Fate Can Be Cruel - Book One

==Overview==
Fate Can Be Cruel - Book One, is the first part one in 2ndAcr's military saga of the Terran Hegemony being taken over by the Rim World Republic leader, Stefan Amaris. The book 1 tells the tale of Hegemony's and ultimately the fall of the Star League of the itself at the end years of the Star League Era. The book covers stories that happened in background of the setting, which was not covered detailed. Fate Can Be Cruel takes place in outskirts of the Periphery along the Outworlds Alliance and the Federated Suns. The key individuals whom fought the war among these characters were not featured in Canon, but played a role which changes the course of the history of the BattleTech universe in this fan story.
2ndAcr would add some minor new variants of existing units (Mechs, Ships, Fighters, etc) as his story would progress into the second book. These units have been listed on the wiki so they maybe used for everyone's use.
Additionally, PDF of the entirety of story has been combined into a single PDF, link found at external links. Wiki pages were established before this was done. It acts as back up to the PDF or more convenient for people to discover.
==Canonicity==
The story of the rise of a new Hegemony amidst of the canon Terra Hegemony's violent coup is non-canon. Initially most characters featured are not necessary were part of the original fiction. All major events prior to Liberation of Terra and Periphery Uprising before it did accrue in canon while the events themselves happened, but not in same fashion as they would in original fiction. The events of the book focus on part of the War which was not covered by older sources such as Liberation of Terra Part 1. Beyond the departure Kerensky, is interior non-canon.
==Notable Characters==
*Lieutenant General Rita Mitchell, Executive officer of the SLDF's 272nd Mechanized Infantry Division
*Major General Heinrich Rommel, Commanding officer of the SLDF's 322nd Armored Division
*Major General Iris Carman, Commanding office of the SLDF's 280th Mechanized Infantry Division
*Commodore Trisha Delvaney, Commander SLS Salvation, Newgrange-Class Yardship
*Commodore Barbara Coltrain, Commander SLS Rhodon, Luxor-Class Heavy Cruiser
*Commodore Vincent Zeibler, Commander SLS Conroy, Avatar-Class Heavy Cruiser
*Commodore William Blythe, Commander SLS Hatchet, Kimagure-Class Pursuit Cruiser,
*Major Ian MacIntosh, Staff officer, Royal Black Watch Regiment
*Martin Zuni, Merchant Captain & Businessman
*Peter Sajak, New Earth Trading Company Engineer
==Chapter Links==
This book is broken up by year. These sections can be large. 
*Fate Can Be Cruel - 2766 - Periphery Uprising and betrayal of Lord Cameron
*Fate Can Be Cruel - 2767 - Rise of Amaris Empire, Rogue SLDF regroup, Forgotten Corp takes form.
*Fate Can Be Cruel - 2768 - Forces gather, new alliances form, new charge arrives 
*Fate Can Be Cruel - 2769 - Reinforcing a new Hegemony in the Periphery, new allies
*Fate Can Be Cruel - 2770 - Invasion of neglectful nation: Blommestein Invasion, Hegemony expands.
*Fate Can Be Cruel - 2771 - Expansion to Regional Power, Production & Rebuilding resources
*Fate Can Be Cruel - 2772 -
*Fate Can Be Cruel - 2773 -
*Fate Can Be Cruel - 2774 -
*Fate Can Be Cruel - 2775 -
*Fate Can Be Cruel - 2776 To 2778 - Rise of the Terran Hegemony in the Periphery.
*Fate Can Be Cruel - 2779 - Word of the death of Star Lord Cameron reaches the Forgotten Corps. Periphery prepares to expand further.
*Fate Can Be Cruel - 2780 - Terran Hegemony (Periphery) expands to OA's Onverwacht Province and Traders Domain.
*Fate Can Be Cruel - 2781 To 2784 - SLDF Exodus, Operation Homecoming
*Fate Can Be Cruel - 2785 - Reclaiming the Throne, aftermath of Operation Exodus.
*Fate Can Be Cruel - 2786 - Operation Black Eye, Hegemony-Combine War, ComStar is made Independent
*Fate Can Be Cruel - 2787 - Blood in the Water, Core of the Terran Hegemony with enemies attacking at all sides!
*Fate Can Be Cruel - 2788 - Final Chapter of Book 1.
==Notes==
This book's entries have been edited by Outsider7724 to correct misspellings and grammar errors only. Not all errors were caught, thus a ongoing process.
==Trivia==
*Chapters are broken up by years.
*There are 641 Pages
*Battles fought in the book were played out on MegaMek tabletop simulator game for BattleTech.
==Related Items==
*Vincent Mk39b Class Corvette (Refit)
*Vincent Class Destroyer
*Riga-Class Frigate (Refit)
*Dart Class Light Cruiser (Refit)
*Samarkand II Class Aerospace Carrier (Refit)
*Builder-Class YardShip
*Merchant-Class Surveillance Ship
*Texas-Class LF Battleship
*Monsoon-Class LF Battleship (Refit)
*Lion-Class Combined Arms DropShip
*Marine Titan-Class Assault DropShip
*HEP-3Hb Helepolis Artillery BattleMech
*RFL-3Nb Rifleman Heavy BattleMech
*PXH-2b Phoenix Hawk Medium BattleMech
==Story Download Link==
*Full Story PDF Wiki download Link
==External Links==
*Unique Variants of BattleMechs posted on Bg.Battletech.com's forums.
*Original starting thread of Part 1 of Fate Can Be Cruel on Bg.Battletech.com's forums.
*Full PDF Copy of Fate Can Be Cruel - Book 1 on BattleTech Fanon Wiki Storage Cloud
Category:Index to Fan Fiction Story
Category:Works by 2ndAcr
Category:Hegemony AU