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| name = The Few, The Lucky<br />
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| author = [[Chris Hussey]]<br />
| pub_date = 26 February 2009<br />
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| type = Short story<br />
| publisher = [[BattleCorps]]<br />
| illustrations = [[Brent Evans]]<br />
| pages = 26<br />
| era = [[Jihad era]]<br />
| startdate = 15 November [[3072]]<br />
| enddate = 28 November 3072<br />
| series = <br />
| precededby = <br />
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'''''The Few, The Lucky''''' is a short story by [[Chris Hussey]] that was first published online on [[BattleCorps]] on 26 February 2009. It was later republished in print in the BattleCorps anthology ''[[Front Lines]]'' in 2016.<br />
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== Teaser Text ==<br />
{{quote|''Not everyone can escape when an invasion hits, but that doesn’t mean that you just lay down and take it, either. Every handbook notes a tactical withdrawal... but of course, sometimes they chase you.''}}<br />
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==Plot Summary==<br />
Following the [[Word of Blake]]'s invasion of [[Galatea]], the [[Last Knights]] [[mercenary unit]] under [[Captain]] [[Nevvin Kerris]]—whittled down from twenty-four [['Mech]]s plus infantry to a mere six 'Mechs as of 15 November [[3072]] including survivors from another destroyed mercenary command and later reinforced by more infantry and an ''[[Axman]]'' from yet another command, [[Gideon's Gangbusters]]—is under constant attack. Tired and low on supplies and ammunition they fend off one attack after another, and Kerris comes to believe that a particular enemy ''[[Toyama (BattleMech)|Toyama]]'' that has personally killed several of Kerris' people is toying with him for some reason, by not delivering killing blows when he could have.<br />
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An infantry sergeant relates a rumor about a merchant [[DropShip]] at the Mekling airpad, some four days' travel away. Kerris resolves to evacuate his command on that ship, which is practically their only hope of escape. En route, they come across a remote farm in the Fellis Fields area. Its owner, Wilkins, is rather unhappy that the fleeing Last Knights will draw Word of Blake attention to his farm now. He grudgingly reveals to be a veteran soldier owning a ''[[Templar]]'' (that he calls ''Steps Loudly'') and joins Kerris' unit.<br />
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The Last Knights are picked off one by one in running encounters with pursuing Word of Blake forces. In the end, only Kerris and Wilkins manage to escape on the DropShip ''[[Lady Loon]]'' on 26 November, after a final encounter with the ''Toyama'' from which Kerris barely managed to disengage. Aboard the ship, he bitterly reflects about being the last surviving member of the Last Knights, and wonders why he is among the lucky ones to survive.<br />
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== Featured Characters ==<br />
* [[Captain]] [[Nevvin Kerris]]<br />
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== Featured Units ==<br />
* [[Last Knights]]<br />
* [[Gideon's Gangbusters]]<br />
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== Featured Places ==<br />
* [[Galatea]]<br />
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== Featured BattleTech ==<br />
=== BattleMechs ===<br />
* ''[[Apollo (BattleMech)|Apollo]]''<br />
* ''[[Axman]]''<br />
* ''[[Buccaneer (BattleMech)|Buccaneer]]''<br />
* ''[[Cestus]]''<br />
* ''[[Dervish]]''<br />
* ''[[Enfield]]''<br />
* ''[[Gurkha]]''<br />
* ''[[Hercules (BattleMech)|Hercules]]''<br />
* ''[[Lightray]]''<br />
* ''[[Nexus (Star Python)#Variants|Nexus II]]''<br />
* ''[[Salamander (BattleMech)|Salamander]]''<br />
* ''[[Toyama (BattleMech)|Toyama]]''<br />
* ''[[White Flame]]''<br />
* ''[[Yeoman]]''<br />
* "''Chicken Hawk''", designation for unidentified 70-ton WoB OmniMech, implied to be ''[[Deva]]''<br />
* "''Claw Daddy''", designation for unidentified light WoB OmniMech, implied to be a ''[[Malak]]''<br />
* "''Fiend''", designation for unidentified WoB OmniMech that based on [[Heavy PPC]] and [[Plasma Rifle]] configurations could be ''[[Archangel]]'', ''[[Grigori]]'', or ''[[Seraph]]''<br />
=== Battle Armor ===<br />
* [[Purifier Adaptive]] (implied from context)<br />
=== DropShips ===<br />
* ''[[Buccaneer (DropShip class)|Buccaneer]]''-class cargo carrier [[DropShip]], ''[[Lady Loon]]''<br />
=== JumpShips ===<br />
* Unspecified [[JumpShip]]-class, ''[[The InBetween]]''<br />
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