"Blaine Lee Pardoe - Battletech - Battlecorps - Betrayal Of Ideals Part 3" - читать интересную книгу автора (Pardoe Blaine Lee)

which only served to infuriate the ilKhan. Now Nicholas Kerensky
saw the Wolverines more as rebels than as part of his society.
Pushed further, Sarah McEvedy would react even more strongly,
and only add fuel to the fire that was burning in the soul of the
ilKhan. Karrige knew that if he presented the ilKhan with a тАЬso-
lutionтАЭ to the Wolverine issue that he and the rest of the Grand
Council would leap at it. And the solution was seductively easy.
And if they didnтАЩt overplay their hand, well, there was the nuclear
warhead. Matters could be forcedтАж Properly managed, he could cre-
ate a crisis that even the quick-thinking McEvedy could not escape.
One way or another, the age of the Wolverine Clan was going to
come to an end.
BattleCorps The Switchback Directive тАв Page 0


The Grand Council Chambers
Strana Mechty
Clan Space
10 October 2823

Sarah McEvedy watched the ilKhan rise from his seat and convene
the session. In the chair along the outer wall sat her new saKhan,
Franklin Hallis. It was a shame that Franklin had come for his first
and possibly last day of ever seeing a session. She remembered a
BattleCorps



time when she was proud to sit at the council table. Now that time
had passed, it was tainted by the people around her. McEvedy was
willing to press matters with the Grand Council to defend her Clan.
Even if the risks associated with it placed her people at risk. They
are already at risk, they simply do not realize it.
тАЬI notice that the seat of the saKhan of the Wolverines is filled to-
day,тАЭ Nicholas said, casting a suspicious gaze at Franklin. тАЬIs there
a reason for this, Khan McEvedy?тАЭ
She shifted in her seat and felt the ever-present throb in her
chest from the broken ribs still strain each breath. тАЬIt is my plea-
sure to present to you and the esteemed members of this Council
our new saKhan, Franklin Hallis.тАЭ
Nicholas cocked an eyebrow, and for a moment his face ap-
peared to be that of his father, Aleksandr, but only for a moment.
тАЬThis surprises me. Trials for leadership of a Clan are always at-
tended by me. I was not invited to any such trial.тАЭ
The rest of the eyes in the room, along with their contempt, fell
on McEvedy. тАЬIlKhan, there was no Trial for this position. The oth-
er candidates qualified for this role did not oppose Star Colonel
HallisтАЩs ascension.тАЭ
A murmur rose, but only for a second. тАЬI find that impossible to
believe, Khan McEvedy. We are the Clans. Ambition and growth