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Line 19: | content = | content = | era = [[Succession Wars era]] | era = [[Succession Wars era]] − | timeline = 5 April [[2997]] - 11 September [[2998]] + | timeline = 5 April [[2997]] | series = [[MechWarrior 5: Origins (series)|MechWarrior 5: Origins]] | series = [[MechWarrior 5: Origins (series)|MechWarrior 5: Origins]] | precededby = [[Vision's Hunger]] | precededby = [[Vision's Hunger]] − | followedby = [[Contested Dreams]] + | followedby = }} }} − '''''Endless War''''', subtitled ''A MechWarrior 5 Origins Series Story, Installment 3'', is an original [[BattleTech]] [[novella]] penned by [[Randall N. Bills]], offered as a free tie-in product supporting the ''[[MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries]]'' computer game. + '''''Endless War''''', subtitled ''A MechWarrior 5 Origins Series Story, Installment 3'', is an original [[BattleTech]] [[novella]] penned by [[Randall N. Bills]]. It was released in electronic format on 26 November 2019. − − It was originally released in electronic format on 26 November 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. − ==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. − Ryana Campbell is a [[Captain]] in the [[Twenty-first Striker Regiment]] of the elite [[Eridani Light Horse]], a skilled tactician and strategist who prefers to ward her [[company]] from the front, resisting promotion to avoid a command position outside of her ''Highlander'' [[BattleMech]]'s cockpit. Campbell is tapped to welcome the latest arrivals to the unit at their present garrison post on Hesperus II defending the mammoth [[Defiance Industries]], ensuring the promising trio from the [[Grave Walkers]] - Dawson Clemont and husband and wife team Nikolai Mason and Chloe Reed - fall under her direct command. − While she integrates the new arrivals, Hesperus II comes under attack by [[Free Worlds League]] raiding companies probing the planet's defenses. Though outnumbering the Marik troops, the lighter and much faster League forces easily outpace the heavier Light Horse elements on world with their [[Social General]] liaison officer [[Leutnant-General]] Wilhelm Mouttheim demanding Light Horse commander Colonel Charles Winston to actively hunt them down, with Campbell publicly vocal in her opposition. As the Light Horse unsuccessfully attempt to catch the Marik raiders with further Marik [[DropShip]]s en route to the planet, Ryana unbelievably finds Chloe Reed meeting with man calling himself Sebastian Spears to investigate a mysterious [[LosTech]] Phased-Array Sensor System, departing as quickly as he arrived.+ ==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. − As the Free Worlds League raid escalates into the [[Eleventh Battle of Hesperus II]], Mouttheim threatens a contract breach if the now heavily outnumbered Light Horse do not immediately advance and attack the Marik landing zones head-on, leading Ryana to angrily berate Colonel Wilson that would it be suicide. Quietly asking her what she would do instead and with Chloe silently encouraging her, Ryana lays out a detailed plan to use artillery to seal the main pass between the Marik DropShips and the Defiance factory, trapping the initial advance troops and triggering the remainder into retreat. Impressed by firsthand evidence of her reputed strategic talent, Wilson puts Campbell in command of the entire offensive as Operations Commander at HQ. While initially disheartened to be removed from direct combat, with Chloe taking field command of Ryana's company, when her plan succeeds perfectly Ryana comes to realize that she can do so much more to protect her fellow Light Horse from this place than she can ever do in the field.+ ==Plot summary== + {{sectionstub}} ==Featured Characters== ==Featured Characters== − * Captain [[Ryana Campbell]] + * [[Boris Tuls]] + * [[Charles Winston]] + * [[Chloe Reed]] + * [[Dawson Clarmont]] * [[Jasmine Carmine]] * [[Jasmine Carmine]] − * [[Dawson Clarmont]] + * Major Nigel − * [[Louise Fenstrom]]+ * [[Jeho Rahamad]] − * Major [[C.H.G. Keller]] (mentioned) − * Brevet General Kerston (mentioned) * [[Nikolai Mason]] * [[Nikolai Mason]] − * [[Wilhelm Mouttheim]] − * Major Nigel * Chief Tech Olfson * Chief Tech Olfson − * [[Jeho Rahamad]] + * Captain [[Rayna Campbell]] − * [[Chloe Reed]] * [[Sebastian Spears]] * [[Sebastian Spears]] − * [[Boris Tuls]] + * [[Wilhelm Mouttheim]] − * [[Charles Winston]] + * Major Keller (mentioned) + * Brevet General Kerston (mentioned) ==Featured BattleTech== ==Featured BattleTech== ===BattleMechs=== ===BattleMechs=== − * ''[[Highlander]]'' + * [[Highlander]] − * ''[[Locust]]'' + * [[Locust]] − * ''[[Shadow Hawk]]'' + * [[Shadow Hawk]] ===Vehicles=== ===Vehicles=== Line 67:
Line 66: * [[Hesperus II]] * [[Hesperus II]] + ==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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| pages = 81 (EPUB edition) | | pages = 81 (EPUB edition) | ||
| − | | cover = [[David Kerber]] | + | | cover = [[David Kerber]] |
| interiorart = | | interiorart = | ||
| illustrations = | | illustrations = | ||
| − | | publisher = [[MechaPub | + | | publisher = [[MechaPub Inc]] |
| productioncode = | | productioncode = | ||
| year = 26 November 2019 | | year = 26 November 2019 | ||
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| era = [[Succession Wars era]] | | era = [[Succession Wars era]] | ||
| − | | timeline = 5 April [[2997 | + | | timeline = 5 April [[2997]] |
| series = [[MechWarrior 5: Origins (series)|MechWarrior 5: Origins]] | | series = [[MechWarrior 5: Origins (series)|MechWarrior 5: Origins]] | ||
| precededby = [[Vision's Hunger]] | | precededby = [[Vision's Hunger]] | ||
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}} | }} | ||
| − | '''''Endless War''''', subtitled ''A MechWarrior 5 Origins Series Story, Installment 3'', is an original [[BattleTech]] [[novella]] penned by [[Randall N. Bills]] | + | '''''Endless War''''', subtitled ''A MechWarrior 5 Origins Series Story, Installment 3'', is an original [[BattleTech]] [[novella]] penned by [[Randall N. Bills]]. It was released in electronic format on 26 November 2019. |
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| − | It was | ||
| − | + | 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. | |
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| − | + | ==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. | ||
| − | + | ==Plot summary== | |
| + | {{sectionstub}} | ||
==Featured Characters== | ==Featured Characters== | ||
| − | * | + | * [[Boris Tuls]] |
| + | * [[Charles Winston]] | ||
| + | * [[Chloe Reed]] | ||
| + | * [[Dawson Clarmont]] | ||
* [[Jasmine Carmine]] | * [[Jasmine Carmine]] | ||
| − | * | + | * Major Nigel |
| − | + | * [[Jeho Rahamad]] | |
| − | * | ||
| − | |||
* [[Nikolai Mason]] | * [[Nikolai Mason]] | ||
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* Chief Tech Olfson | * Chief Tech Olfson | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * Captain [[Rayna Campbell]] |
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* [[Sebastian Spears]] | * [[Sebastian Spears]] | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Wilhelm Mouttheim]] |
| − | * | + | * Major Keller (mentioned) |
| + | * Brevet General Kerston (mentioned) | ||
==Featured BattleTech== | ==Featured BattleTech== | ||
===BattleMechs=== | ===BattleMechs=== | ||
| − | * | + | * [[Highlander]] |
| − | * | + | * [[Locust]] |
| − | * | + | * [[Shadow Hawk]] |
===Vehicles=== | ===Vehicles=== | ||
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* [[Hesperus II]] | * [[Hesperus II]] | ||
| + | ==Notes== | ||
[[Category:Short Stories]] | [[Category:Short Stories]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Novels]] | ||
[[Category:Works by Randall N. Bills]] | [[Category:Works by Randall N. Bills]] | ||