The Spider Dances
The Spider Dances | |||
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| Novella by Jason Schmetzer | |||
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| Publication | |||
| Published | 18 May 2011 21 September 2019 (EPUB) | ||
| Publisher | BattleCorps | ||
| illustrator(s) | Franz Vohwinkel | ||
| Pages | 70 | ||
| Chronology | |||
| Era | Star League era (Age of War) | ||
| Timeline | 17 March 2466 — 22 March 2466 | ||
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The Spider Dances (Proliferation Cycle, Part VI) (full title) is a novella by Jason Schmetzer that was first published online on BattleCorps in May 2011 as the long-awaited sixth installment in The Proliferation Cycle. It was released together with the re-released first five installments and a BattleCorps Exclusive bonus, a Technical Readout for the Dragonfire aerospace fighter featured in the story. On 21 September 2019, the novella was also republished in EPUB/Kindle format.
It narrates how the Capellan Confederation first obtained BattleMech technology.
Teaser Text
| “ | Alone of the Great Houses, House Liao lacks BattleMech technology. The Maskirovka is willing to expend any sum--any asset--to secure the war machines for the Chancellor's armies. | ” |
Plot Summary
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Featured Characters
- Senior Technician Robert Esterhazy
- Inspectorate (NIA) Colonel Parsifal Nehru
- General Vocaine (section commander)
- General Reginald Bangs (base commander)
- Halle Ostend
- Hector Little
- Nicholas Drake
- Sasha Feodoreyva
- Ned Reyes
- Fyodor Danilov
- Edgar Tibbetts
- Ssu-ma Kane
- Admiral James McKenna (mentioned)
- Quinn
Featured Places
- Xanthe III
- Regulus (mentioned)
- Marik (mentioned)
- Atreus (FWL) (mentioned)
- Loyalty (mentioned)
Featured BattleTech
BattleMechs
Aerospace Fighters
Small Craft
- Traveler-class shuttle ("mail boat")
WarShips
- Dreadnought-class battleship WarShip, TAS Dreadnought (mentioned)
Notes
- The original sixth story in the series, Machine Nations, was submitted by Loren L. Coleman but it reportedly fell through due to an unspecified fact-checking problem and could not be salvaged. The story had already been announced as the final installment of the series and became one of the more prominent cases of BattleTech vaporware until it was formally replaced by The Spider Dances after six years.