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| name = The Price of Conviction<br />
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| author = [[Randall N. Bills]]<br />
| pub_date = 2 July 2005<br />
| product = <br />
| type = Short story<br />
| publisher = [[BattleCorps]]<br />
| illustrations = [[Doug Chaffee]]<br />
| pages = 21<br />
| era = [[Civil War era]]<br />
| startdate = 2 September [[3063]] <br />
| enddate = 11 April [[3064]]<br />
| series = <br />
| precededby = <br />
| followedby = <br />
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'''''The Price of Conviction''''' is a short story by [[Randall N. Bills]] that was first published online on [[BattleCorps]] on 2 July 2005. It was later republished in print in the second BattleCorps anthology ''[[First Strike (anthology)|First Strike]]'' in 2010.<br />
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== Teaser Text ==<br />
{{quote|''With the rise of a [[Crusader Clans|Crusader]] [[Clan Wolf]], what was to happen to the warriors who followed the [[Warden Clans|warden]] philosophy...those who did not venture into exile with [[Phelan Kell]]? Randall Bills' revised storyline of one warrior's calling, and acceptance, explores one of the Khan's new policies.''}}<br />
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== Plot Summary ==<br />
Winning the position of [[Star Colonel]] in a trial on 2 September [[3063]], [[Nathan Wolf]] finds himself assigned to the reinstated [[Omega Galaxy (Clan Wolf)|Omega Galaxy]] which is then deployed to hunt for an alleged remnant of the [[Not-Named Clan]] that is thought to be behind pirate strikes against Clan Wolf in the [[periphery]]. These rumors are based on decades-old [[Bloodright (scenario pack)|information]] where [[Clan Steel Viper]] encountered Inner Sphere relatives of [[Khan]] [[Franklin Hallis]]. As expected, the mission turns out to be a snipe hunt; pirate forces harass Omega Galaxy but manage to evade attacks. "Reliable hints" only turn up empty ruins.<br />
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Together with [[Galaxy Commander]] [[Stevic Hawker]], Nathan visits the HQ of the [[Sigurd Independent Light Assault Group]], a group of (former) Oberon Confederation troops now serving as garrison forces for Clan Wolf. The garrison commander, one Bladric, evades Hawker's questions about rogue elements, leaving the impression that the Sigurd Independent Light Assault Group support rebels against the Clan Wolf regime. This in turn leads Hawker to send [[Elemental]]s to the HQ, implicitly with orders to summarily execute the garrison.<br />
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Ultimately, on 11 April [[3064]] Omega Galaxy launches an attack against the [[New Belt Pirates]] on [[Novo Cressidas]] in the [[Star's End]] system, but suffers very heavy losses (including a ''[[Union-C]]''-class [[DropShip]], the ''[[Loping Wolf]]'') from the system's defenses and severe ion storms on Novo Cressidas. Out of some thirty pirate [['Mech]]s, many noted to be [[Clan]] designs, around two thirds are destroyed before the rest retreats. Nathan Wolf and Stevic Hawker agree that this was the pirate force who had been harassing Clan Wolf, and that these pirates have been hurt enough to effectively neutralize them for the time being; in light of the losses incurred they decide against pursuing the retreating pirates on their own turf.<br />
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The story concludes with Nathan's bitter realization that no matter what they do, Omega Galaxy will continue to be posted to the periphery because its true purpose is to dispose of [[Warden Clans|Warden]]-aligned Warriors within the otherwise [[Crusader Clans|Crusader]]-aligned Clan Wolf, either through combat attrition or simply by posting them to the far reaches of the periphery.<br />
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== Featured Characters ==<br />
* Star Colonel [[Nathan Wolf]]<br />
* Galaxy Commander [[Stevic Hawker]]<br />
* [[Khan]] [[Franklin Hallis]] (mentioned)<br />
* Star Commodore Josef<br />
* Star Captain Beol<br />
* Jutka<br />
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== Featured Units ==<br />
* [[Omega Galaxy (Clan Wolf)|Omega Galaxy]] of [[Clan Wolf]]<br />
* [[Sigurd Independent Light Assault Group]]<br />
* [[New Belt Pirates]] <br />
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== Featured Places ==<br />
* [[Butte Hold]]<br />
* [[Gustrell]] (mentioned)<br />
* [[Oberon VI]]<br />
* [[Sigurd]]<br />
* [[Star's End]]<br />
* [[Tamar]]<br />
* [[The Edge]] (mentioned)<br />
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== Featured BattleTech ==<br />
=== BattleMechs ===<br />
* ''[[Mad Dog (Vulture)|Mad Dog]]''<br />
* ''[[Salamander (BattleMech)|Salamander]]''<br />
* ''[[Summoner (Thor)|Summoner]]''<br />
* ''[[Tomahawk (OmniMech)]]'' (prototype)<br />
=== Aerospace Fighters ===<br />
* ''[[Kirghiz]]''<br />
=== DropShips ===<br />
* ''[[Union-C]]''-class [[BattleMech|'Mech]] carrier [[DropShip]], ''[[Loping Wolf]]'', ''[[Savage Wolf (Individual Union-C-class DropShip)|Savage Wolf]]''<br />
=== JumpShips ===<br />
* ''[[Star Lord (JumpShip class)|Star Lord]]''-class [[JumpShip]]<br />
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