Just Another Day
Just Another Day | |
|---|---|
| Short story by Christoffer M. Trossen | |
| Publication | |
| Published | 2003 |
| Published in | Classic BattleTech Companion |
| Publisher | Catalyst Game Labs |
| Pages | 4 |
| Chronology | |
| Era | Civil War era |
| Timeline | ca. 3067[see notes] |
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Just Another Day is a short story by Christoffer M. Trossen that was published as introductory fiction for the Classic BattleTech Companion.
Plot Summary
Sergeant Rick Ellis belongs to a unit specialized in BattleMech recovery and salvage. The unit is contracted by Wolf's Dragoons in the Chaos March. During work the team is ambushed by a Toyama, an Exterminator, and two Spectors with battle armor support. After the successful escape in a hovercraft, Ellis receives confirmation that his unit was attacked by Word of Blake forces.
On the next day, he is working on a Gunslinger and an Apollo from Major Bill Travis, when their liaison officer tries to retrieve a crypto module. After the retrieval they return to base to decipher it. Due to their efforts, they are able to locate the whereabouts of Colonel Anton Rand, commanding officer of Wolf's Dragoons' Beta Regiment, who was captured earlier by the Blakists. Lieutenant Colonel James Gavin organizes an extraction with the Beta's second battalion acting as a decoy for helicopters that transport an assault team to free Rand.
Rick Ellis and his team plus Major Bill Travis are part of the mission and attack a Blakist position and capture two prisoners, while the Dragoons are able to rescue their colonel.
Featured Characters
- Sergeant Rick Ellis
- Major Bill Travis
- Yolanda Torres
- Colonel Anton Rand (mentioned)
- Thomas Marik (mentioned)
- Corporal Tubbs
- Private Yang
- Lieutenant Colonel James Gavin [see notes]
- Major Horrocks
- Major Sosabowski
- Sergeant Urquhart
- Sergeant Browning
Featured Units
Featured Places
Featured BattleTech
BattleMechs
Notes
- ^ The story does not contain details about the where (planet) and when (date) it takes place. However, this details can be determined with additional information provided in Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised, p. 115 and Mercenaries Supplemental, p. 70.
- ^ The characters of "Lieutenant Colonel James Gavin", "Major Horrocks", "Major Sosabowski", "Sergeant Urquhart", and "Sergeant Browning" are a homage to Operation Market Garden in World War II .