Editing Malicious Intent

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| type                = Novel
| author              = [[Michael A. Stackpole]]
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| pages               = 314
| cover               = [[Roger Loveless]]
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| publisher           = [[Roc Books]]
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| year                = 01 March 1996
| ISBN10              = 0451453875
| ISBN13              = 978-0451453877
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| era                 = [[Clan Invasion era]]
| timeline            = [[3057]] &ndash; [[3058]]
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'''''Malicious Intent''''', by [[Michael A. Stackpole]], covers the dramatic aftermath of the [[Refusal War]] and [[Clan Jade Falcon]]'s assault on [[Coventry]]. The novel continues the plot from ''[[Bred for War]]'' and is the companion novel of ''[[I Am Jade Falcon]]''.

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==From the back cover==
{{quote|''In the wake of a [[Refusal War|civil war]] that nearly devastated the [[Clan Jade Falcon|Jade Falcons]] and pushed his own [[Clan Wolf|Wolf Clan]] into nonexistence, [[Vladimir Ward|Vlad of the Wards]] emerges harboring a powerful secret. He intends to use this secret to avenge the destruction of his Clan&mdash;and to reestablish the Wolves once again!''

''But the Jade Falcons have their own ambitious plans to stab deep into [[Katherine Steiner-Davion|Katrina Steiner]]'s [[Lyran Alliance]]. Katrina's only hope of stopping the Falcons is to enlist the aid of her brother and political rival, [[Victor Ian Steiner-Davion|Victor Davion]]. He accepts, but it may be his downfall, for Katrina could have just the means to destroy him once and for all...''}}

==Plot Summary==
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==Featured characters==
* [[Star Captain]] [[Vladimir Ward|Vladimir]]
* [[Khan]] [[Elias Crichell]]
* [[saKhan]] [[Vandervahn Chistu]]
* [[Archon-Prince]] [[Victor Ian Steiner-Davion]]
* [[Katherine Steiner-Davion]]
* [[Precentor Martial of ComStar|Precentor Martial]] [[Anastasius Focht]]
* [[Hauptmann (Rank)|Hauptmann]] [[Caradoc Trevena|Doc Trevena]]
* [[Shelly Brubaker]]
* [[Star Colonel]] [[Marthe Pryde]]

==Featured places==
* [[Wotan]]
* [[Coventry]]
* [[Tharkad]]
* [[Terra]]

==Featured BattleTech==
===BattleMechs===
* ''[[Archer]]''
* ''[[Catapult]]''
* ''[[Centurion (BattleMech)|Centurion]]''
* ''[[Commando]]''
* ''[[Enforcer]]''
* ''[[Executioner (Gladiator)]]''
* ''[[Horned Owl (Peregrine)]]''
* ''[[Howler (Baboon)]]''
* ''[[Hunchback]]''
* ''[[Incubus (Vixen)]]''
* ''[[Ostroc]]''
* ''[[Ostsol]]''
* ''[[Penetrator]]''
* ''[[Phoenix Hawk]]''
* ''[[Quickdraw]]''
* ''[[Rifleman]]''
* ''[[Timber Wolf (Mad Cat)]]''
* ''[[Vapor Eagle (Goshawk)]]''
* ''[[Vindicator]]''
* ''[[Warhawk (Masakari)]]''

===Aircraft===
* ''[[Transit|Transit Aerospace Fighter]]''

===DropShips===
* ''[[Leopard]]-class'' (''[[True Word (Leopard)|True Word]]'')
* ''[[Overlord]]-class''
* Unspecified class (''[[Barbarossa]]'', ''[[Lobo Negro]]'', ''[[Locrin]]'', ''[[Palamedes]]'', ''[[Tancred]]'')

===JumpShips===
* ''[[Boadicea]]''
* ''[[Dire Wolf (Individual Sovetskii Soyuz-class WarShip)|Dire Wolf]]''

==Alternative covers==
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Abgefeimte plaene.jpg|Original german 1997 cover.
Malicious Intent - Legends.jpg|[[BattleTech Legends]] Edition (2016)
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-| precededby          = ''[[Bred for War]]''
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-==Description==
 '''''Malicious Intent''''', by [[Michael A. Stackpole]], covers the dramatic aftermath of the [[Refusal War]] and [[Clan Jade Falcon]]'s assault on [[Coventry]]. The novel continues the plot from ''[[Bred for War]]'' and is the companion novel of ''[[I Am Jade Falcon]]''.
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 ==Plot Summary==
+<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].
-This novel has a variety of story arcs unfolding at once.
+</div>
-The novel opens not long after the death of Ulric Kerensky on Wotan. Vlad Ward is found in his mech under the rubble of a building. There he learns that his clan has been absorbed into the Jade Falcons. He then sets about undoing this via a variety of political intrigues and targeted challenges to the khans of the Falcons. By the end of this early story Arch Vlad has killed to Falcon Khans and brought back his Clan. He concludes in a discussion with Marthe Pryde, noting that both thier clans are so worn down that they could be subject to attacks from the other clans if they don't do something to show strength.
-This leads into the Lyran Alliance intrigues as we see the Jade Falcon demonstration of strength from the view of the Lyrans as they are beset by Jade falcon attacks.
-This portion of the story alternates between Katherine Davion, Victor Davion, and a Former Davion Mechwarrior being posted to a new unit as the Lyrans try to shuffle all "Davions" in "Lyran" units to out of the way posts. Eventually this finds Katherine Davion running into Vlad Ward, who strike up a friendship, and a low key alliance against thier common Falcon and Kell Hound Enemies.
-There is also a recurring tale of Comstar units on Terra preparing for troop rotations and a major exercise on Tukkayid, as concerns of a renewed invasion mount after the death of IlKhan Kerensky. This eventually leads into a short set of scenes from the fall of Terra to the Word of Blake. This plot line eventually leads to a small collection of diverse inner sphere units joining Comstar on Tukkayid for exercises against a "clan" style galaxy that has clan equipment and doctrine.
-Eventually, Clan Jade falcon's story line brings Khan Pryde to Coventry, where the Falcons battle the Lyran unit of "Davions"s. Here Clan Jade Falcon plans are to train their young warriors in combat against inner sphere units, and are delighted when the wolf's Dragoons come to relieve the embattle "Lyran" units. The Former Davion Mechwarrior and his company of light  mechs outperforms expectation over a multi month defensive campaign, and manages to link up with the Dragoons.
-Eventually Victor and Comstar learn of the poor outcomes in the battles on Coventry, and bring their crew of diverse inner sphere factions, alongside some Liao and Free Worlds Units to relieve Coventry again.
-With near parity in forces, The Falcons are trapped between their need to show strength, but also to preserve their forces. Eventually, Victor grants them Hegira, the right to leave the planet in defeat, and the Falcons accept, thus avoiding the conflict.
 ==Featured characters==
-{{div col|colwidth=25em}}
+* [[Star Captain]] [[Vladimir Ward|Vladimir]]
-* [[Colonel]] [[Daniel Allard]]
+* [[Khan]] [[Elias Crichell]]
-* [[Duke of St. Ives|Duke]] [[Kai Allard-Liao]]
-* [[Narimasa Asano]] (mentioned)
-* [[Leftenant General]] [[Tjuti Bakkish]] (mentioned)
-* [[Corporal]] [[Andy Bick]]
-* [[Captain]] [[Symerious Blade]]
-* [[Duke of Coventry|Duke]] [[Frederick Bradford]]
-* [[Colonel]] [[Octavius Brion]] (mentioned)
-* [[Colonel]] [[Shelly Brubaker]]
-* [[Marshal (rank)|Marshal]] [[Sharon Byran]]
-* [[saKhan]] [[Lucian Carns]]
 * [[saKhan]] [[Vandervahn Chistu]]
-* [[Leftenant]] [[Ricardo Copley]]
+* [[Archon-Prince]] [[Victor Ian Steiner-Davion]]
-* [[Jerrard Cranston]]
+* [[Katherine Steiner-Davion]]
-* [[Khan]] [[Elias Crichell]]
-* [[Demi-Precentor]] [[Stephen Crown]]
-* Agent [[Curaitis]]
-* [[Hauptmann (Rank)|Hauptmann]] [[Sharon Dome]]
-* [[Reggie Eagan]]
 * [[Precentor Martial of ComStar|Precentor Martial]] [[Anastasius Focht]]
-* [[Kommandant]] [[Grega]]
+* [[Hauptmann (Rank)|Hauptmann]] [[Caradoc Trevena|Doc Trevena]]
-* [[Colonel]] [[Evelena Haskell]] (mentioned)
+* [[Shelly Brubaker]]
-* [[Khan]] [[Ian Hawker]]
-* [[Galaxy Commander]] [[Rosendo Hazen]]
-* [[Rustam Iljir]] (mentioned)
-* Agent [[Hodari Jotto]]
-* [[Grand Duke of Arc-Royal|Grand Duke]] [[Morgan Kell]] (mentioned)
-* [[Khan]] [[Phelan Kell]]
-* [[ilKhan]] [[Ulric Kerensky]] (mentioned)
-* [[Khan]] [[Natasha Kerensky]] (mentioned)
-* [[Precentor]] [[Lisa Koenigs-Cober]]
-* [[Precentor]] [[Victor Kodis]]
-* [[Sang-shao]] [[Wu Kang Kuo]]
-* [[Hohiro Kurita]] (mentioned)
-* [[Omiko Kurita]] (mentioned)
-* [[David Lear]] (mentioned)
-* Doctor [[Deirdre Lear]] (mentioned)
-* [[Khan]] [[Severen Leroux]]
-* [[Mandrinn of Capella|Mandrinn]] [[Tormano Liao]]
-* [[Graf (noble title)|Graf]] [[Joseph Mannervek]]
-* [[John Lindsey]]
-* [[Ragnar Magnusson]]
-* [[Star Colonel]] [[Taman Malthus]] (mentioned)
-* [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Thomas Marik]] (mentioned)
-* [[Colonel]] [[Paul Masters]]
-* [[Primus]] [[Sharilar Mori]]
-* [[Leftenant]] [[Isobel Murdoch]]
-* [[Leftenant General]] [[Judith Niemeyer]]
-* [[Percy Nugent]]
-* [[Khan]] [[Lincoln Osis]]
-* [[Loremaster]] [[Kael Pershaw]]
 * [[Star Colonel]] [[Marthe Pryde]]
-* [[Star Captain]] [[Marialle Radick]]
-* [[Colonel]] [[Wayne Rogers]]
-* [[Ernst Rhuel]] (mentioned)
-* Chairman [[Gertrude Rhuel]] (mentioned)
-* [[Kommandant]] [[Horst Sarz]]
-* [[General of the Armies]] [[Nondi Steiner]]
-* [[Duke of Porrima|Duke]] [[Ryan Steiner]] (mentioned)
-* [[Archon of the Lyran Commonwealth|Archon]] [[Katherine Steiner-Davion]]
-* [[Archon-Prince of the Federated Commonwealth|Archon-Prince]] [[Victor Ian Steiner-Davion]]
-* [[Hauptmann (Rank)|Hauptmann]] [[Caradoc Trevena|Doc Trevena]]
-* [[Colonel]] [[Wayne Waco]] (mentioned)
-* [[Regina Walford]]
-* [[Star Colonel]] [[Conal Ward]] (mentioned)
-* [[Cyrilla Ward]] (mentioned)
-* [[Star Captain]] [[Vladimir Ward|Vladimir]]
-* [[Primus]] [[Myndo Waterly]] (mentioned)
-* [[Hauptmann (Rank)|Hauptmann]] [[Tony Wells]]
-* [[Precentor]] [[Regina Whitman]]
-* [[Baron (noble title)|Baron]] [[Erhardt Wichmann]]
-* [[General]] [[Ariana Winston]]
-* [[General]] [[Maeve Wolf]]
-{{div col end}}
 ==Featured places==
-{{div col|colwidth=25em}}
+* [[Wotan]]
-* [[Arc-Royal]]
 * [[Coventry]]
-* [[Engadine]]
+* [[Tharkad]]
-* [[Kiamba]]
-* [[MGC14239287]]
-* [[New Avalon]]
-* [[Raman]]
 * [[Terra]]
-* [[Tharkad]]
-* [[Tukayyid]]
-* [[Wotan]]
-* [[Wyatt]]
-* [[Morges]] (mentioned)
-* [[Bucklands]] (mentioned)
-* [[Twycross]] (mentioned)
-* [[Outreach]] (mentioned)
-{{div col end}}
 ==Featured BattleTech==
 ===BattleMechs===
-{{div col|colwidth=25em}}
 * ''[[Archer]]''
-* ''[[BattleMaster]]''
 * ''[[Catapult]]''
 * ''[[Centurion (BattleMech)|Centurion]]''
 * ''[[Commando]]''
-* ''[[Conjurer (Hellhound)]]''
-* ''[[Crusader]]''
 * ''[[Enforcer]]''
 * ''[[Executioner (Gladiator)]]''
-* ''[[Glass Spider (Galahad)]]''
-* ''[[Firestarter]]''
 * ''[[Horned Owl (Peregrine)]]''
 * ''[[Howler (Baboon)]]''
 * ''[[Hunchback]]''
 * ''[[Incubus (Vixen)]]''
-* ''[[JagerMech]]''
-* ''[[Jenner]]''
-* ''[[Locust]]''
 * ''[[Ostroc]]''
 * ''[[Ostsol]]''
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 * ''[[Quickdraw]]''
 * ''[[Rifleman]]''
-* ''[[Shadow Hawk]]''
-* ''[[Thunderbolt]]''
 * ''[[Timber Wolf (Mad Cat)]]''
-* ''[[Valkyrie]]''
 * ''[[Vapor Eagle (Goshawk)]]''
 * ''[[Vindicator]]''
 * ''[[Warhawk (Masakari)]]''
-* ''[[Wolverine (BattleMech)|Wolverine]]''
-{{div col end}}
 ===Aircraft===
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 ===DropShips===
-* ''[[Leopard (DropShip class)|Leopard]]-class'' (''[[True Word (Leopard)|True Word]]'')
+* ''[[Leopard]]-class'' (''[[True Word (Leopard)|True Word]]'')
-* ''[[Overlord (DropShip class)|Overlord]]-class''
+* ''[[Overlord]]-class''
 * Unspecified class (''[[Barbarossa]]'', ''[[Lobo Negro]]'', ''[[Locrin]]'', ''[[Palamedes]]'', ''[[Tancred]]'')
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 * ''[[Dire Wolf (Individual Sovetskii Soyuz-class WarShip)|Dire Wolf]]''
-<!--==Notes==-->
+==Alternative covers==
-==Foreign-Language Editions==
-===German===
-A German edition, translated by [[Reinhold H. Mai]], was published by [[Heyne]] in 1997 as ''Abgefeimte Pläne'' (ISBN 9783453094550).<ref>Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Catalog entry for [https://d-nb.info/949709263 ''Abgefeimte Pläne'']</ref>.  This was republished by [[Ulisses Medien & Spiel Distribution GmbH|Ulisses Spiele]] in 2018 as ''BattleTech Legenden 30: Abgefeimte Pläne'' (ISBN 9783957526939).<ref>Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Catalog entry for [https://d-nb.info/1154386740 ''BattleTech Legenden 30: Abgefeimte Pläne'']</ref>
-===Hungarian===
-A Hungarian edition, translated by Haga Györgyi Krisztina, was published by [[Beholder]] in 2000 as ''Sötét ármány''.<ref>Beholder product page for [http://beholder.hu/?m=bolt&cikk=179 ''Sötét ármány'']</ref>
-===Russian===
-A Russian edition, translated by M. Ishkov, was published by [[Армада]] (Armada) in 1998 as ''Преступные намерения'' (ISBN 5763206657). <ref> Science Fiction Lab Book description for [http://fantlab.ru/edition39414 Преступные намерения]</ref><ref> National Library of Russia description for [https://webservices.nlr.ru/util/?method=recordFormat&vid=07NLR_VU1&sysid=000013091&format=037&base=NLR01 Преступные намерения]</ref>
-===Spanish===
-A Spanish edition, translated by Anna Amado Bernardino, was published by [[Timun Mas]] in 2003 as [[List of BattleTech Print Novels in Spanish#Pérfidas intenciones|''Pérfidas intenciones'']].
-==Covers==
 <gallery>
-Image:Malicious Intent - Legends.jpg|[[BattleTech Legends]] Edition (2016).
+Abgefeimte plaene.jpg|Original german 1997 cover.
-Image:Abgefeimte plaene.jpg|1997 German edition.
+Malicious Intent - Legends.jpg|[[BattleTech Legends]] Edition (2016)
-Image:BattleTech Legenden 30 - Abgefeimte Pläne.jpg|2018 German edition (reprint).
-Image:Sötét ármány - 2000.jpg|2000 Hungarian edition.
-Image:Преступные намерения.jpg|1998 Russian edition.
-Image:SpanishBattletech-Perfidas_intenciones.jpg|Spanish edition.
 </gallery>
-=References=
-<references/>
 [[Category:Novels]]
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 [[Category:BattleCorps publications]]
 [[Category:Works by Michael A. Stackpole]]
-[[Category:German Editions]]
+[[Category:German edition]]
-[[Category:Hungarian Editions]]
-[[Category:Russian Editions]]
-[[Category:Spanish Editions]]