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	'''''The Gulf of Reason''''' is a short story by [[Jason Schmetzer]] that was published online on [[BattleCorps]] on 2 May 2006. It was also published in print in the third BattleCorps print anthology, ''[[Weapons Free]]'', in 2012.		'''''The Gulf of Reason''''' is a short story by [[Jason Schmetzer]] that was published online on [[BattleCorps]] on 2 May 2006. It was also published in print in the third BattleCorps print anthology, ''[[Weapons Free]]'', in 2012.
−	As one of the stories dealing with the [[Lennox's Light Horse]] [[mercenary unit]] it was also included in ''[[The Edge of the Storm]]'' anthology.	+	An one of the stories dealing with the [[Lennox's Light Horse]] [[mercenary unit]] it was also included in the ''[[The Edge of the Storm]]'' anthology.
	==Teaser text==		==Teaser text==
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	==Plot summary==		==Plot summary==
−	The [[Lennox's Light Horse]] [[mercenary unit]] has taken service with the [[Calderon Protectorate]]. Fighting regular [[Taurian Concordat|Taurian]] forces on [[Gaul]] in [[3067]], they are assigned a young [[liaison officer]] whose name Captain Lennox initially fails to remember, but who otherwise turns out a cold and efficient liaison who relentlessly drives the mercenaries forward over the course of the campaign. [[Subaltern]] Derek Levin, as it turns out, is in fact the son of [[Marshal (rank)|Marshal]] Amanda Revin, commander of the Taurian [[V Corps (Taurian Concordat)|V Corps]] (the commanding officer of the enemy forces).	+	The [[Lennox's Light Horse]] [[mercenary unit]] has taken service with the [[Calderon Protectorate]]. Fighting regular [[Taurian Concordat|Taurian]] forces on [[Gaul]] in [[3067]], they are assigned a young [[liaison officer]] whose name Captain Lennox initially fails to remember, but who otherwise turns out a cold and efficient liaison who relentlessly drives the mercenaries forward over the course of the campaign. [[Subaltern]] Derek Levin, as it turns out, is in fact the son of [[Marshal]] Amanda Revin, commander of the Taurian [[V Corps (Taurian Concordat)|V Corps]] (the commanding officer of the enemy forces).
	Revin eventually forces a showdown between Lennox's Light Horse and his mother's unit and ends up disabling her 'Mech and demanding her surrender. When she refuses, he kills her.		Revin eventually forces a showdown between Lennox's Light Horse and his mother's unit and ends up disabling her 'Mech and demanding her surrender. When she refuses, he kills her.
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	*''[[Whitworth]]''		*''[[Whitworth]]''
	===DropShips===		===DropShips===
−	*''[[Caliban (Individual Union-class DropShip)|Caliban]]'', the ''[[Union]]''-class DropShip owned by Lennox's Light Horse	+	*''[[Caliban (Union)|Caliban]]'', the ''[[Union]]''-class DropShip owned by Lennox's Light Horse
−	[[Category:BattleCorps publications|Gulf of Reason, The]]	+	[[Category:BattleCorps publications]]
−	[[Category:Short Stories|Gulf of Reason, The]]	+	[[Category:Short Stories]]
−	[[Category:Works by Jason Schmetzer|Gulf of Reason, The]]	+	[[Category:Works by Jason Schmetzer]]

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{{InfoBoxProduct | image = | name = | type = Short story | author = [[Jason Schmetzer]] | development = | primarywriting = | pages = 28 | cover = | interiorart = | illustrations = [[Brad McDevitt]] | publisher = [[BattleCorps]] | productioncode = | year = 2 May 2006 | ISBN10 = | ISBN13 = | MSRP = | content = | era = [[Civil War era]] | timeline = 3 February [[3067]], plus ca. 2 days | series = [[The Edge of the Storm]] | precededby = | followedby = [[Sound and Fury]] }} '''''The Gulf of Reason''''' is a short story by [[Jason Schmetzer]] that was published online on [[BattleCorps]] on 2 May 2006. It was also published in print in the third BattleCorps print anthology, ''[[Weapons Free]]'', in 2012. An one of the stories dealing with the [[Lennox's Light Horse]] [[mercenary unit]] it was also included in the ''[[The Edge of the Storm]]'' anthology. ==Teaser text== {{quote|''Reason tells a commander that soldiers die in combat. But that's not good enough for [[Captain]] [[Andrew Lennox]]. Even when reason demands otherwise, if something--someone--threatens his men, then that becomes target number one.''}} ==Plot summary== The [[Lennox's Light Horse]] [[mercenary unit]] has taken service with the [[Calderon Protectorate]]. Fighting regular [[Taurian Concordat|Taurian]] forces on [[Gaul]] in [[3067]], they are assigned a young [[liaison officer]] whose name Captain Lennox initially fails to remember, but who otherwise turns out a cold and efficient liaison who relentlessly drives the mercenaries forward over the course of the campaign. [[Subaltern]] Derek Levin, as it turns out, is in fact the son of [[Marshal]] Amanda Revin, commander of the Taurian [[V Corps (Taurian Concordat)|V Corps]] (the commanding officer of the enemy forces). Revin eventually forces a showdown between Lennox's Light Horse and his mother's unit and ends up disabling her 'Mech and demanding her surrender. When she refuses, he kills her. Afterwards, as Lennox's Light Horse pack up and prepare to leave, Revin admits that his zeal was never about [[Cham Kithrong|the Baron]]; he only wanted to counter his mother (for reasons unspecified) and asks Lennox to join his mercenary unit bound for the [[Inner Sphere]]. ==Featured BattleTech== ===BattleMechs=== *''[[Archer]]'' *''[[Awesome]]'' *''[[Bandersnatch]]'' *''[[Charger]]'' *''[[Grand Dragon]]'' *''[[Grasshopper]]'' *''[[JagerMech]]'' *''[[Marauder]]'' *''[[Quickdraw]]'' *''[[Snake]]'' *''[[Tarantula]]'' *''[[Thunderbolt]]'' *''[[Vindicator]]'' *''[[Warhammer]]'' *''[[Whitworth]]'' ===DropShips=== *''[[Caliban (Union)|Caliban]]'', the ''[[Union]]''-class DropShip owned by Lennox's Light Horse [[Category:BattleCorps publications]] [[Category:Short Stories]] [[Category:Works by Jason Schmetzer]]

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