Luxen, Magistracy of Canopus April 18, 3039 Last night an assassin crept into the bedchamber of Emma Centrella, Duchess of Luxen and the Magistrate's heir. Machine gun fire ripped the bed, killing the two forms nestled together in it. Alerted by the sound, Duchess Emma rushed in from a side room, catching the assassin by surprise. "I couldn't stop him without killing him," she told reporters, still in a state of stunned disbelief. "He was too good. Now I'll never know who sent him. It can't be the Varna faction; not any more. Who hates me that much? Who killed my darlings?" The only person known to have been in disargreement with the popular Duchess is her mother, Magestrix Kyalla Centrella. The two had a falling out over first the Magestrix's wish to combine into one state with the Duchy of Andurien, then over Canopus' refusal to aid Andurien against Free Worlds League reprisals. Duchess Emma personally fought as a mechwarrior in a war she at first argued against. BattleTechnology News Service Thomas Marik Alive Duncan Marik Killed in Action Addendum Passed: The Marik Goes to War! Smallest Mech Unit? The Name as Well as the Game! Melissa Withdraws Hanse's Troops! Theodore Kurita Saves His Father's Life! Assasins Kill Love! Back to BattleTechnology 11 Table of Contents Back to BattleTechnology List of Issues Back to MagWeb Magazine List © Copyright 1989 by Pacific Rim Publishing. This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com