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| − | '''''A Race to an End''''' is a short story by [[Loren L. Coleman]], published via [[BattleCorps]]. | + | '''''A Race to an End''''' is a short story by [[Loren L. Coleman]], initially published as a [[w:PDF|PDF]] file via the [[BattleCorps]] website. It was later also included in the first BattleCorps print anthology, ''[[The Corps]]''. |
==Teaser text== | ==Teaser text== | ||
| − | {{quote|''In the Chaos March, victory is often in a close race for survival. Loren L. Coleman mixes and matches forces for a new unit. But before they ever made it to [[Outreach]], first they survived Pandora's jungles on the world of [[Gan Singh]].''}} | + | {{quote|''In the [[Chaos March]], victory is often in a close race for survival. Loren L. Coleman mixes and matches forces for a new unit. But before they ever made it to [[Outreach]], first they survived Pandora's jungles on the world of [[Gan Singh]].''}} |
==Plot summary== | ==Plot summary== | ||
| − | + | Seventh company of the [[Third Donegal Guards]] was accidentially left behind when [[House Steiner]]-affiliated [[Federated Commonwealth]] commands were withdrawn from the Chaos March. With six of them killed and four missing in action, only Leftenant Kelly Van Lou and company commander Hauptmann Roland Mills remain in a three-sided fight with local forces and the [[1st FedCom RCT]]. Trying to find a DropShip to evacuate from Gan Singh, they encounte the Donegal Guards' ''[[Seeker]]''-class ''Lamprey'' but realize at the last moment that the DropShip is trying to trap them. Van Lou and Mills subsequently team up with mercenaries they had been fighting before, to perhaps reach another DropShip together. | |
== Featured characters == | == Featured characters == | ||
| − | + | *Leftenant Kelly Van Lou | |
| + | *Hauptmann Roland Mills | ||
== Featured BattleTech == | == Featured BattleTech == | ||
| − | + | ===BattleMechs=== | |
| + | *''[[Caesar]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[Dervish]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[Enforcer]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[JagerMech]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[Jenner]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[Panther]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[Penetrator]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[Vindicator]]'' | ||
| + | ===DropShips=== | ||
| + | *''[[Seeker]]'' | ||
| + | ===Vehicles=== | ||
| + | *[[Behemoth (Combat Vehicle)]] | ||
| + | *[[Rommel]] | ||
== Featured planets == | == Featured planets == | ||
*[[Gan Singh]] | *[[Gan Singh]] | ||
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| + | == Featured units == | ||
| + | *[[3rd Donegal Guards]] | ||
[[Category:BattleCorps publications]] | [[Category:BattleCorps publications]] | ||
[[Category:Short Stories]] | [[Category:Short Stories]] | ||
[[Category:Works by Loren L. Coleman]] | [[Category:Works by Loren L. Coleman]] | ||
Revision as of 16:09, 19 June 2012
| A Race to the End | |
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| Product information | |
| Type | Short story |
| Author | Loren L. Coleman |
| Pages | 10 |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | BattleCorps |
| First published | 28 August 2004 |
| Content | |
| Era | Clan Invasion era |
| Timeline | 12 October 3057 |
A Race to an End is a short story by Loren L. Coleman, initially published as a PDF file via the BattleCorps website. It was later also included in the first BattleCorps print anthology, The Corps.
Contents
| “ | In the Chaos March, victory is often in a close race for survival. Loren L. Coleman mixes and matches forces for a new unit. But before they ever made it to Outreach, first they survived Pandora's jungles on the world of Gan Singh. | ” |
Plot summary
Seventh company of the Third Donegal Guards was accidentially left behind when House Steiner-affiliated Federated Commonwealth commands were withdrawn from the Chaos March. With six of them killed and four missing in action, only Leftenant Kelly Van Lou and company commander Hauptmann Roland Mills remain in a three-sided fight with local forces and the 1st FedCom RCT. Trying to find a DropShip to evacuate from Gan Singh, they encounte the Donegal Guards' Seeker-class Lamprey but realize at the last moment that the DropShip is trying to trap them. Van Lou and Mills subsequently team up with mercenaries they had been fighting before, to perhaps reach another DropShip together.
Featured characters
- Leftenant Kelly Van Lou
- Hauptmann Roland Mills