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Ivan Patrice Computer Sciences Center, University of Taurus Samantha City, Taurus Taurian Concordat November 27, 3025 “Elevator is on its way down, Phil—hurry up,” Max said as he finished assembling a compact assault rifle and chambered a live round, before beginning work on a second. “Disarming a ...

Ivan Patrice Computer Sciences Center, University of Taurus Samantha City, Taurus Taurian Concordat November 27, 3025 Victor Li grunted quietly as he slapped the disconnect on the straps securing him to the glider; bending his legs, he dropped the four meters to the roof of the computer sciences bu...

Stormwater Drainage Tunnels Samantha City, Taurus Taurian Concordat November 27, 3025 “You are positive of this, Danforth?” Phil asked in a sour voice as he walked through the ankle-high runoff seeping down into the deeply buried pipes and conduits that ran beneath Samantha City. The pale blue illu...

Ivan Patrice Computer Sciences Center, University of Taurus Samantha City, Taurus Taurian Concordat November 27, 3025 “Sandra, my dear, you are a genius—genius, I say!” exclaimed Karl Mosley as he finished running the last diagnostic on the Vickers Core where it stood upright in the center of the r...

University of Taurus Campus Quad Samantha City, Taurus Taurian Concordat November 27, 3025 “Max, don’t get too close,” the whispered voice emerged from the wireless receiver hooked over Maxwell Danforth’s right ear. “Right, CONTROL,” the SAFE agent answered as he sat down on a bench and unfolded hi...

Cháteau des Calderon Samantha City, Taurus Taurian Concordat November 27, 3025 “Happy birthday to you; happy birthday to you; happy birthday, dear Thomas (Uncle, Dad); happy birthday to you!” Thomas Calderon tried his best to look surprised at the song as the lights snapped on in the third-floor pa...

Chapter Three ComStar Executive Medical Facility Hilton Head Island, North America Terra November 24, 3025 Julian Tiepolo woke with a sudden gasp—he attempted to sit up, but a sudden weakness caused him to collapse back upon the bed. He tried to speak, but his throat was extremely dry and only a ha...

At long last, the story of By the Horns continues. A few words before we begin. As I started examining this story again, I realized that I had written myself into a bind by bringing the Blood and Wolverines into the story with Vesar. It just didn't work . . . and so I have changed it. I will be repo...

Kindraa Hall Mick-Kreese, Chacma City Shadow, Kerensky Cluster June 23, 3016 “You certainly managed to kick over the Hellwasp hive this time, Thomas,” Kindraa Leader Emily Kreese announced in a sour voice as Thomas Malone entered her office. “The Coyotes are howling for your blood, Thomas . . . and...

The Fires of Shadow A Fictional Novel Set within an Alternative BattleTech Universe By Stephen T Bynum All Rights Reserved, 2013 Prologue Nisip Codrii, Andrunadche’s Lament Shadow, Kerensky Cluster June 18, 3016 Terrence Kufahl—Khan of Clan Coyote—muttered a soft curse as he struggled to push his K...

“Amy?” Matt whispered in relief, and then he paused as his emotions caught up with him and he gasped, unshed tears glistening in his eyes. “MATT!” a second voice emerged—that of Matt’s ex-wife. “Sarah is hurt,” she snapped. And then sighed. “So is your friend Cha’shin,” there was another pause. “And...

Shran sat back down into his chair, his jaw dropping open. “Would you repeat that, Commodore?” Zak Jurood shook his head. “We have received word from Commodore Arouet aboard Paris —she commands the blockade of Hak’ta-thor . . . the Lorsham have detonated fusion weapons in every single one of their p...

Chapter Six “Commander,” Grace announced from the Ops station, “ Blackhawk is hailing us.” “On screen,” Chan Shrak answered. The main viewer switched from the view of streaking stars to Admiral Hansen seated in his command chair aboard the Akira -class starship. “It is time, Commander,” the Admiral...

Jean-Luc Picard frowned at the question. “At the moment, Admiral Shran, Enterprise is the middle of a warp core refit—and we have only a skeleton crew aboard. Four-fifths of my people are on leave . . . while we can leave McKinley Station, we have only impulse power available.” “I am aware of that, ...

Ordan snarled in fury as Cassie was enveloped in a transporter beam and vanished into the night. But she did not waste time in useless recriminations. “THRALL!” she bellowed. “Take this,” she held out the phaser, “and kill any security personnel who arrive. I am Sepak, Vulcan Ambassador to the Feder...

The smooth walls of the tunnel, lined with illicit mono-refracting plating, came to an end, replaced with natural stone and protruding roots from above as the five men passed through a hatch and sealed it behind them once more. The cavern was shallow and in just a few moments the men emerged deep in...

“Blessed be Ordan,” the captive whispered in a voice of pure rapture as the creature inhabiting Sepak’s body removed her fingertips from his cheeks, ending the mind-meld. And Ordan smiled broadly. “My life is yours, holy one,” the man finished bowing as low as his bonds allowed. “Yes, it is, thrall,...

Cassie cringed as the possessed Vulcan screamed in rage and threw the dead body of his latest mind meld victim across the room. It was the fifth failure that Ordan/Sepak had attempted to convert—and then the enraged being gathered himself and glared at her. “Sepak fights on,” Cassie whispered defian...

Daniel Faulkner moved slowly and quietly through the dark forest; it had taken him days to lose the agents that Director Fontain had assigned to follow him and then cross the continent to Dahlgren’s home here in the Shenandoah Valley. He paused at the edge of the wood-line and crouched low as he con...

“She is certainly impressive,” Delena Mar mused as she—and her aides—followed Captain Caroline Talbot into Main Engineering aboard USS Constellation . . . the newest, if as yet incomplete, Sovereign -class Heavy Explorer of Starfleet. “I do have to wonder, however, if we are devoting too many resour...

Since I never finished The Seeker (prequel to this tale), here are my draft ideas and outline of events that finished off that book. Short and sweet: When we left The Seeker, Jason and his companions had just found an entrance to the SLDF facility on Circinus that served as Kerensky's HQ. They were ...

Research Facility Gamma-11 Marshall, Kerensky Cluster Clan Homeworlds January 8, 3058 “Welcome, Joan Levin—or should I say Joan Cameron?” a man greeted her as the hood and blindfold were removed. “What is this? Who are you? I was promised a new life on Strana Mechty—the Khan herself told me I was f...

Goliath Scorpion Warrior Training Facility Prime Porthos, Roche, Kerensky Cluster Clan Homeworlds January 7, 3058 “Contrary to what might be suggested by a casual reading, the idea does not imply that humans in the state of nature act morally; in fact, terms such as 'justice' or 'wickedness' are si...

Clan Goliath Scorpion Naval Reserve Cache Dagda System, The Pentagon Clan Homeworlds January 4, 3058 “Easy on the thrusters, Jake,” Lynn McKenna, Khan of Clan Snow Raven, ordered the pilot of the S-7AC ‘Bus’ as the moth-balled and derelict ships stored here at the system’s largest Trojan Point slid...

THE QUEST FOR HOME A tale of alternate history set within the BattleTech Universe By Stephen T Bynum All Rights Reserved, 2013 PART ONE: Trials and Tribulations "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and ...