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−	Told from the viewpoint of [[Major]] [[Tara Lucas (31st c.)|Tara Lucas]], the story narrates how [[Wolf's Dragoons]]' famous [[Zeta Battalion]] is lost in the Dragoons' ill-fated [[Battle of Mars (3067)|attack on Mars]]. Weakened from losses during planetfall and against hostile environmental conditions, strong enemy forces, and even orbital bombardment from enemy [[WarShip]]s, Zeta Battalion nevertheless relentlessly and stubbornly continues the attack, knowing that they cannot turn back. In command after the death of Colonel [[J. Elliot Jamison|Jamison]], Tara Lucas rallies the troops for a last frontal assault.	+	Told from the viewpoint of [[Major]] [[Tara Lucas]], the story narrates how [[Wolf's Dragoons]]' famous [[Zeta Battalion]] is lost in the Dragoons' ill-fated [[Battle of Mars (3067)|attack on Mars]]. Weakened from losses during planetfall and against hostile environmental conditions, strong enemy forces, and even orbital bombardment from enemy [[WarShip]]s, Zeta Battalion nevertheless relentlessly and stubbornly continues the attack, knowing that they cannot turn back. In command after the death of Colonel [[J. Elliot Jamison|Jamison]], Tara Lucas rallies the troops for a last frontal assault.
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{{InfoBoxProduct | image = | name = | type = Short story | author = [[Jason Schmetzer]] | development = | primarywriting = | pages = 19 | cover = | interiorart = | illustrations = | publisher = [[BattleCorps]] | productioncode = | year = 23 September 2006 | ISBN10 = | ISBN13 = | MSRP = | content = | era = [[Civil War era]]<br />[[Jihad era]] | timeline = 9 December [[3067]] | series = | precededby = | followedby = }} '''''Tales of the Jihad: the Last Day of Zeta''''' is a short story by [[Jason Schmetzer]] that was published online on [[BattleCorps]] on 19 September 2006. It was also published in print in the third BattleCorps anthology, ''[[Weapons Free]]'', in 2012 as simply "''The Last Day of Zeta''". ==Teaser text== {{quote|''[[Zeta Battalion]], [[Wolf's Dragoons]] ([[3000]]-[[3067]]). In the sixty-odd years since Zeta's first [[Inner Sphere]] deployment on [[Halloran V]], only a handful of units had ever stood against the Battalion's full fury. On 9 December 3067 they issued their final test, to the [[Word of Blake]] forces on Mars. [[Colonel]] [[J. Elliot Jamison]] proudly led Zeta Battalion across the plains of [[w:Chryse Planitia|Chryse Planitia]] in what ended up as the last day of Zeta Battalion...''}} ==Plot summary== Told from the viewpoint of [[Major]] [[Tara Lucas]], the story narrates how [[Wolf's Dragoons]]' famous [[Zeta Battalion]] is lost in the Dragoons' ill-fated [[Battle of Mars (3067)|attack on Mars]]. Weakened from losses during planetfall and against hostile environmental conditions, strong enemy forces, and even orbital bombardment from enemy [[WarShip]]s, Zeta Battalion nevertheless relentlessly and stubbornly continues the attack, knowing that they cannot turn back. In command after the death of Colonel [[J. Elliot Jamison|Jamison]], Tara Lucas rallies the troops for a last frontal assault. ==Featured units== *[[Zeta Battalion]], [[Wolf's Dragoons]] *[[Beta Regiment (Wolf's Dragoons)|Beta Regiment]], Wolf's Dragoons (mentioned as destroyed during approach) *[[Lindon's Battalion]] (mentioned as destroyed during approach) *Second [[Dismal Disinherited]] (mentioned as destroyed in the fighting) *[[7th Division (Word of Blake)|Sacred Ashes III-delta]] ==Featured BattleTech== ===BattleMechs=== *''[[Annihilator]]'' *''[[Black Knight]]'' *''[[Buccaneer (BattleMech)|Buccaneer]]'' *''[[Cicada]]'' *''[[Crusader]]'' *''[[Dire Wolf (Daishi)]]'' *''[[Excalibur (BattleMech)|Excalibur]]'' *''[[Grand Crusader]]'' *''[[Grand Titan]]'' *''[[Grim Reaper]]'' *''[[JagerMech]]'' *''[[Lightray]]'' *''[[Stalker]]'' *''[[Tarantula]]'' *''[[Toyama (BattleMech)|Toyama]]'' *''[[Warhawk (Masakari)]]'' ===Other=== *[[Elemental (Battle Armor)]] *[[Purifier Adaptive]] battle armor [[Category:BattleCorps publications]] [[Category:Short Stories]] [[Category:Works by Jason Schmetzer]]

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