MechWarrior 3®: Trial By Fire Chapter 9:
Deadly Embrace
(cont...)
Looking over the battlefield ruins, the eight ’Mech corpses littering the ground, Connor Sinclair shook his head over the waste of valuable technology and the inestimable value of each fallen warrior. Better the Smoke Jaguars than his own people, of course, but still he read the warning left him on the scarred landscape. The Clan had been within a moment of victory if not for Allen Mattila’s arrival, and their one vulnerability was always a lack of concerted effort. But in the collection of warriors forced under his command by the situation, Sinclair could see where the same problem could develop. Each warrior had their previous loyalties to old units and companions, and every one of them was feeling the strain of the situation now. The commando had its breaking point, certainly. Thankfully, they had not found it yet.
But who knew what the next battle would bring.
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Well, we know what happened to the Black Hammer. The news isn’t good.
--Now doesn’t that figure?--
I’ll let him tell you his story. Go ahead, Allen:
…I was last out of the Black Hammer -- Shawna and Carlos failed to launch by drop-pod. My ’Mech grounded very near where the DropShip finally crashed. No other survivors. Man, it was a mess. I got shot up by a patrol my first trip. Long-range comms, trashed. No support vehicles. No way to make ammo reloads even. Been playin’ hide and seek ever since, waitin’ for someone to come lookin’. Today I caught your broadcasts, weak but there, so I hurried over to give ya a hand. Glad that I did, too, or none of us might have made it outta this mess…
Thanks, Allen. Lieutenant, the Smoke Jaguars have certainly stripped the Black Hammer for themselves, but they can’t have gotten far. Keith Andrew picked up news of a convoy heading out from Durghan City. To pick up the salvage, or a good percentage of it, is my guess. It will be an easy run to stop that convoy and claim the salvage for ourselves. Then we’ll be in good shape for hitting the city and making rendezvous with Keith.
The spaceport is just north of the city, hopefully complete with a functional DropShip.
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