Dateline: Halfway, November 3028 Lt Col Joshua Deth, leader of the Death's Shadows Battalion, holder of McKennsy's Hammer, announced a two-year renewal of this crack battalion's contract. "House Steiner has treated us well. We are more than satisfied with our treatment here. As an employer, the Archon expects--and pays for--the best. With us, she gets what she pays for. Other employers would do well to take note!" Was this remark was meant as an oblique slap at Chancellor Liao, who, our readers will remember, parted from this unit on less than friendly terms in Spring of 3026, in an action involving the death of Deth's father, Col David Deth? Or was it perhaps meant for Duke Michael Hasek-Davion, whose less-than-generous attempt to recruit the original unit from Fortymile on terms of compulsion led to the formation of the First Fortymile Hikers, and the severing of relations with the Federated Suns, in 3022? To our queries, Lt Col Deth turned a bland face to the camera and inquired if reporters always read sinister meanings into every casual figure of speech. We did not raise the question of the Death's Shadows' anniversary toast, "Death to the Weasel." BattleTechnology News Service New `Mech Design Begins Testing Jamie Wolf A Terrorist? Mandrinn of Capella to Earn Spiritual Grace Wolf Returns to Dragoons Tikonov Falls Death's Shadows Renews Steiner Contract Kuo Company: The Saga Ends Free Worlds at War With Own Ally? The Sleeping Dragon Awakes Back to BattleTechnology 7 Table of Contents Back to BattleTechnology List of Issues Back to MagWeb Magazine List © Copyright 1988 by Pacific Rim Publishing. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com