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Line 21: | series = [[MechWarrior (video games)]] | series = [[MechWarrior (video games)]] | precededby = | precededby = − | followedby = [[MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries]] + | followedby = [[MechWarrior 4: Black Knight]] }} }} FASA Studio's '''''MechWarrior 4: Vengeance''''' is a 2000 computer game set in the [[BattleTech]] universe during the [[FedCom Civil War]] era. FASA Studio's '''''MechWarrior 4: Vengeance''''' is a 2000 computer game set in the [[BattleTech]] universe during the [[FedCom Civil War]] era. Line 102:
Line 101: * Mission 4a - '''Rescue Sister''' - Joanna's resistance forces launch an attack on the palace as a distraction, to enable Omega Lance to access Duke Eric's armory bunker and seize the 'Mechs there. Roland's forces ambushed the resistance, and Joanna is cut off in one of the command vehicles. Joanna urges Ian to assault the armory and become Duke of Kentares IV. Technical Officer Karl Sontag advises Ian that he should save his sister, and that Omega Lance can win without the equipment in the armory. Ian orders resistance commander Major Jerrard to call off the attack and get Joanna to safety. Omega Lance deploys via a hover drop maneuver into the city, fighting their way to Joanna's last known position and, once they find her medical transport, escorts her to safety. ([[MechWarrior 4: Vengeance/Rescue Sister|Transcript]]) * Mission 4a - '''Rescue Sister''' - Joanna's resistance forces launch an attack on the palace as a distraction, to enable Omega Lance to access Duke Eric's armory bunker and seize the 'Mechs there. Roland's forces ambushed the resistance, and Joanna is cut off in one of the command vehicles. Joanna urges Ian to assault the armory and become Duke of Kentares IV. Technical Officer Karl Sontag advises Ian that he should save his sister, and that Omega Lance can win without the equipment in the armory. Ian orders resistance commander Major Jerrard to call off the attack and get Joanna to safety. Omega Lance deploys via a hover drop maneuver into the city, fighting their way to Joanna's last known position and, once they find her medical transport, escorts her to safety. ([[MechWarrior 4: Vengeance/Rescue Sister|Transcript]]) − * Mission 4b - '''Capture Supplies''' - Joanna's resistance forces launch an attack on the palace as a distraction, to enable Omega Lance to access Duke Eric's armory bunker and seize the 'Mechs there. Roland's forces ambushed the resistance, and Joanna is cut off in one of the command vehicles. Joanna urges Ian to assault the armory and become Duke of Kentares IV. Technical Officer Karl Sontag advises Ian that he should save his sister, and that Omega Lance can win without the equipment in the armory. On Joanna's advice, Ian leads Omega Lance in an assault on the armory, though Captain Damon Squire goes AWOL and sets off alone to try to rescue Joanna. Omega Lance fights its way past Vonda Castro's elite troops, who knew about the armory and laid an ambush there. Once Castro is dead, Omega Lance seizes the armory and prepares to use the contents in the assault on the palace. Ian receives a report that nobody in his sister's resistance unit returned from the ambush. (Note - this is the story path that is followed by the ''Black Knight'' expansion. However, the expansion is a video game, none of which fall under the current definition of canon. Therefore, Joanna's death mentioned in ''Black Knight'' is NOT canonical). ([[MechWarrior 4: Vengeance/Capture Supplies|Transcript]]) + * Mission 4b - '''Capture Supplies''' - Joanna's resistance forces launch an attack on the palace as a distraction, to enable Omega Lance to access Duke Eric's armory bunker and seize the 'Mechs there. Roland's forces ambushed the resistance, and Joanna is cut off in one of the command vehicles. Joanna urges Ian to assault the armory and become Duke of Kentares IV. Technical Officer Karl Sontag advises Ian that he should save his sister, and that Omega Lance can win without the equipment in the armory. On Joanna's advice, Ian leads Omega Lance in an assault on the armory, though Captain Damon Squire goes AWOL and sets off alone to try to rescue Joanna. Omega Lance fights its way past Vonda Castro's elite troops, who knew about the armory and laid an ambush there. Once Castro is dead, Omega Lance seizes the armory and prepares to use the contents in the assault on the palace. Ian receives a report that nobody in his sister's resistance unit returned from the ambush. (Note - this is the story path that is followed by the Black Knight expansion. However, the expansion is a video game, none of which fall under the current definition of canon. Therefore, Joanna's death mentioned in Black Knight is NOT canonical). ([[MechWarrior 4: Vengeance/Capture Supplies|Transcript]]) ====Operation 7==== ====Operation 7==== Line 124:
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Line 147: ==Black Knight Expansion Pack== ==Black Knight Expansion Pack== − [[Image:MW4 BK logo.png|thumb|right|The box art of ''Black Knight'' expansion]] + [[Image:MW4 BK logo.png|thumb|right|The box art of Black Knight expansion]] ===Storyline=== ===Storyline=== After [[Ian Dresari]] came to power as Duke of [[Kentares IV]], many of the leaders of the revolution that put him in power turned against him over his having left his sister, Joanna, to die, and formed a new rebel army to depose Ian. Attempting to solidify his rule as the FedCom Civil War raged around Kentares, Ian cracked down on political dissent. Seeing an opportunity to weaken a pro-Victor Duke, a pro-Katrina officer, Major Clarissa Dupres, hired the [[Black Knight Legion]] to break [[Davion]] power over Kentares IV and kill Ian Dresari. After [[Ian Dresari]] came to power as Duke of [[Kentares IV]], many of the leaders of the revolution that put him in power turned against him over his having left his sister, Joanna, to die, and formed a new rebel army to depose Ian. Attempting to solidify his rule as the FedCom Civil War raged around Kentares, Ian cracked down on political dissent. Seeing an opportunity to weaken a pro-Victor Duke, a pro-Katrina officer, Major Clarissa Dupres, hired the [[Black Knight Legion]] to break [[Davion]] power over Kentares IV and kill Ian Dresari. Line 155:
Line 154: ===Canonicity=== ===Canonicity=== − The ''Black Knight'' campaign appears to be only partially consistent with canon. The Federated Commonwealth Civil War sourcebook notes that Ian spent Wave Two and Wave Three of the Civil War tracking down Katrina-loyalists and fighting off attacks on Kentares IV. The MechWarrior Dark Age pilot cards include Victor Dresari, the eldest son and heir apparent of Duke Aidan Dresari of Kentares IV circa 3130, indicating that a Dresari (possibly Ian) survived and passed control of Kentares IV to his/her descendants despite the best efforts of the Black Knight Legion. (While William is dead, Joanna was only depicted as dead in an alternate ending (B) of an apocryphal game, and the apocryphal expansion of this ending, making her a possible ancestor to Aidan Dresari. Still, Joanna's existence itself is apocryphal, while Ian's is canonical and certain. Moreover, as the eldest direct descendant of Duke Eric Dresari, Duke Ian is more likely to be Duke Aidan's ancestor. Joanna's possible branch would then be parallel. Still, a full genealogical tree of House Dresari not being available, fans are left to interpret Aidan's lineage in any canonically consistent way they wish). + The Black Knight campaign appears to be only partially consistent with canon. The Federated Commonwealth Civil War sourcebook notes that Ian spent Wave Two and Wave Three of the Civil War tracking down Katrina-loyalists and fighting off attacks on Kentares IV. The MechWarrior Dark Age pilot cards include Victor Dresari, the eldest son and heir apparent of Duke Aidan Dresari of Kentares IV circa 3130, indicating that a Dresari (possibly Ian) survived and passed control of Kentares IV to his/her descendants despite the best efforts of the Black Knight Legion. (While William is dead, Joanna was only depicted as dead in an alternate ending (B) of an apocryphal game, and the apocryphal expansion [[of this ending]], making her a possible ancestor to Aidan Dresari. Still, Joanna's existence itself is apocryphal, while Ian's is canonical and certain. Moreover, as the eldest direct descendant of Duke Eric Dresari, Duke Ian is more likely to be Duke Aidan's ancestor. Joanna's possible branch would then be parallel. Still, a full genealogical tree of House Dresari not being available, fans are left to interpret Aidan's lineage in any canonically consistent way they wish). − Ian's arrest of political dissidents and suppression of KFA rebels is consistent with "tracking down Katrina-loyalists" and his forces' battles against the Black Knight Legion is consistent with "fighting off attacks on Kentares IV." Operations 1, 2, and 5 are consistent with canon, but ''Black Knight'' diverges by winning against Dresari's forces in Operations 3 and 4. A story branch that does not violate canon would have the Legion withdrawing after the betrayal and exacting vengeance on Major Dupres on Voltrat 3 without toppling Ian's rule. + Ian's arrest of political dissidents and suppression of KFA rebels is consistent with "tracking down Katrina-loyalists" and his forces' battles against the Black Knight Legion is consistent with "fighting off attacks on Kentares IV." Operations 1, 2, and 5 are consistent with canon, but Black Knight diverges by winning against Dresari's forces in Operations 3 and 4. A story branch that does not violate canon would have the Legion withdrawing after the betrayal and exacting vengeance on Major Dupres on Voltrat 3 without toppling Ian's rule. ===Black Knight Legion TO&E=== ===Black Knight Legion TO&E=== Line 168:
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Line 219: * Mission 3 - '''Pillage''' - Striker Lance attacks the last Steiner Mechworks, supported by a Legion infiltration unit of infantry and MechWarriors. ([[MechWarrior 4: Vengeance/Pillage|Transcript]]) * Mission 3 - '''Pillage''' - Striker Lance attacks the last Steiner Mechworks, supported by a Legion infiltration unit of infantry and MechWarriors. ([[MechWarrior 4: Vengeance/Pillage|Transcript]]) − * Mission 4 - '''Pay Day''' - Striker Lance attacks Major Dupree's headquarters while Hammer Lance holds off her reinforcements. Striker Lance takes out Major Dupree's 'Mech, but she uses an escape pod to launch for the DropShip ''[[Chimera (Individual DropShip)|Chimera]]'' in orbit, ordering them to prepare to pick her up and then bombard the surface. Eric destroys her pod before it gets out of range, avenging Colonel Lawhorn. ([[MechWarrior 4: Vengeance/Pay Day|Transcript]]) + * Mission 4 - '''Pay Day''' - Striker Lance attacks Major Dupree's headquarters while Hammer Lance holds off her reinforcements. Striker Lance takes out Major Dupree's 'Mech, but she uses an escape pod to launch for the DropShip Chimera in orbit, ordering them to prepare to pick her up and then bombard the surface. Eric destroys her pod before it gets out of range, avenging Colonel Lawhorn. ([[MechWarrior 4: Vengeance/Pay Day|Transcript]]) '''Aftermath''' '''Aftermath'''
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FASA Studio's '''''MechWarrior 4: Vengeance''''' is a 2000 computer game set in the [[BattleTech]] universe during the [[FedCom Civil War]] era. | FASA Studio's '''''MechWarrior 4: Vengeance''''' is a 2000 computer game set in the [[BattleTech]] universe during the [[FedCom Civil War]] era. | ||
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* Mission 4a - '''Rescue Sister''' - Joanna's resistance forces launch an attack on the palace as a distraction, to enable Omega Lance to access Duke Eric's armory bunker and seize the 'Mechs there. Roland's forces ambushed the resistance, and Joanna is cut off in one of the command vehicles. Joanna urges Ian to assault the armory and become Duke of Kentares IV. Technical Officer Karl Sontag advises Ian that he should save his sister, and that Omega Lance can win without the equipment in the armory. Ian orders resistance commander Major Jerrard to call off the attack and get Joanna to safety. Omega Lance deploys via a hover drop maneuver into the city, fighting their way to Joanna's last known position and, once they find her medical transport, escorts her to safety. ([[MechWarrior 4: Vengeance/Rescue Sister|Transcript]]) | * Mission 4a - '''Rescue Sister''' - Joanna's resistance forces launch an attack on the palace as a distraction, to enable Omega Lance to access Duke Eric's armory bunker and seize the 'Mechs there. Roland's forces ambushed the resistance, and Joanna is cut off in one of the command vehicles. Joanna urges Ian to assault the armory and become Duke of Kentares IV. Technical Officer Karl Sontag advises Ian that he should save his sister, and that Omega Lance can win without the equipment in the armory. Ian orders resistance commander Major Jerrard to call off the attack and get Joanna to safety. Omega Lance deploys via a hover drop maneuver into the city, fighting their way to Joanna's last known position and, once they find her medical transport, escorts her to safety. ([[MechWarrior 4: Vengeance/Rescue Sister|Transcript]]) | ||
| − | * Mission 4b - '''Capture Supplies''' - Joanna's resistance forces launch an attack on the palace as a distraction, to enable Omega Lance to access Duke Eric's armory bunker and seize the 'Mechs there. Roland's forces ambushed the resistance, and Joanna is cut off in one of the command vehicles. Joanna urges Ian to assault the armory and become Duke of Kentares IV. Technical Officer Karl Sontag advises Ian that he should save his sister, and that Omega Lance can win without the equipment in the armory. On Joanna's advice, Ian leads Omega Lance in an assault on the armory, though Captain Damon Squire goes AWOL and sets off alone to try to rescue Joanna. Omega Lance fights its way past Vonda Castro's elite troops, who knew about the armory and laid an ambush there. Once Castro is dead, Omega Lance seizes the armory and prepares to use the contents in the assault on the palace. Ian receives a report that nobody in his sister's resistance unit returned from the ambush. (Note - this is the story path that is followed by the | + | * Mission 4b - '''Capture Supplies''' - Joanna's resistance forces launch an attack on the palace as a distraction, to enable Omega Lance to access Duke Eric's armory bunker and seize the 'Mechs there. Roland's forces ambushed the resistance, and Joanna is cut off in one of the command vehicles. Joanna urges Ian to assault the armory and become Duke of Kentares IV. Technical Officer Karl Sontag advises Ian that he should save his sister, and that Omega Lance can win without the equipment in the armory. On Joanna's advice, Ian leads Omega Lance in an assault on the armory, though Captain Damon Squire goes AWOL and sets off alone to try to rescue Joanna. Omega Lance fights its way past Vonda Castro's elite troops, who knew about the armory and laid an ambush there. Once Castro is dead, Omega Lance seizes the armory and prepares to use the contents in the assault on the palace. Ian receives a report that nobody in his sister's resistance unit returned from the ambush. (Note - this is the story path that is followed by the Black Knight expansion. However, the expansion is a video game, none of which fall under the current definition of canon. Therefore, Joanna's death mentioned in Black Knight is NOT canonical). ([[MechWarrior 4: Vengeance/Capture Supplies|Transcript]]) |
====Operation 7==== | ====Operation 7==== | ||
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===Medium 'Mechs=== | ===Medium 'Mechs=== | ||
* ''[[Bushwacker]]'' | * ''[[Bushwacker]]'' | ||
| − | * ''[[ | + | * ''[[Chimera]]'' |
* ''[[Hellspawn]]'' | * ''[[Hellspawn]]'' | ||
* ''[[Shadow Cat]]'' | * ''[[Shadow Cat]]'' | ||
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==Black Knight Expansion Pack== | ==Black Knight Expansion Pack== | ||
| − | [[Image:MW4 BK logo.png|thumb|right|The box art of | + | [[Image:MW4 BK logo.png|thumb|right|The box art of Black Knight expansion]] |
===Storyline=== | ===Storyline=== | ||
After [[Ian Dresari]] came to power as Duke of [[Kentares IV]], many of the leaders of the revolution that put him in power turned against him over his having left his sister, Joanna, to die, and formed a new rebel army to depose Ian. Attempting to solidify his rule as the FedCom Civil War raged around Kentares, Ian cracked down on political dissent. Seeing an opportunity to weaken a pro-Victor Duke, a pro-Katrina officer, Major Clarissa Dupres, hired the [[Black Knight Legion]] to break [[Davion]] power over Kentares IV and kill Ian Dresari. | After [[Ian Dresari]] came to power as Duke of [[Kentares IV]], many of the leaders of the revolution that put him in power turned against him over his having left his sister, Joanna, to die, and formed a new rebel army to depose Ian. Attempting to solidify his rule as the FedCom Civil War raged around Kentares, Ian cracked down on political dissent. Seeing an opportunity to weaken a pro-Victor Duke, a pro-Katrina officer, Major Clarissa Dupres, hired the [[Black Knight Legion]] to break [[Davion]] power over Kentares IV and kill Ian Dresari. | ||
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===Canonicity=== | ===Canonicity=== | ||
| − | The | + | The Black Knight campaign appears to be only partially consistent with canon. The Federated Commonwealth Civil War sourcebook notes that Ian spent Wave Two and Wave Three of the Civil War tracking down Katrina-loyalists and fighting off attacks on Kentares IV. The MechWarrior Dark Age pilot cards include Victor Dresari, the eldest son and heir apparent of Duke Aidan Dresari of Kentares IV circa 3130, indicating that a Dresari (possibly Ian) survived and passed control of Kentares IV to his/her descendants despite the best efforts of the Black Knight Legion. (While William is dead, Joanna was only depicted as dead in an alternate ending (B) of an apocryphal game, and the apocryphal expansion [[of this ending]], making her a possible ancestor to Aidan Dresari. Still, Joanna's existence itself is apocryphal, while Ian's is canonical and certain. Moreover, as the eldest direct descendant of Duke Eric Dresari, Duke Ian is more likely to be Duke Aidan's ancestor. Joanna's possible branch would then be parallel. Still, a full genealogical tree of House Dresari not being available, fans are left to interpret Aidan's lineage in any canonically consistent way they wish). |
| − | Ian's arrest of political dissidents and suppression of KFA rebels is consistent with "tracking down Katrina-loyalists" and his forces' battles against the Black Knight Legion is consistent with "fighting off attacks on Kentares IV." Operations 1, 2, and 5 are consistent with canon, but | + | Ian's arrest of political dissidents and suppression of KFA rebels is consistent with "tracking down Katrina-loyalists" and his forces' battles against the Black Knight Legion is consistent with "fighting off attacks on Kentares IV." Operations 1, 2, and 5 are consistent with canon, but Black Knight diverges by winning against Dresari's forces in Operations 3 and 4. A story branch that does not violate canon would have the Legion withdrawing after the betrayal and exacting vengeance on Major Dupres on Voltrat 3 without toppling Ian's rule. |
===Black Knight Legion TO&E=== | ===Black Knight Legion TO&E=== | ||
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* Phoenix Wing | * Phoenix Wing | ||
* Sundance Wing | * Sundance Wing | ||
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* Nova Wing | * Nova Wing | ||
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* Mission 3 - '''Pillage''' - Striker Lance attacks the last Steiner Mechworks, supported by a Legion infiltration unit of infantry and MechWarriors. ([[MechWarrior 4: Vengeance/Pillage|Transcript]]) | * Mission 3 - '''Pillage''' - Striker Lance attacks the last Steiner Mechworks, supported by a Legion infiltration unit of infantry and MechWarriors. ([[MechWarrior 4: Vengeance/Pillage|Transcript]]) | ||
| − | * Mission 4 - '''Pay Day''' - Striker Lance attacks Major Dupree's headquarters while Hammer Lance holds off her reinforcements. Striker Lance takes out Major Dupree's 'Mech, but she uses an escape pod to launch for the DropShip | + | * Mission 4 - '''Pay Day''' - Striker Lance attacks Major Dupree's headquarters while Hammer Lance holds off her reinforcements. Striker Lance takes out Major Dupree's 'Mech, but she uses an escape pod to launch for the DropShip Chimera in orbit, ordering them to prepare to pick her up and then bombard the surface. Eric destroys her pod before it gets out of range, avenging Colonel Lawhorn. ([[MechWarrior 4: Vengeance/Pay Day|Transcript]]) |
'''Aftermath''' | '''Aftermath''' | ||