"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.
“It 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,”
she shot a glance back at the Widowmaker Khan, “there is a smell
in this chamber that I find somewhat offensive.” Using her cane,
she angled her body away from the table.
“Khan McEvedy,” Nicholas said in a calmer tone. “I ask you to
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reconsider. Khan Merrell is right.”
She turned back to the man that she had once trusted so dearly
as to place her own life in his hands. “IlKhan. I no longer have the
stomach for this.”
“Do not let it end like this, Sarah,” Nicholas pressed.
“I assure you, ilKhan,” she said firmly, her eyes narrowing in
anger. “It is far from over. In fact, I feel safe in saying it is just be-
ginning.”
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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 age—of 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 “combat effective.”
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 people’s almost forgetting this fleet
of ships. There were automated sentries, satellites that monitored