Part 803: Let's Read Warrior: En Garde - Part 13

Let’s Read Warrior: En Garde (part 13)

Book 2
Chapter 36
New Avalon
Crucis March, Federated Suns
5 May 3027

Holy shit guys, it’s Prince Hanse Davion!

He’s meeting with some guy from the Capellan March to ensure effective coordination between the Federated Suns and… a smaller part of the Federated Suns. Feudalism!

Feudalism and proof that the Star League was full of trolls who didn’t want the Inner Sphere to be successful!

Anyway, the Capellan March representative asks if he should leave; but Hanse gives no fucks and says he has nothing to hide. Quintus reveals that Justin has killed Billy Wolfson on Solaris and plays a holovid of the interview. Justin is, of course, bad mouthing Hanse but mostly he’s calling out Phillip Capet, since Capet had both of his recent Fed Suns opponents disable their ejection systems because “that’s what real men do.”

… And they did. So yeah, no sympathy for Billy Wolfson and the father of Justin’s future son’s wife Peter Armstrong. Oh, was that a spoiler? My bad. Deidre Lear is a slightly less terrible character than most, and deserves a mention. Her kids inherit their father’s Outrageous Sue disease though, then they all get killed by the Wobbies.

We then learn that Justin has killed six pilots in total. Hanse continues to give no fucks since “they were scum, and we were well rid of them.” But they are Federated Suns nationals. Quintus then reveals it was Noton and his Rifleman who attacked Justin in the first place, clearing him of all wrongdoing (somehow) and Hanse appears ready to offer to pardon him.

Which the representative from the Capellan March does not like, but is not against.

Quintus says this is impossible since Justin beat up Kym and had her send a message telling Hanse to go fuck himself. So Hanse orders Quintus to have Justin assassinated. We then learn that the Silver Eagle is on the way, which is important “because Andrew Redburn is on it.” Which is a cover since there’s a slimy Capellan Marcher in the room.







Book 2
Chapter 37
Skye
Isle of Skye, Lyran Commonwealth
5 May 3027

Don’t get excited, we don’t get to see Aldo Lestrade being Machiavellian this chapter. Nope, it’s Andrew Redburn is dining with “Joanna Barker” and some Lyran VIPs onboard the Silver Eagle. They make small talk but of course everyone talks about Justin Xiang. He’s been in less than half of the chapters in this book but everyone talks about him all the time.

This chapter is 3 pages long and nothing happens. Sorry, Andy. You’re still boring as fuck.



Book 2
Chapter 38
Solaris VII (The Game World)
Rhaneshire, Lyran Commonwealth
5 May 3027

Ha, it is still May Goddamned 5th. That’s four chapters in a row. Tsen Sheng is breaking into Gray Noton’s office but, surprise, he’s fucking dead! Gee, how mysterious. There’s no way Justin Xiang anyone intimated that he they were about to murder Noton last chapter. Which is a pity, because Gray Noton’s the best character in this book. Tsen’s probably second best, though. For as two-dimensional as he becomes later, at least here he is a complete person.

Tsen then guesses correctly that Justin Xiang murdered him.

We then cut to Justin who is stealthily watching Tsen look Noton’s pre-looted office. Then, Justin goes over the shit he stole from Gray and lasers the passenger manifest of the Silver Eagle to protect Andrew Redburn, since Justin somehow knows that Andy still believes in him. It’s a terrible scene that only lasts for six paragraphs or so and then the chapter ends.



Book 2
Chapter 39
Summer
Isle of Skye, Lyran Commonwealth
5 May 3027

NOW we get to see Duke Aldo Lestrade being Machiavellian.

Oh wait, no. Melissa and Andy again. FUCK. Four more pages of Andy waxing poetic about Justin for three pages while Melissa barely pays attention. I’m with Melissa on this one.

Then the chapter, and Book 2, mercifully end.