Editing Target of Opportunity

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| name                = 
| type                = Novel
| author              = [[Blaine Lee Pardoe]]
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| primarywriting      = 
| pages               = 297
| cover               = [[Ray Lundgren]]
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| publisher           = [[Roc Books]]
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| year                = 1 February 2005
| ISBN10              = 0451460162
| ISBN13              = 978-0451460165
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| era                 = [[Dark Age era]]
| timeline            = 26 January - 23 August [[3135]]
| series              = [[MechWarrior: Dark Age Novels]]
| precededby          = [[The Scorpion Jar]]
| followedby          = [[Sword of Sedition]]
}}
'''''Target of Opportunity''''', by [[Blaine Lee Pardoe]], is the fourteenth novel in the [[MechWarrior: Dark Age Novels|MechWarrior: Dark Age]] series. It was first published in February 2005 by [[Roc Books]] and was later republished in October 2021 by [[InMediaRes Productions, LLC|Catalyst Game Labs]] as a [[BattleTech Legends]] title.

The novel introduces [[ComStar]] prodigy [[Tucker Harwell]] and covers his attempt to repair the shattered [[HPG]] network while various factions seek his expertise.

== From the back cover ==
{{quote|''Despite years of effort, [[ComStar]] has been unable to repair the [[HPG]] interstellar communications grid. Now [[The Republic of the Sphere|The Republic]] is taking a hands-on approach to fixing the problem. An active hyperpulse generator can turn its planet into a tempting target. So when ComStar appears close to reactivating the HPG on [[Wyatt]], The Republic takes steps to counter any threats to the world—at a time when ComStar is determined to prove that it's once more a force to be reckoned with...''

''[[Knight-Errant]] [[Alexi Holt]] is assigned to defend Wyatt for The Republic. But her greatest challenge is to protect [[Tucker Harwell]]—a genius possessing unmatched HPG skills—from the invaders who will certainly try to capture him.''

''Both the [[Oriente Protectorate]] and [[Clan Spirit Cat]] have an interest in Wyatt. The first seeks to control the man who can fix an HPG, the other safe haven. Unsavory characters will also step forward. After all, though a reactivated HPG makes Wyatt a target, Tucker Harwell is the biggest prize of all.''}}

== Summary ==
Tucker Harwell, a ComStar genius, uses old hymns to figure out how to bring a new HPG core online and successfully brings Wyatt back onto the grid. The Com Guards reappear after Knight Holt's forces are driven from the capital and hot drop multiple assault 'Mechs to bring Harwell out of harm's way and into a secret ComStar facility where his methods can continue to work for ComStar's rebuilding of the HPG network.

== Featured characters ==
* [[Alexi Holt]]
* [[Bran Tooley]]
* [[Cox Devalis|Cox]]
* [[David Faulk]]
* [[Edward Singh]]
* [[Fox Irwin]]
* [[Ivan Casson]]
* Johannson
* [[Kari Harwell]]
* [[Kelson Sorenson]]
* [[Kev Rosse]]
* Konrad
* [[Malcolm Buhl]]
* [[Patricia Harwell]]
* [[Paula Kursk]]
* Pusaltari
* [[Reo Jones]]
* [[Rod Blakely]]
* [[Rutger Chaffee]]
* [[Tucker Harwell]]
* [[Seagrams Harwell]]
* [[Arthur Faust]] (mentioned)
* [[Devlin Stone]] (mentioned)
* [[Jacob Bannson]] (mentioned)

==Featured BattleTech==
==='Mechs===
* ''[[Blade]]''
* ''[[ConstructionMech Mark IIB]]''
* ''[[Lancelot|LNC-25-01 Lancelot]]''
* ''[[Locust]]''
* ''[[Panther]]''
* ''[[Warhammer IIC]]''

===Vehicles===
* [[Fox (Combat Vehicle)|Fox]]
* [[Maxim Mark II]]
* [[Prime Mover]]

===Spacecraft===
* [[Leopard]]-class DropShip ''[[Cambrai]]''
* [[Zechetinu]]-class JumpShip ''[[Halsey]]''
* [[Union]]-class DropShip ''[[Deathclaw]]''
* ''unspecified''-class JumpShip ''[[Star Eagle]]''
* ''unspecified''-class DropShip ''[[Sword of Focht]]''

===Infantry Weapons and Equipment===
* [[Falcon-Is Model B]] electronic binoculars.
* [[Harvester Model 10ks]] shoulder-launched SRM.
* [[Settles Mark II]] slug thrower.

== Featured places ==
* [[Irian]]
* [[Marcus]]
* [[New Earth]]
* [[Terra]]
* [[Wyatt]]

==Foreign-Language Editions==
===German=== 
A German edition, translated by [[Reinhold H. Mai]], was published by [[Heyne]] in 2007 as ''Gefährliche Ziele'' (ISBN 9783453522350).<ref>Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Catalog entry for [https://d-nb.info/979685516 ''Gefährliche Ziele'']</ref>

==Covers==
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File:Target of Opportunity (2021 cover).jpg|2021 cover. Art by [[Tan Ho Sim]].
File:MWDA-14-Gefährliche Ziele.jpg|2007 German edition.
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=References=
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[[Category:Novels]]
[[Category:MechWarrior: Dark Age novels]]
[[Category:Works by Blaine Lee Pardoe]]