Threads of Ambition
by Loren Coleman
BattleTech: The Capellan Solution (book 1), BattleTech Novel Reading Order (45), BattleTech (DE) (45), BattleTech (CAT36016)
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The ambitious First Lord of the resurrected Star League launches a campaign to rebuild the ancient Capellan Confederation. With his sights set on expanding his borders through the reclamation of the St. Ives Compact, he is brought into direct conflict with his own family. Supported by the ferocious Hustang Warriors, the threat poses a danger to all who would oppose the First Lord's rule. With military units divided in their loyalties, the question remains: Who is willing to pay the higher show more price in blood? show lessTags
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Series
BattleTech: The Capellan Solution
2 works (book 1)
BattleTech Novel Reading Order
101 works (45)
BattleTech (DE)
62 works (45)
BattleTech
123 works (CAT36016)
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- Canonical title
- Threads of Ambition
- Original title
- Threads of Ambition
- Alternate titles
- Battletech: Threads of Ambition
- Original publication date
- 1999-05
- People/Characters
- Sun-Tzu Liao; Hanse Davion; Maximilian Liao; Romano Liao; Victor Steiner-Davion; Sasha Wanli (show all 79); Thomas Marik; Aleksandr Kerensky; Morgan Hasek-Davion; Talon Zahn; Katherine Steiner-Davion; Yvonne Steiner-Davion; Arthur Steiner-Davion; Ion Rush; Tsen Shang; Theodore Kurita; Danai Centrella; Naomi Centrella; Emma Centrella; Jeffrey Calderon; Candace Liao; Haakon Magnusson; Sun-Tzu; Aris Sung; Ty Wu Non; Sebastian Jessup; Li Wynn; Confucius (K'ung-fu-tzu); Isis Marik; Maurice Fitzgerald; Sherryl Halas; Janos Halas-Hughes Marik; Marcus Baxter; Cassandra Allard-Liao; Justin Allard; Kai Allard-Liao; Trisha Smithson (Daqing); Warner Doles; Leonid Perrin; Virginia York; Danielle Singh; Freya Restecht; Cameron Lee; Jerome Blake; Marko Rubinsky; Raymond Li Tran; Tamas Rubinsky; Raven Clearwater; Erik Richards; Elias Liao (Elias Jung Liao); Tormano Liao; Caroline Seng; Trahn Choya; Jamie Ferrero; Garrett Smoke Jaguar; Kali Liao; Jason James; Simone Devon; Jasmine Liao; Ni Tehn Dho; Lo Chang; Shen Kei; Kuan Yin Allard-Liao; Sherman Maltin; Lao Tzu; Jerry Gossett; Dan Evans; Jonathan Xiam-hu; Quintus Allard-Liao; Julius Scavros; Hugh Feng; Usa Cappuccio; Ju-Lei Marshigama; Chi Kung; Mikhail Chess; Michael Hyung-Tsei; Neil Campbell; Stefan Amaris; Karen Simmons
- Important places
- Sian (Sian Commonality, Capellan Confederation); Sarna (Sarna Supremacy); Nashuar (St. Ives Compact); Capella (Capellan Confederation); Relevow (Capella Commonality, Capellan Confederation); St. Ives (St. Ives Compact) (show all 42); Denbar (St. Ives Compact); Gei-Fu (Sian Commonality, Capellan Confederation); Harloc (Sian Commonality, Capellan Confederation); Indicass (St. Ives Compact); Hustaing (Sian Commonality, Capellan Confederation); St. Loris (St. Ives Compact); Milos (St. Ives Compact); Terra; Detroit (New Colony Region); Tikonov (Capellan Confederation); Tharkad (Lyran Alliance); New Avalon (Federated Commonwealth); Kaifeng (Capellan Confederation); Randar (Capellan Confederation); Necromo (Capellan Confederation); Capricorn (Capellan Confederation); Ares (Capellan Confederation); Northwind (Federated Suns); Kittery (Federated Suns); Purvo (Capellan Confederation); Texlos (St. Ives Compact); Overton (Capellan Confederation); Wei (Chaos March); Warlock (St. Ives Compact); Solaris VII (Lyran Alliance); Oriente (Free Worlds League); Outreach (Chaos March); Brighton (St. Ives Compact); Vestallas (St. Ives Compact); Dieron (Draconis Combine); Raman (Federated Suns); Aldebaran (Chaos March); Luthien (Draconis Combine); Pleione (Chaos March); Taga (St. Ives Compact); Ambergrist (St. Ives Compact)
- Important events
- Capellan-St. Ives War
- Epigraph
- Nothing is more difficult than the art of maneuver. What is difficult is to make the devious route the most direct and turn misfortune to advantage. Thus, march by an indirect route and divert the enemy by enticing him with a... (show all) bait.
—Sun-Tzu, The Art of War
The art of misdirection has its purposes; for what leader does not rely on it on a daily basis? But such deceptions, political or military, can carry a realm only so far toward victory. After that, it remains in the purview o... (show all)f the warriors.
—Sun-Tzu Liao, journal entry, 21 February 3058, Sian
Now war is based on deception. Move when it is advantageous and create changes in the situation by dispersal and concentration. —Sun-Tzu, The Art of War
Turmoil. It is the genesis of both political and military solutions. When my opponents stand confused, out of ignorance or through my designs, then I have been given free rein. And someone must bring order. —Sun-Tzu Liao, j... (show all)ournal entry, 3 March 3060, Sian
Weigh the situation, then move.
—Sun-Tzu, The Art of War
For every action, any effort, there is a cost involved. Economic, political, social—it is paid somewhere. And the proper time to weigh such consequences is before a course is begun, when the cost may be evaluated within a p... (show all)roper frame of reference. For at some point, there is simply no looking back.
—Sun-Tzu Liao, journal entry, 22 November 3058, Tharkad
The reason troops slay the enemy is because they are enraged.
—Sun-Tzu, The Art of War
What most generals seem to forget is that this works both ways.
—Sun-Tzu Liao, journal entry, 28 July 3059, Sian - Dedication
- This book is dedicated to Mike Stackpole - one of my Sifu, and a good friend.
- First words
- The elevator doors opened onto the palace's Strategic Command Center with barely a sound.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"The Xin Sheng has only begun."
- Publisher's editor
- Ippolito, Donna
- Original language
- English
- Canonical DDC/MDS
- 813.5
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