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Line 29: {{quote|''Possessing precious secret information that will lead them down the [[Exodus Road]], the [[Inner Sphere]] [[Successor States]] can now meet the [[Clans]] on their own terms... and behind enemy lines. The Herculean task of amassing enough power means re-establishing the legendary [[Star League]]—a union of Successor States and their BattleMechs led by [[Victor Steiner-Davion]]. But with the deadly game of politics make the Successor Lords wary of alliance, and Victor's Machiavellian sister, [[Katherine Steiner-Davion|Katrina Steiner]], hatching more vicious plots to further her own agendas, the war against the Clans may only be a distraction from the real danger...''}} {{quote|''Possessing precious secret information that will lead them down the [[Exodus Road]], the [[Inner Sphere]] [[Successor States]] can now meet the [[Clans]] on their own terms... and behind enemy lines. The Herculean task of amassing enough power means re-establishing the legendary [[Star League]]—a union of Successor States and their BattleMechs led by [[Victor Steiner-Davion]]. But with the deadly game of politics make the Successor Lords wary of alliance, and Victor's Machiavellian sister, [[Katherine Steiner-Davion|Katrina Steiner]], hatching more vicious plots to further her own agendas, the war against the Clans may only be a distraction from the real danger...''}} − ==Summary== + == Summary == − This novel has three major sections. + <div style="font-weight:bold; padding:10px 0px; text-align:center"> + [[Image:Madcat.gif|30px]] This section is a [[w:Wikipedia:Stub|stub]]. You can help BattleTechWiki by [{{SERVER}}{{localurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|action=edit}} expanding it]. + </div> − The longest section is the follow up to the novel "Malicious Intent" and covers the political intrigues of the "Whitting Conference" on Tharkad.+ == Featured characters == − Tharkad has all the major house powers conspiring against each other to achieve their varied ends while nominally creating the [[Second_Star_League|Second Star League]] and planning a counter offensive to the clans. − − Some of the major early plot points are the relationship between Victor and Omi Kurita, and the work of Katherine Steiner Davion to counter Victor Davion, while courting Favor with Sun-Tzu Liao and Thomas Marik. − − There is also some very early foreshadowing with the relationship between Isis Marik and Victor Davion. − − A lot of the major decisions about the Twilight of the clans are made at this conference, including the decision to focus on a single clan for extermination, the decision to make it the smoke Jaguars and the decision to put Focht and Victor in charge of the operation. − − Late in the planning Comstar reveals the Exodus road, and it is decided to send a force to hit Huntress at the same time the general invasion of the Jaguars is performed. − − It is also revealed that the Nova Cats have been conspiring with the Draconis Combine, to join the Second Star League. − − One of the interesting sub plots on Tharkad is Sun-Tzu's bid to be the first First Lord of the second star league. This ends up working, when Victor backs the plan to spite Katherine. − − On Strana Mechty, the clans are plotting the election of the next IlKhan, and the Wolves and the Falcons are working together to set the Smoke Jaguars up to fail as the IlKhan. − − The next section of the novel is something of a short interlude. It covers the introduction of Victor Davion to the Kurita Family, on Luthien, and peaks with Victor saving Omi from assassins, while being severely injured. − − The final portion of the novel covers snippets from the various battle of Operation Bulldog. − This portion contains some major character combat, including fighting by Victor in his [[Dire_Wolf_(Daishi)|Daishi]] alongside a [[Penetrator]] taking down a star. − It has a major scene of the major Clan Wolf players, Phelan, Ranna, and Ragmussan in a Gladiator, Warhawk and Ice Ferret against a trio of Jaguars in single combat. − − The results of the campaign against the clans is seen on [[Strana Mechty]], as the Wolves and Falcons conspire to ensure that the Jaguars receive no support from other clans. − − The book closes out with the war going so well for the Inner Sphere that the Jaguars begin to flee the inner sphere, causing Victor to realise that task force Serpent is likely to be overwhelmed with all the returning units on Huntress, and deciding to mount a second expedition to Huntress to reinforce them. − − In trying to talk Victor out of this path, Focht reveals he is in fact Frederick Steiner, while trying to convince Victor not to go, as he expects Katherine to take advantage of his absence to destroy the new unity of the inner Sphere. − − ==Featured characters== {{div col|colwidth=25em}} {{div col|colwidth=25em}} − * [[Marshal (rank)|Marshal]] [[Ann Adelmana]] of the [[Davion Heavy Guards]] + * [[Marshal]] [[Ann Adelmana]] of the [[Davion Heavy Guards]] * Elemental [[Adrienne (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|Adrienne]] of [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] * Elemental [[Adrienne (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|Adrienne]] of [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] * [[Colonel]] [[Daniel Allard]] of the [[Kell Hounds]] * [[Colonel]] [[Daniel Allard]] of the [[Kell Hounds]] Line 71:
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{{quote|''Possessing precious secret information that will lead them down the [[Exodus Road]], the [[Inner Sphere]] [[Successor States]] can now meet the [[Clans]] on their own terms... and behind enemy lines. The Herculean task of amassing enough power means re-establishing the legendary [[Star League]]—a union of Successor States and their BattleMechs led by [[Victor Steiner-Davion]]. But with the deadly game of politics make the Successor Lords wary of alliance, and Victor's Machiavellian sister, [[Katherine Steiner-Davion|Katrina Steiner]], hatching more vicious plots to further her own agendas, the war against the Clans may only be a distraction from the real danger...''}} | {{quote|''Possessing precious secret information that will lead them down the [[Exodus Road]], the [[Inner Sphere]] [[Successor States]] can now meet the [[Clans]] on their own terms... and behind enemy lines. The Herculean task of amassing enough power means re-establishing the legendary [[Star League]]—a union of Successor States and their BattleMechs led by [[Victor Steiner-Davion]]. But with the deadly game of politics make the Successor Lords wary of alliance, and Victor's Machiavellian sister, [[Katherine Steiner-Davion|Katrina Steiner]], hatching more vicious plots to further her own agendas, the war against the Clans may only be a distraction from the real danger...''}} | ||
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* Elemental [[Adrienne (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|Adrienne]] of [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] | * Elemental [[Adrienne (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|Adrienne]] of [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] | ||
* [[Colonel]] [[Daniel Allard]] of the [[Kell Hounds]] | * [[Colonel]] [[Daniel Allard]] of the [[Kell Hounds]] | ||
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* [[Stefan Amaris]] (mentioned) | * [[Stefan Amaris]] (mentioned) | ||
* [[Melissa Allard-Liao]] (mentioned) | * [[Melissa Allard-Liao]] (mentioned) | ||
| − | * | + | * [[Tai-sho]] [[Narimasa Asano]] |
* [[Primus of ComStar|Primus]] [[Jerome Blake]] (mentioned) | * [[Primus of ComStar|Primus]] [[Jerome Blake]] (mentioned) | ||
* [[Star Captain]] [[Vulcan Bowen]] of [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] | * [[Star Captain]] [[Vulcan Bowen]] of [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] | ||
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* [[Grand Duke of Arc-Royal]] [[Morgan Kell]] | * [[Grand Duke of Arc-Royal]] [[Morgan Kell]] | ||
* [[Khan]] [[Phelan Kell]] of [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]] | * [[Khan]] [[Phelan Kell]] of [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]] | ||
| − | * [[Commanding General | + | * [[Commanding General|General]] [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] (mentioned) |
* [[Khan]] [[Natasha Kerensky]] of [[Clan Wolf]] (mentioned) | * [[Khan]] [[Natasha Kerensky]] of [[Clan Wolf]] (mentioned) | ||
* [[ilKhan]] [[Nicholas Kerensky]] of [[Clan Wolf]] (mentioned) | * [[ilKhan]] [[Nicholas Kerensky]] of [[Clan Wolf]] (mentioned) | ||
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* [[saKhan]] [[Marialle Radick]] of [[Clan Wolf]] | * [[saKhan]] [[Marialle Radick]] of [[Clan Wolf]] | ||
* [[Leftenant]] [[Renard Sanderlin|Renard "Renny" Sanderlin]] of the [[10th Lyran Guards]] | * [[Leftenant]] [[Renard Sanderlin|Renard "Renny" Sanderlin]] of the [[10th Lyran Guards]] | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Baron]] of [[Robinson]] [[Tancred Sandoval]] |
* [[ilKhan]] [[Leo Showers]] of [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] (mentioned) | * [[ilKhan]] [[Leo Showers]] of [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] (mentioned) | ||
* [[Duke of New Syrtis|Duchess of New Syrtis]] [[Kym Sorenson|Kym Sorenson-Hasek]] | * [[Duke of New Syrtis|Duchess of New Syrtis]] [[Kym Sorenson|Kym Sorenson-Hasek]] | ||
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* [[Archon-Prince]] [[Victor Steiner-Davion|Victor Ian Steiner-Davion]] | * [[Archon-Prince]] [[Victor Steiner-Davion|Victor Ian Steiner-Davion]] | ||
* [[Khan]] [[Asa Taney]] of [[Clan Ice Hellion]] | * [[Khan]] [[Asa Taney]] of [[Clan Ice Hellion]] | ||
| − | * [[Star Captain]] [[Trent (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|Trent]] of [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] (Bloodhouse [[ | + | * [[Star Captain]] [[Trent (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|Trent]] of [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] (Bloodhouse [[Howell]]) (mentioned) |
* Elemental [[Trevor (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|Trevor]] of [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] | * Elemental [[Trevor (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|Trevor]] of [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] | ||
* [[Leftenant General]] [[Caradoc Trevena|Caradoc "Doc" Trevena]] | * [[Leftenant General]] [[Caradoc Trevena|Caradoc "Doc" Trevena]] | ||