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{{InfoBoxFiction
| name = The Dragons of Despair
| image =
| author = [[Kevin Killiany]]
| pub_date = 6 December 2005—15 February 2006 7 May 2007 (omnibus)
| product =
| type = Serialized novella (12 parts)
| publisher = [[BattleCorps]]
| illustrations = [[Robert Atkinson]]
| pages = 11 (Part 1) 14 (Part 2) 12 (Part 3) 7 (Part 4) 11 (Part 5) 11 (Part 6) 12 (Part 7) 11 (Part 8) 10 (Part 9) 12 (Part 10) 10 (Part 11) 12 (Part 12) '''133 (Total)'''
| era = [[Clan Invasion era]]
| startdate = 9 August [[3057]]
| enddate = 26 October 3057
| series =
| precededby = ''[[Pirates of Penance]]''
| followedby = ''[[Djinn of Despair]]''
}}
'''''The Dragons of Despair''''' is a serialized novella in twelve parts by [[Kevin Killiany]] that was first published online on [[BattleCorps]] between 6 December 2005 and 15 February 2006. On 7 May 2007, it was made available for purchase in a single omnibus file.

The story continues the plot of ''[[Pirates of Penance]]'' and narrates the further tale of [[Alexandra Daya Atreus|Lex Atreus]].

== Plot Summary ==
=== Part 1 ===
: published on: 6 December 2005
{{quote|''Kevin Killiany brings [[Alexandra Daya Atreus|Lex Atreus]] back in this weekly twelve part serial.''}}

=== Part 2 ===
: published on: 13 December 2005
{{quote|''Chapter Two of The Dragons of Despair.''}}

=== Part 3 ===
: published on: 20 December 2005
{{quote|''There be Dragons...''}}

=== Part 4 ===
: published on: 27 December 2005
{{quote|''Part four of Dragons''}}

=== Part 5 ===
: published on: 3 January 2006
{{quote|''"It's life sir, but not as we know it..." Lex discovers more about the strange new creature.''}}

=== Part 6 ===
: published on: 10 January 2006
{{quote|''Kevin's serial that's causing quite a stir...''}}

=== Part 7 ===
: published on: 18 January 2006
{{quote|''Lex faces the firing squad after her little "escapade"''}}

=== Part 8 ===
: published on: 26 January 2006
{{quote|''Ain't Misbehaving (but the tonners may be...). Kevin Killiany's story continues!''}}

=== Part 9 ===
: published on: 31 January 2006
{{quote|''Things start to heat up in the jungles...''}}

=== Part 10 ===
: published on: 7 February 2006
{{quote|''The jungle...''}}

=== Part 11 ===
: published on: 15 February 2006
{{quote|''Lex & Caradine face an elusive, and bigger, enemy.''}}

=== Part 12 ===
: published on: 15 February 2006
{{quote|''The thrilling conclusion to Kevin Killiany's Dragons of Despair!''}}

=== Teaser Text: Omnibus ===
: published on: 7 May 2007
{{quote|''Lex Atreus came away from Penance with not just combat experience, but a new 'Mech. But she's still working on adjusting to her [[Nightsky]] when she's ordered to join a lance headed for the planet Despair. It seems to be a milk run—but so did Penance. Now she has two years of guard duty in the wilds of Despair... a long time for things to go wrong. Collecting all twelve parts of The Dragons of Despair!''}}

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== Featured Characters ==
{{columns-start|num=2}}
* [[Leftenant]] [[Alexandra Daya Atreus|Lex Atreus]]
* [[Hauptmann (rank)|Hauptmann]] [[Solomon Judson|Solomon "Judge" Judson]]
* Hauptmann [[Richard Showalter]]
* Leftenant [[Willard Britto]]
* Leftenant [[Magda Caradine]]
* Leftenant [[Thomas Aldicott|Thomas "Tommy" Aldicott]]
* Captain O'Rourke
* Chief Research Scientist Dr. [[Bannik Severin|Bannik "Nick" Severin]]
{{column}}
* Hauptmann [[Gerald Michaels]] (mentioned)
* [[Kommandant]] Kidd (mentioned)
* Dr. Chevalier (mentioned)
* [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Thomas Marik (False)|Thomas Marik]] (mentioned)
* [[Joshua Marik]] (mentioned)
* [[Archon-Prince]] [[Victor Steiner-Davion]] (mentioned)
* [[Katherine Steiner-Davion]] (mentioned)
{{columns-end}}

== Featured Units ==
* [[Florida Timbuktu Theater Militia|Florida PMM]]
* [[11th Arcturan Guards|Eleventh Arcturan Guards]] (mentioned)
* [[8th Lyran Regulars|Eighth Lyran Regulars]] (mentioned)

== Featured Places ==
{{columns-start|num=2}}
* [[Florida]]
* [[Enders Cluster|Enders Cluster, Despair]]
* [[Viborg]] system (Viborg Belt, [[PEn-NAM]] mining habitat "Penance") (mentioned)
* [[Buena]] (mentioned)
{{column}}
* [[Callison]] (mentioned)
* [[Coventry]] (mentioned)
* [[Kaumberg]] (mentioned)
{{columns-end}}

== Featured BattleTech ==
=== 'Mechs ===
{{columns-start|num=2}}
* [[Nightsky|NGS-4S-L ''Nightsky'']], ''[[Nichthimmel]]'' (left-handed version)
* ''[[Lancelot]]''
* [[Hatchetman|HCT-3F ''Hatchetman'']]
* [[Hatchetman|HCT-5S ''Hatchetman'']]
* ''[[Flashman]]''
* ''[[Crockett]]''
* ''[[Axman]]'' (mentioned)
{{column}}
* ''[[Zeus]]'' (mentioned)
* ''[[Exterminator]]'' (mentioned)
* ''[[Guillotine]]'' (mentioned)
* ''[[Victor]]'' (mentioned)
* [[Grasshopper|GHR-5H ''Grasshopper'']] (mentioned)
* [[MM-1 MiningMech#Variants|MM-1S ''MiningMech'']] (mentioned)
{{columns-end}}
=== DropShips ===
* Unspecified [[DropShip]]-class, ''[[Southport (Individual DropShip)|Southport]]''
* ''[[Union (DropShip class)|Union]]''-class [[BattleMech|'Mech]] carrier Dropship, ''[[Orville Wright (Individual Union-class DropShip)|Orville Wright]]''

[[Category:BattleCorps publications|Dragons of Despair, The]]
[[Category:Novellas|Dragons of Despair, The]]
[[Category:Works by Kevin Killiany|Dragons of Despair, The]]

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