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Line 28: }} }} ==Overview== ==Overview== − '''Bitter End: The Defense of Connor's Pass''' is a [[BattleTech]] scenario published in issue #8 of the [[Game News]] magazine. Notably, it was announced as an excerpt from the ''[[Tales of the Black Widow Company]]'' sourcebook although that sourcebook does not actually contain this scenario. The two-page scenario is similar to those from the sourcebook in layout and general content, suggesting it may have been originally written for the sourcebook but not been included for one reason or another (possibly page count). + '''Bitter End: The Defense of Connor's Pass''' is a [[BattleTech]] scenario published in issue #8 of the [[Game News]] magazine. Notably, it was announced as an excerpt from the ''[[Tales of the Black Widow Company]]'' sourcebook although that sourcebook does not actually contain this scenario. The two-page scenario is similar to those from the sourcebook in layout and general content, suggesting it may have been originally written for the sourcebook but not been included after all for one reason or another (possibly pagecount). ==Canonicity== ==Canonicity== − Magazines do not fall under the current definition of [[Canon]] by default, even official ones. On the other hand, the scenario was provided to the magazine by [[FASA]] for marketing purposes, marked as an excerpt from one of two sourcebooks that were advertised (along with the [[BattleTech]] game — "the second edition rules set of [[Battledroids]]" — and a BattleTech poster) on the same pages. This arguably makes the scenario an official publication and raises its canonicity to [[apocryphal]], instead of mere noncanon. + Magazines do not fall under the current definition of [[Canon]] by default, even official ones. On the other hand, the scenario was provided to the magazine by [[FASA]] for marketing purposes, marked as an excerpt from one of two sourcebooks that were advertised (along with the [[BattleTech]] game–"the second edition rules set of [[BattleDroids]]"–and a BattleTech poster) on the same pages. This arguably makes the scenario an official publication and raises its canonicity to [[apocryphal]], instead of mere non-canon. ==Scenario== ==Scenario== No date is given in the epigraph, and the location is given as "Istmar III". No date is given in the epigraph, and the location is given as "Istmar III". − Forces from [[House Kurita]] have defeated the combined regular and [[mercenary]] forces of Houses [[House Steiner|Steiner]] and [[House Davion|Davion]]. A battle from two days before is mentioned. [[Hansen's Roughriders]] are withdrawing from their untenable position in the plains around Hannisport towards their transports to evacuate, pursued by enemy forces who are spearheaded by the [[Black Widow Company]]. To buy his unit time to escape, [[Gerhardt Hansen (31st c.)|Hansen]] ordered an ad hoc company of nine battered [[BattleMech]]s which were too damaged to escape the pursuers to stay behind and hold Connor's Pass to the last man, to delay the pursuers as long as possible. + Forces from [[House Kurita]] have defeated the combined regular and [[mercenary]] forces of Houses [[House Steiner|Steiner]] and [[House Davion|Davion]]. A battle from two days before is mentioned. [[Hansen's Roughriders]] are withdrawing from their untenable position in the plains around Hannisport towards their transports to evacuate, pursued by enemy forces who are spearheaded by the [[Black Widow Company]]. To buy his unit time to escape, [[Gerhardt Hansen (31st c.)|Hansen]] ordered an ad-hoc company of nine battered [[BattleMech]]s which were too damaged to escape the pursuers to stay behind and hold Connor's Pass to the last man, to delay the pursuers as long as possible. The attacker is the entire Black Widow Company, who enter the gameboard one [[lance]] at a time (Recon Lance on turn 1, Fire Lance on turn 2, and Command Lance on turn 4). The attacker is the entire Black Widow Company, who enter the gameboard one [[lance]] at a time (Recon Lance on turn 1, Fire Lance on turn 2, and Command Lance on turn 4).
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| − | '''Bitter End: The Defense of Connor's Pass''' is a [[BattleTech]] scenario published in issue #8 of the [[Game News]] magazine. Notably, it was announced as an excerpt from the ''[[Tales of the Black Widow Company]]'' sourcebook although that sourcebook does not actually contain this scenario. The two-page scenario is similar to those from the sourcebook in layout and general content, suggesting it may have been originally written for the sourcebook but not been included for one reason or another (possibly | + | '''Bitter End: The Defense of Connor's Pass''' is a [[BattleTech]] scenario published in issue #8 of the [[Game News]] magazine. Notably, it was announced as an excerpt from the ''[[Tales of the Black Widow Company]]'' sourcebook although that sourcebook does not actually contain this scenario. The two-page scenario is similar to those from the sourcebook in layout and general content, suggesting it may have been originally written for the sourcebook but not been included after all for one reason or another (possibly pagecount). |
==Canonicity== | ==Canonicity== | ||
| − | Magazines do not fall under the current definition of [[Canon]] by default, even official ones. On the other hand, the scenario was provided to the magazine by [[FASA]] for marketing purposes, marked as an excerpt from one of two sourcebooks that were advertised (along with the [[BattleTech]] | + | Magazines do not fall under the current definition of [[Canon]] by default, even official ones. On the other hand, the scenario was provided to the magazine by [[FASA]] for marketing purposes, marked as an excerpt from one of two sourcebooks that were advertised (along with the [[BattleTech]] game–"the second edition rules set of [[BattleDroids]]"–and a BattleTech poster) on the same pages. This arguably makes the scenario an official publication and raises its canonicity to [[apocryphal]], instead of mere non-canon. |
==Scenario== | ==Scenario== | ||
No date is given in the epigraph, and the location is given as "Istmar III". | No date is given in the epigraph, and the location is given as "Istmar III". | ||
| − | Forces from [[House Kurita]] have defeated the combined regular and [[mercenary]] forces of Houses [[House Steiner|Steiner]] and [[House Davion|Davion]]. A battle from two days before is mentioned. [[Hansen's Roughriders]] are withdrawing from their untenable position in the plains around Hannisport towards their transports to evacuate, pursued by enemy forces who are spearheaded by the [[Black Widow Company]]. To buy his unit time to escape, [[Gerhardt Hansen (31st c.)|Hansen]] ordered an ad hoc company of nine battered [[BattleMech]]s which were too damaged to escape the pursuers to stay behind and hold Connor's Pass to the last man, to delay the pursuers as long as possible. | + | Forces from [[House Kurita]] have defeated the combined regular and [[mercenary]] forces of Houses [[House Steiner|Steiner]] and [[House Davion|Davion]]. A battle from two days before is mentioned. [[Hansen's Roughriders]] are withdrawing from their untenable position in the plains around Hannisport towards their transports to evacuate, pursued by enemy forces who are spearheaded by the [[Black Widow Company]]. To buy his unit time to escape, [[Gerhardt Hansen (31st c.)|Hansen]] ordered an ad-hoc company of nine battered [[BattleMech]]s which were too damaged to escape the pursuers to stay behind and hold Connor's Pass to the last man, to delay the pursuers as long as possible. |
The attacker is the entire Black Widow Company, who enter the gameboard one [[lance]] at a time (Recon Lance on turn 1, Fire Lance on turn 2, and Command Lance on turn 4). | The attacker is the entire Black Widow Company, who enter the gameboard one [[lance]] at a time (Recon Lance on turn 1, Fire Lance on turn 2, and Command Lance on turn 4). | ||