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Line 24: | followedby = [[A Skein of Schemes]] | followedby = [[A Skein of Schemes]] }} }} − '''''Knives in the Dark''''', subtitled ''A MechWarrior 5 Origins Series Story, Installment 6'', is an original [[BattleTech]] [[novella]] penned by [[Randall N. Bills]], offered as a free tie-in product supporting the ''[[MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries]]'' computer game. + '''''Knives in the Dark''''', subtitled ''A MechWarrior 5 Origins Series Story, Installment 6'', is an original [[BattleTech]] [[novella]] penned by [[Randall N. Bills]]. It was released in electronic format on 05 December 2019. − − It was originally released in electronic format on 05 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. − ==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. − Brooklyn Cameron-Jones is summoned by her uncle and ruler of the [[Principality of Regulus]] Count Derick Cameron-Jones, but rather than expecting Brooklyn to answer for accusations her actions crippled a [[JumpShip]], he asks her to comment candidly upon the tensions between brothers Anton and Janos Marik. Baffled by his actions, the Count insists that he knows Brooklyn would never do the acts for which she was accused, instead insisting that her actual crime was forgetting her noble position and that she must always be mindful of the endless machinations that ensue from it. Commenting just as the [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]]'s action have painted Anton into a corner which will likely lead to [[Marik Civil War (31st c.)|civil war]], despite her abilities to enhance [[House Cameron-Jones]] Brooklyn's action have left the Count no choice, stripping a tearful Brooklyn of her last name and banishing her from her family and the Principality of Regulus forever. − Five years layer Brooklyn Jales, her new last name a thinly veiled anagram of [[House Selaj|Selaj]], is the administration officer for the [[Chloe's Cavaliers]] [[mercenary unit]] serving as defensive detail for a ultimately fruitless [[Interstellar Expeditions]] dig on [[The Protectorate|the League Protectorate world]] of McKenna. As the depressed Cavaliers prepare to look for their next contract, Dawson Clarmont reveals that the [[Steel Guard]] is redeploying to the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] border with the planetary government offering a new defensive contract to the Cavaliers. A contract that means they don't have to redeploy seems ideal to the rest with only Brooklyn disagreeing, recognizing that Duke Anton Marik's offer to redeploy a unit known to be totally loyal to his brother elsewhere implies something is afoot.+ ==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. − With the rest of the Cavaliers convinced they will be able to fight their way out of any problem, Brooklyn is unable to protest more heavily an overt attack is unlikely without revealing her past, catching the attention of uneasy Nikolai Mason who has deeper secrets than her own. In short order as Brooklyn feared the Cavaliers come under repeated attack from supposed bandits who seem more interested in stirring up dissatisfaction with the Captain-General than stealing supplies. As Brooklyn attempts to dig for more information, an increasingly suspicious Nikolai follows her and uncovers a plot by the Anton-loyal planetary government to force the Cavaliers to acquiesce to the bandits by kidnapping Nikolai and Chloe's child. Nikolai tells an initially doubting Chloe that Brooklyn is that kidnapper as the pair split up, with an angry Chloe locating and shooting Brooklyn in the arm as she pleads she was trying to stop a blackmailed Dawson, with a Nikolai learning the truth only after mortally stabbing him.+ ==Plot summary== − + {{sectionstub}} − Burying Dawson on the farm they'd been defending as they lodge a complaint against the planetary government, Chloe and Nikolai unsuccessfully attempt to convince a heartbroken Brooklyn to stay, but the stark reminder of what her uncle told her leads Brooklyn to seek her own path alone. ==Featured Characters== ==Featured Characters== * [[Brooklynn Cameron-Jones]] (Brooklynn Jales) * [[Brooklynn Cameron-Jones]] (Brooklynn Jales) * Captain [[Chloe Reed]] * Captain [[Chloe Reed]] − * Count [[Derick Cameron-Jones]] + * Count [[Derrick Cameron-Jones|Derick Cameron-Jones]] * [[Dawson Clarmont]] * [[Dawson Clarmont]] * [[Fahad Arazad]] * [[Fahad Arazad]] * [[Nikolai Mason]] * [[Nikolai Mason]] − * [[Jake Mason|Chloe and Nikolai's Child]] * [[Ryana Campbell]] * [[Ryana Campbell]] * [[Albert Marik]] (mentioned) * [[Albert Marik]] (mentioned) * [[Anton Marik]] (mentioned) * [[Anton Marik]] (mentioned) − * [[Charles Marik (29th c.)|Charles Marik]] (mentioned) + * [[Charles Marik]] (mentioned) * [[Ian Cameron]] (mentioned) * [[Ian Cameron]] (mentioned) * [[Janos Marik]] (mentioned) * [[Janos Marik]] (mentioned) Line 57:
Line 54: ==Featured BattleTech== ==Featured BattleTech== ===BattleMechs=== ===BattleMechs=== − *''[[Catapult]]''+ − *''[[Grasshopper]]''+ − *''[[Griffin]]''+ ===Aerospace Fighters=== − *''[[Hermes]]''+ − *''[[Shadow Hawk]]'' ===DropShips=== ===DropShips=== − *''[[Union]]''-class − ===Vehicle=== − * [[Saturn Harvester]] ==Featured Places== ==Featured Places== * [[McKenna (system)|McKenna]] * [[McKenna (system)|McKenna]] * [[Regulus]] * [[Regulus]] + + ==Notes== + The canon character of Count [[Derrick Cameron-Jones]] is mispelt as "Derick", dropping one of the "r's". [[Category:Short Stories]] [[Category:Short Stories]] [[Category:Works by Randall N. Bills]] [[Category:Works by Randall N. Bills]]
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| − | '''''Knives in the Dark''''', subtitled ''A MechWarrior 5 Origins Series Story, Installment 6'', is an original [[BattleTech]] [[novella]] penned by [[Randall N. Bills]] | + | '''''Knives in the Dark''''', subtitled ''A MechWarrior 5 Origins Series Story, Installment 6'', is an original [[BattleTech]] [[novella]] penned by [[Randall N. Bills]]. It was released in electronic format on 05 December 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== | |
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==Featured Characters== | ==Featured Characters== | ||
* [[Brooklynn Cameron-Jones]] (Brooklynn Jales) | * [[Brooklynn Cameron-Jones]] (Brooklynn Jales) | ||
* Captain [[Chloe Reed]] | * Captain [[Chloe Reed]] | ||
| − | * Count [[Derick Cameron-Jones]] | + | * Count [[Derrick Cameron-Jones|Derick Cameron-Jones]] |
* [[Dawson Clarmont]] | * [[Dawson Clarmont]] | ||
* [[Fahad Arazad]] | * [[Fahad Arazad]] | ||
* [[Nikolai Mason]] | * [[Nikolai Mason]] | ||
| − | |||
* [[Ryana Campbell]] | * [[Ryana Campbell]] | ||
* [[Albert Marik]] (mentioned) | * [[Albert Marik]] (mentioned) | ||
* [[Anton Marik]] (mentioned) | * [[Anton Marik]] (mentioned) | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Charles Marik]] (mentioned) |
* [[Ian Cameron]] (mentioned) | * [[Ian Cameron]] (mentioned) | ||
* [[Janos Marik]] (mentioned) | * [[Janos Marik]] (mentioned) | ||
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==Featured BattleTech== | ==Featured BattleTech== | ||
===BattleMechs=== | ===BattleMechs=== | ||
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| − | + | ===Aerospace Fighters=== | |
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===DropShips=== | ===DropShips=== | ||
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==Featured Places== | ==Featured Places== | ||
* [[McKenna (system)|McKenna]] | * [[McKenna (system)|McKenna]] | ||
* [[Regulus]] | * [[Regulus]] | ||
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| + | ==Notes== | ||
| + | The canon character of Count [[Derrick Cameron-Jones]] is mispelt as "Derick", dropping one of the "r's". | ||
[[Category:Short Stories]] | [[Category:Short Stories]] | ||
[[Category:Works by Randall N. Bills]] | [[Category:Works by Randall N. Bills]] | ||