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

Negative. I will not grovel for scraps at the table like a dog. My
departure is demanded, even if it is nothing more than a gesture.
тАЬIt appears to me that decisions regarding the future direction of
my Clan are not mine to make, not alone anyway. Given that and
the nature of my injuries, it would be best if I left now. Besides,тАЭ
she shot a glance back at the Widowmaker Khan, тАЬthere is a smell
in this chamber that I find somewhat offensive.тАЭ Using her cane,
she angled her body away from the table.
тАЬKhan McEvedy,тАЭ Nicholas said in a calmer tone. тАЬI ask you to
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reconsider. Khan Merrell is right.тАЭ
She turned back to the man that she had once trusted so dearly
as to place her own life in his hands. тАЬIlKhan. I no longer have the
stomach for this.тАЭ
тАЬDo not let it end like this, Sarah,тАЭ Nicholas pressed.
тАЬI assure you, ilKhan,тАЭ she said firmly, her eyes narrowing in
anger. тАЬIt is far from over. In fact, I feel safe in saying it is just be-
ginning.тАЭ
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Texas Class Battleship Bismark
The Norfolk Boneyard
The Exodus Fleet Station Five
Strana Mechty Star System
Clan Space
8 October 2823

The air on the Bismark still smelled funny to Star Colonel
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Franklin Hallis. It was a hint of sweat, possibly some mold, and
dust. It was the smell of ageтАФof the passage of time. The moth-
balled Exodus Fleet had been stored in ten different locations, the
Norfolk Boneyard was far out in the Strana Mechty system. Here
the ships were kept, ever ready for action, per the orders of the
ilKhan. While none were immediately jump ready, maintenance
crews boarded them regularly and did the necessary work to en-
sure that the ships were still listed as тАЬcombat effective.тАЭ
It was always assumed that the Clans had warships or aerospace
fighters that patrolled the boneyards. Franklin had bet that was
a myth. Why patrol or attempt to protect a fleet that was so far
away from any possible threat? He understood that the waste of
resources was what drove his peopleтАЩs almost forgetting this fleet
of ships. There were automated sentries, satellites that monitored