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| name               = A Measure of Clarity
| image              = 
| author             = [[Philip A. Lee]]
| pub_date           = 3 August 2016
| product            = 
| type               = Short story
| publisher          = [[BattleCorps]]
| illustrations      = 
| pages              = 15
| era                = [[Succession Wars era]]
| startdate          = 26 July [[3017]]
| enddate            = 27 July 3017
| series             = [[Gray Markets|Gray Markets series]]
| precededby         = [[Forsaken]]
| followedby         = [[Gustrell Switchback]]
}}
'''''A Measure of Clarity''''' is a short story by [[Philip A. Lee]] that was first published online on [[BattleCorps]] on 3 August 2016 as the second entry in the [[Gray Markets|Gray Markets series]]. It was later republished in print in the BattleCorps anthology ''[[Gray Markets]]'' in 2020.

== Teaser Text ==
{{quote|''On [[Callison]] during the [[Third Succession War]], the beleaguered [[Silver Hawk Irregulars]] must brace for yet another raid, but winning the battle may not be in the planetary government's best interest.''}}

== Plot Summary ==
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== Featured Characters ==
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* [[Captain]] [[Pareen Malik]]
* [[Lieutenant]] [[Abel Blume]]
* [[Earl of Callison|Earl]] [[Jonathan Grayson III]]
* [[Baroness]] [[Fabienne Grayson]]
* [[Liane Parkinson]], MP for Callison
* [[Madhu Malik]] (mentioned)
* [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Janos Marik (30th c.)|Janos Marik]] (mentioned)
* [[Archon of the Lyran Commonwealth|Archon]] [[Katrina Steiner]] (mentioned)
* Councilor Aquinas
* Councilor Parson
* [[Second Lieutenant]] Balducci
* [[Staff Sergeant]] Avery
* [[Kommandant]] Krüger
* Captain Lumbre
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== Featured Units ==
* [[Falcons|Falcons Regiment]] of the [[Silver Hawk Irregulars]]
* [[17th Arcturan Guards|Seventeenth Arcturan Guards]]
* Earl of Callison's [[Comital Guard]]
* [[Fire Bugs]]

== Featured Places ==
* [[Callison]]
* [[Oriente]] (mentioned)
* [[Marcus]] (mentioned)
* [[Shiloh]] (mentioned)
* [[Kalidasa]] (mentioned)
* [[Atreus (FWL)|Atreus]] (mentioned)

== Featured BattleTech ==
=== BattleMechs ===
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* ''[[Orion]]''
* ''[[Trebuchet]]''
* ''[[Phoenix Hawk]]''
* ''[[Hermes II]]''
* ''[[Griffin]]''
* [[Rifleman|RFL-3N ''Rifleman'']]
* ''[[Shadow Hawk]]''
* ''[[Wolverine (BattleMech)|Wolverine]]''
* ''[[Crusader]]''
* ''[[Thunderbolt]]''
* ''[[Firestarter (BattleMech)|Firestarter]]''
* ''[[Vulcan (BattleMech)|Vulcan]]''
* ''[[BattleMaster]]'' (mentioned)
* ''[[Hunchback]]'' (mentioned)
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=== Vehicles ===
* [[Scorpion (Combat Vehicle)|Scorpion Light Tank]]
* [[Manticore|Manticore Heavy Tank]]
* [[Patton|Patton Tank]]
=== Aerospace Fighters ===
* ''[[Cheetah]]''
=== DropShips ===
* ''[[Leopard (DropShip class)|Leopard]]''-class [[BattleMech|'Mech]] carrier [[DropShip]]

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