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| name = Ghostbird<br />
| image = Shrapnel Magazine 011 cover.jpg<br />
| author = [[Bryan Young]]<br />
| pub_date = 15 December 2022<br />
| product = [[Shrapnel (magazine)/Issue 11|Shrapnel Issue 11]]<br />
| type = Short story<br />
| publisher = [[Catalyst Game Labs]]<br />
| illustrations = <br />
| pages = <br />
| era = [[Dark Age era]]<br />
| startdate = 9 January [[3152]]<br />
| enddate = <br />
| series = <br />
| precededby = <br />
| followedby = <br />
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'''''Ghostbird''''' is a short story by [[Bryan Young]] that was published in the [[Shrapnel (magazine)/Issue 11|eleventh issue]] of ''[[Shrapnel (magazine)|Shrapnel]]''. <br />
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It is both the prequel and sequel to ''[[A Question of Survival]]'' and bridges the gap to the next novel ''[[Without Question]]''.<br />
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== Plot Summary ==<br />
On 9 January [[3152]], Alexis and her ''sibkin'' are fighting their [[Trial of Position]] for [[Clan Jade Falcon]] on [[Sudeten]]. Daniel, her ''sibkin'' but also worst enemy, fights his Trial in simulators. Alexis, meanwhile, recalled her childhood on the streets of Antimony on [[Quarell]] and how her group of children planned a steal from a [[Clan Ghost Bear]] officer. The children send Alexis, promising to help her if she was in trouble. But when the Clanner discovered and caught her, Alexis' friends simple left her. The Ghost Bear warrior, Star Colonel [[Aoi Bekker]], laughed at Alexis' pretenses to have a family, and took her to an interview room, where Alexis' determination to not eat biscuits from a plate wasn't strong enough to keep her from eating them all.<br />
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After Alexis' attention returned to the present, she saw that Daniel had barely won. He had attained one kill before getting shot down, which made him a warrior. Then it was Alexis' turn to fight. <br />
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Alexis played a cat-and-mouse game with a ''[[Rifleman]]'', managing to down him, but at a high cost to the armor on her ''[[Savage Wolf]]''.<br />
Despite just having become a warrior too as a result of the kill, Alexis refused to stop and chased her second opponent, a ''[[Phoenix Hawk IIC]]''. Both fought each other until her simulator turned off.<br />
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Alexis remembered how, on Antimony, the Star Colonel promised her a real family and an opportunity to become a warrior. The next day, the warrior took her to a ''sibko'' training facility, presenting Alexis to her trainer. She too met her ''sibkin'' and received a warm welcome. One member of the ''sibko'', Daniel, met her with open hostility. Alexis realized that reaching her goal won't be easy.<br />
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On Sudeten, Alexis emerged from her simulator and was surprised when everybody was applauding her. To her amazement, before being shot down, she had managed to kill her second opponent, which made her a [[Star Commander]]. Alexis was even more surprised when Khan [[Jiyi Chistu]] personally congratulated her and said he expected great things from her.<br />
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Alexis felt happy knowing that now she really was at the right place and had a real family.<br />
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== Featured Characters ==<br />
* [[Alexis Zarnofsky|Alexis]]<br />
* [[Sophie]] <br />
* [[Thomasin]]<br />
* [[Daniel]]<br />
* [[Jiyi Chistu]]<br />
* [[Aoi Bekker]]<br />
* [[Dawn (Clan Jade Falcon)|Dawn]]<br />
* [[Sasha Ivankova]]<br />
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== Featured Units ==<br />
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== Featured Places ==<br />
* [[Quarell]]<br />
* [[Sudeten]]<br />
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== Featured BattleTech ==<br />
=== BattleMechs ===<br />
* ''[[Gyrfalcon]]''<br />
* ''[[Phoenix Hawk IIC]]''<br />
* ''[[Rifleman]]''<br />
* ''[[Savage Wolf]]''<br />
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[[Category:Short Stories]]<br />
[[Category:Works by Bryan Young]]</div>imported>Deadfire