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Line 24: | followedby = [[Knives in the Dark]] | followedby = [[Knives in the Dark]] }} }} − '''''Dissimulate Wanderer''''', subtitled ''A MechWarrior 5 Origins Series Story, Installment 5'', is an original [[BattleTech]] [[novella]] penned by [[Randall N. Bills]], offered as a free tie-in product supporting the ''[[MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries]]'' computer game. It was originally released in electronic format on 02 December 2019, before being also included in an electronic omnibus collection on 12 December 2019, two days after the game's launch. The novella was later re-released as part of ''[[The Mercenary Life]]'' anthology released 12 April 2021, with an additional author postscript. + '''''Dissimulate Wanderer''''', subtitled ''A MechWarrior 5 Origins Series Story, Installment 5'', is an original [[BattleTech]] [[novella]] penned by [[Randall N. Bills]]. It was released in electronic format on 02 December 2019. − ==Plot summary==+ The ''MechWarrior 5 Origins'' series is offered as a free tie-in product supporting the [[MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries]] computer game; the individual stories narrate the backgrounds of important characters from the game. − Fifteen-year-old [[Fahad Arazad]], being trained as a [[BattleMech]] [[Astech]] to his 'Mech Tech father, accompanies him on a once in a lifetime trip to Matamoras to experience the lull in the Sirocco region's relentless windstorms. Witnessing his father cry for the first time as his faith in Allah is reaffirmed at the natural wind-shaped splendor of the region during the Sirocco's eye of the storm, Fahad is much more interested in seeing the workings of the [[LosTech]] shelter they are constructing to survive the night. For while his father and his family are a strict adherent of the ''[[Azami]]'' faith, Fahad is forced to hide that he does not believe. − Three years later back on their homeworld of [[Al Na'ir]], Fahad has found an outlet for masking his lack of faith, secretly meeting with a trio of teenage friends to drink, smoke and discuss their hatred of [[House Kurita]] and its oppression of their people. In the middle of a treasonous rant Fahad discovers his father has followed him there, chastising his son for his betrayal of his ''Azami'' roots, insisting that even if House Kurita falls short, the ''Azami'' themselves will honor the agreement they made with complete fidelity. Despite his vow to redeem his son, over the next two years Fahad continues to secretly meet with his friends as they move toward direct action, culminating in successfully sabotaging a [[Yori 'Mech Works]] facility, the anti-''Azami'' [[Dieron Military District]] [[Tai-shu|Warlord]] publicly shamed when the massive explosion cripples production for years.+ ==Canonicity== + This novella is a promotional publication going with MechWarrior 5 and, like MechWarrior 5, derives from [[Piranha Games]]' license to BattleTech video games instead of the (distinct) "mainline" BattleTech license held by [[Catalyst Game Labs]]. As such it does not meet the criteria for canon in the "mainline" BattleTech universe and is therefore flagged as apocryphal. − In the immediate aftermath of the explosion, Fahad is confronted by his angry father, incensed that he would use the ancient ''Azami'' practice of ''[[w:Taqiya|al-taqiyya]]'' to dissimulate and hide both his lack of faith and treason against House Kurita from his family, exiling him as an ''Altayih'' - wanderer. Vowing to embrace his father's curse and become a mercenary technician, despite Fahad's belief he will find a more welcoming existence within the greater Inner Sphere, he constantly finds himself hampered as much by his ''Azami'' heritage as his forthright tongue. It is only when he signs on with the newly formed [[Chloe's Cavaliers]] and their first contract searching for relics for [[Interstellar Expeditions]] on Lungdo does he finally find among its disparate members the closest approximation of a real home for the first time in his life.+ ==Plot summary== + {{sectionstub}} ==Featured Characters== ==Featured Characters== − * [[Alita (Al Na'ir)|Alita]]+ {{sectionstub}} − * Sergeant [[Brooklynn Jales]] − * Captain [[Chloe Reed]] − * Lieutenant Corals − * [[Dawson Clarmont]] − * [[Fahad Arazad]] − * [[Jabal Arazad]] − * Dr. [[Jolinda Hays]] − * Joseph − * [[Nikolai Mason]] − * Omar − * [[Ryana Campbell]] − * [[Kamen DeGruen]] (mentioned) − * [[Sebastian Spears|Spears]] (mentioned) ==Featured BattleTech== ==Featured BattleTech== ===BattleMechs=== ===BattleMechs=== − * ''[[Atlas (BattleMech)|Atlas]]'' + * ''[[Atlas]]'' * ''[[Catapult]]'' * ''[[Catapult]]'' * ''[[Highlander]]'' * ''[[Highlander]]'' * ''[[Marauder]]'' * ''[[Marauder]]'' − ===Aerospace fighters=== + ===Aerospace Fighters=== * ''[[Sholagar]]'' (mentioned) * ''[[Sholagar]]'' (mentioned) ===DropShips=== ===DropShips=== − * ''[[Union]]''-class + * ''[[Union]]''-class DropShip − ==Featured places== + ==Featured Places== * [[Al Na'ir]] * [[Al Na'ir]] * [[Layover]] * [[Layover]] * [[Lungdo]] * [[Lungdo]] * [[Matamoras]] * [[Matamoras]] − * [[Tannil]] (mentioned) + ==Notes== [[Category:Short Stories]] [[Category:Short Stories]] + [[Category:Novels]] [[Category:Works by Randall N. Bills]] [[Category:Works by Randall N. Bills]]
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| − | '''''Dissimulate Wanderer''''', subtitled ''A MechWarrior 5 Origins Series Story, Installment 5'', is an original [[BattleTech]] [[novella]] penned by [[Randall N. Bills]] | + | '''''Dissimulate Wanderer''''', subtitled ''A MechWarrior 5 Origins Series Story, Installment 5'', is an original [[BattleTech]] [[novella]] penned by [[Randall N. Bills]]. It was released in electronic format on 02 December 2019. |
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==Featured BattleTech== | ==Featured BattleTech== | ||
===BattleMechs=== | ===BattleMechs=== | ||
| − | * ''[[ | + | * ''[[Atlas]]'' |
* ''[[Catapult]]'' | * ''[[Catapult]]'' | ||
* ''[[Highlander]]'' | * ''[[Highlander]]'' | ||
* ''[[Marauder]]'' | * ''[[Marauder]]'' | ||
| − | ===Aerospace | + | ===Aerospace Fighters=== |
* ''[[Sholagar]]'' (mentioned) | * ''[[Sholagar]]'' (mentioned) | ||
===DropShips=== | ===DropShips=== | ||
| − | * ''[[Union]]''-class | + | * ''[[Union]]''-class DropShip |
| − | ==Featured | + | ==Featured Places== |
* [[Al Na'ir]] | * [[Al Na'ir]] | ||
* [[Layover]] | * [[Layover]] | ||
* [[Lungdo]] | * [[Lungdo]] | ||
* [[Matamoras]] | * [[Matamoras]] | ||
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| + | ==Notes== | ||
[[Category:Short Stories]] | [[Category:Short Stories]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Novels]] | ||
[[Category:Works by Randall N. Bills]] | [[Category:Works by Randall N. Bills]] | ||