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BattleTech: Elements of Treason: Opportunity
RIPE FOR THE TAKING…
Dissatisfied with Archon Melissa Steiner’s leadership of the Lyran Commonwealth, Vedet Brewer, Duke of Hesperus, overthrew her rule in 3143 and claimed the mantle for himself—only to be unceremoniously removed from the position two years later. Brewer and his troops fled to the far reaches of Lyran space to lick his wounds and reevaluate his future, wandering the Commonwealth in search of potential allies and opportunities.
His travels finally led him and his First Hesperus Guards to one of his old Melissia, a former Lyran provincial capital, a world he has not returned to in two decades—the perfect place to put down new roots. But the Clan Jade Falcon occupiers have already departed, and in their absence, two opposing factions vie for one seeks a new future for Melissia, the other desperately clings to tradition and the old ways. All political avenues have failed, and a grinding war between commoners and aristocracy is their only discourse.
For an opportunist like Brewer, there is a clear path forward, but a ghost from his past calls everything he knew into question, and players in the shadows will stop at nothing to keep him from interfering in their carefully laid plans for the planet. Can Brewer muster the strength and courage to take advantage of this crisis, and plant the seeds of a new power capable of standing in defiance of the Archon?
Dissatisfied with Archon Melissa Steiner’s leadership of the Lyran Commonwealth, Vedet Brewer, Duke of Hesperus, overthrew her rule in 3143 and claimed the mantle for himself—only to be unceremoniously removed from the position two years later. Brewer and his troops fled to the far reaches of Lyran space to lick his wounds and reevaluate his future, wandering the Commonwealth in search of potential allies and opportunities.
His travels finally led him and his First Hesperus Guards to one of his old Melissia, a former Lyran provincial capital, a world he has not returned to in two decades—the perfect place to put down new roots. But the Clan Jade Falcon occupiers have already departed, and in their absence, two opposing factions vie for one seeks a new future for Melissia, the other desperately clings to tradition and the old ways. All political avenues have failed, and a grinding war between commoners and aristocracy is their only discourse.
For an opportunist like Brewer, there is a clear path forward, but a ghost from his past calls everything he knew into question, and players in the shadows will stop at nothing to keep him from interfering in their carefully laid plans for the planet. Can Brewer muster the strength and courage to take advantage of this crisis, and plant the seeds of a new power capable of standing in defiance of the Archon?
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225 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 31, 2022
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October 26, 2022
Interesting read
Very good read and a great show case for a more experienced and wiser Duke Vedet Brewer one of the great villains of the Lyran commonwealth and his new ambition of creating his own Empire the Vesper Marches . And lurking in the shadows is the evil Word of Blake / Comstar plotting it's return to power and what other challenges are there in this New Ilclan era ?
Very good read and a great show case for a more experienced and wiser Duke Vedet Brewer one of the great villains of the Lyran commonwealth and his new ambition of creating his own Empire the Vesper Marches . And lurking in the shadows is the evil Word of Blake / Comstar plotting it's return to power and what other challenges are there in this New Ilclan era ?
January 9, 2023
Again too much talk.
Let's just get it out in the open. Battletech is about action. The new authors waste too much time on double and triple crosses and never find the point.
At least this volume leaves about the "woke" idiots and ideologues. If you can't follow the plan, leave poor quality authors.
Stay the course. Keep Battletech pure.
#getwokegobroke
Let's just get it out in the open. Battletech is about action. The new authors waste too much time on double and triple crosses and never find the point.
At least this volume leaves about the "woke" idiots and ideologues. If you can't follow the plan, leave poor quality authors.
Stay the course. Keep Battletech pure.
#getwokegobroke
September 16, 2022
An enjoyable piece of BT fiction, and part of the growing broader tapestry of stories they are currently growing in the Universe.
August 29, 2023
Solid Read
Solid story opens doors for future stories. New experience watching as a new faction is created! Looking who what intrigue lies in wait of the Vesper March...
Solid story opens doors for future stories. New experience watching as a new faction is created! Looking who what intrigue lies in wait of the Vesper March...
Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews