Dispatch
Dispatch | |
|---|---|
| Short story by Elizabeth T. Danforth and Michael A. Stackpole | |
| Publication | |
| Published | 1988 |
| Published in | Shrapnel (anthology) |
| Publisher | FASA |
| illustrator(s) | Jeff Laubenstein |
| Pages | 2 |
| Chronology | |
| Era | Succession Wars era |
| Timeline | 13 October 3020 — 17 November 3020 |
{{#set:Era=Succession Wars era}}{{#set:Start date=13 October 3020}}{{#set:End date=17 November 3020}}
Dispatch is a short story by Elizabeth T. Danforth and Michael A. Stackpole that was first published in the 1988 anthology Shrapnel.
Plot Summary
A sequence of military mail traffic consisting of orders and brief reports illustrates how Snord's Irregulars embarrassed the Second Free World Guards in 3020 through a successful objective raid on the Kincaid peninsula on the world of McAffe, despite being positively expected to raid the facility where a trap was set for them. In this raid they reclaimed a collection of various pieces of art previously lost to House Marik forces. The last message is a sarcastic message to Janos Marik himself by Cranston Snord, thanking him for the items on behalf of his daughter.