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some drastic measures.тАЭ
тАЬAffirmative,тАЭ McEvedy said, sighing hard as if the decision was
not easy. тАЬThe people we leave behind will have their homes un-
touched. Everything else is to be destroyed, put to the torch, or
rendered worthless. We built those settlements and cities. I will
not stand by and let other Clans simply walk in and take them
and use them against us. The Widowmakers, Smoke Jaguars, and
Jade Falcons may think that they can benefit from seizing our fac-
tories and laboratories and cities. I want them to find nothing of
any benefit. Especially the Widowmakers.тАЭ
тАЬI take it Khan Karrige is leading the charge against us?тАЭ
McEvedy nodded, rubbing her taped ribs from the trial where
the Widowmakers had tried to kill her. тАЬWe were good friends at
one time. Now he is becoming a bitter, old man. What bothers him
most is that our people are happy and prosperous. He is a jealous
neighbor, and he is letting his emotions get the best of him. Jason
Karrige is someone to be watched carefully, Franklin. He is devi-
ous and is given to the old ways, the ways of politics. He is not
alone. When we depart, I do not want him to be able to profit or
advance his ClanтАФor any of the Clans for that matterтАФone bit.тАЭ
Scorched earth. It was a strategy that had been used countless
times in the history of mankind. Franklin knew that it would have
little effect on the Clans militarily. McEvedy also knew that. She
was waging a psychological war on her fellow Khans. The mental
image of them walking into one of the cities and finding nothing
but a handful of civilian homes and the rest of the city smoldering
and burning was going to stun the aggressors.
тАЬKhan McEvedyтАФтАЭ he said carefully, not wanting to appear un-
supportive of the strategy that the Switchback directive laid out.
Then he caught himself using her bloodname. тАЬSarah. Nicholas
is no fool, and has inherited the Kerensky genes for combat and
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strategy. There is only one place for us to run. We may catch him
off guard initially, and I think we will be successful. They will then
come at us then with everything they have.тАЭ The saKhan knew
that there was only one place that the Wolverines could goтАФback
to The Inner Sphere. While the version of the plans he had read
did not detail their ultimate destination, it was most likely because
McEvedy knew that there was only one place they could go. Home.
Back to the people that the Star League Defense Force had de-
serted decades before.
The Khan smiled at her juniorтАЩs words. тАЬThat is why we will not
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