Bücher von Aaron Allston

Sie sind Außenseiter und Draufgänger. Der Krieg machte sie zu wahren Helden.Drei Jahrzehnte sind vergangen, seit die Gespensterstaffel ihre letzte Mission erfüllte. Die Piloten der elitären X-Wing- Einheit, ein Team aus Außenseitern und Draufgängern, führten die gefährlichsten und gewagtesten Operationen durch. Während der Rebellion und des Zweiten Galaktischen Bürgerkriegs wurden sie zu wahren Legenden, bis sich die Einheit auflöste. Aber es ist es an der Zeit, dass die Gespensterstaffel zurückkehrt - denn ein Verräter droht die Allianz ins Verderben zu stürzen.

ANY SUPERHERO... ANY POWER... ANY ADVENTURE!Champions is back! This latest edition explores the superhero genre more thoroughly than ever before, delving into all the subjects you need to know about to create incredible characters and campaigns. It includes:- a complete review of the superhero genre, from the earliest Golden Age comics to today's cutting-edge graphic novels, with guidelines and suggestions for simulating the eras and features of the genre using the HERO System rules- creating superhero characters using the HERO System, including a thorough look at origins, sources of powers, game elements, and prominent character archetypes, plus aQuick Superhuman Generator- information on and examples of super-technology- creating, running, and improving Champions campaigns- examples of character sheets for the Champions and some of their major enemies- and more!Like all other HERO System genre books, Champions is a toolkit, presenting you with the information, options, and ideas you need tto create your own characters and campaigns just the way you want them, Whatever type of superhero game you like to play, and however you like to play it, Champions helps you make it even better!Champions is usable as a stand-alone product, but does not include the HERO System rules, only discussions of how to apply those rules. For the rules themselves, you'll need the HERO System 5th Edition core rulebook.

Five short novels by five masters of military science fiction. It's a war out there. In these pulse-pounding tales, the best (or worst) soldiers in the galaxy are pitted against powerful aliens on distant battlefields. Never before published stories about monsters, deadly combat tech, treachery, and honor: LEGIO PATRIA NOSTRA-by William C. Dietz. The insectoid Ramanthians have occupied Earth, and the Confederacy of Sentient Beings needs assistance from the xenophobic Hudathans in order to survive. But some Hudathan relics have been stolen, and the Hudathans won't join the Confederacy unless Legion Captain Deacon Smith can get them back. And that's going to be difficult because the thieves are ex-legionnaires-and they have a platoon of heavily armed cyborgs! A Legion of the Damned® story.PRISONER OF WAR-by Kevin J. Anderson. Set in the world of Harlan Ellison's classic Outer Limits episode "Soldier, " this is a tale about a set of warriors in a never-ending future war, men bred for nothing but the battleground-and how they cope with the horrors of...peace.REARDON'S LAW-by Brad R. Torgersen. When expensive, classified shipments of military hardware go missing, Conflux Armed Forces policewoman Kalliope Reardon is called in to work the case. She gets way more than she bargained for, as the trail takes her far outside the boundaries of the civilized galaxy, and into the heart of occupied enemy territory.DAGGER TEAM SEVEN-by R. M. Meluch. The evidence is clear and damning-A. C. Cade was a fraud. Cade's son makes himself into the man he used to believe his father was-a pilot of an elite Dagger Team, defending Earth against a desperate alien invader which has no use for humankind and absolutely nothing to lose.COFFEE BLACK SEA-by Aaron Allston. The saga of the Dollgangers from "Big Plush" (Five by Five Vol. 1) continues. Bow, BeeBee, Lina, and new 'gangers escalate the risks of their quest for survival... by turning their eyes to the stars.

Five short novels by five masters of military science fiction.It's a war out there.In these pulse-pounding tales, the best (or worst) soldiers in the galaxy are pitted against powerful aliens on distant battlefields. Never before published stories about monsters, deadly combat tech, treachery, and honor:Big Plush by Aaron Allston (a novella from the Action Figures series)-The Dollgangers, artificial people made in mankind's image, take up arms in a desperate bid to win their freedom.Comrades in Arms by Kevin J. Anderson-A damaged cyborg soldier and an enemy alien fighter turn their backs on the war and try to escape. But the human and alien governments can't tolerate the two deserters working together, so they join forces to hunt them down.Shores of the Infinite by Loren L. Coleman (a novella from the ICAS File series)-Separated from command & control, Combat Assault Suit troopers force a beachhead to liberate a new planet from the cyborg threat.The Black Ship by B.V. Larson (a mech novella from the Imperium Series)-A human settlement on the deadliest planet ever colonized clings to life ... but today new invaders are coming down from the stars.Out There by Michael A. Stackpole-The Qian have discovered humanity and welcomed them into their star-spanning empire. The benefits they offer humanity are many, and they don't want much in return: just the best human pilots available to take apart a most diabolical enemy.