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| − | | type = Anthology<br />Novel
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| − | | author = [[Randall N. Bills]]
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| − | | pages = 528
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| − | | cover = [[David Kerber]]
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| − | | publisher = [[MechaPub Inc]]
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| − | | year = 12 December 2019
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| − | | MSRP = Free
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| − | | era = [[Succession Wars era]]
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| − | | timeline = 5 December [[2991]] - 21 October [[3013]]
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| − | A self-described anthology, '''''MechWarrior 5: Origins'''''–otherwise referred to as the ''MechWarrior 5 Origins Series''–is a collection of eight original [[BattleTech]] [[short stories]] (called novellas by the publisher) penned by [[Randall N. Bills]]. These stories were first offered individually just prior to the launch of the [[MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries]] computer game as free tie-in fiction in electronic format, and then also in an electronic omnibus collection on 12 December 2019, two days after the game's launch.
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| − | The individual stories narrate the backgrounds of important characters from the game and the genesis of the [[Nik's Cavaliers]] [[mercenary unit]]. As they are interconnected, they can arguably be regarded as individual chapters of a single story, and the anthology can thus arguably be described as a novel. (The stories' combined wordcount in the anthology significantly exceeds 40,000 words.)
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| − | ==Canonicity==
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| − | This publication is a promotional publication going with the MechWarrior 5 game 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.
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| − | ==Individual short stories==
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| − | *''[[The Calm of the Void]]''
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| − | *''[[Vision's Hunger]]''
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| − | *''[[Endless War]]''
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| − | *''[[Contested Dreams]]''
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| − | *''[[Dissimulate Wanderer]]''
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| − | *''[[Knives in the Dark]]''
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| − | *''[[A Skein of Schemes]]''
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| − | *''[[Obligation's Forge]]''
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| − | ==External Links==
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| − | *[https://mw5mercs.com/novellas Download link] on MW5 website
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| − | [[Category:Anthologies]]
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| − | [[Category:Novels]]
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| − | [[Category:Works by Randall N. Bills]]
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