the penthouse where the data crystal with the copied blueprints is held. Following a shootout with security guards, he manages to secure the crystal and jump from a broken window in the skyscraper, gliding to safety with an ultra-thin parachute hidden in his suit.
Main plot
On 3 January 2600, Gibbs is put
Characters
- Captain David Gibbs, SBGK agent
Featured places
- New Avalon - Bergan Industries skyscraper, Avalon City
- Robinson (mentioned)
- Terra - SBGK HQ, Berlin
- Tharkad (mentioned)
Featured units
Featured BattleTech
BattleMechs
Vehicles
Aerospace Fighters
DropShips
JumpShips
Other
Notes
- On the sidelines, the prologue mentions that a team of House Steiner's Lyran Intelligence Corps managed to steal the blueprints of the first BattleMech on New Earth in early February 2455 in cooperation with AsRoc, the Rim Worlds Republic secret service. This is contradicted by other sources, most notably Prometheus Unbound: The event occurred on Hesperus II, and AsRoc was not involved (though the LIC used a JumpShip with RWR registry for one possible escape plan, which might have caused rumours).