Loaded March
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The reason SAS Captain Arthur Pendragon can't keep a communications specialist in Team Excalibur because none of them are good enough. And then Lieutenant Merlin Emrys gets assigned to his squad, and Arthur does everything he can to prove that Merlin isn't good enough, either. Except he is.
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- Part 1 of Loaded March
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There's war games -- the sort that nearly get members of Team Excalibur killed, where Arthur proves his men are better than anyone else, and the ones that involve power and politics.
And then there's War Games.
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- Part 2 of Loaded March
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Team Excalibur's prize was two weeks of R&R, but it's not all fun and games. Arthur is determined to keep his squad ready for whatever mission the Brass will toss at them next, and that means getting in touch with old friends, learning about the impossible, and trusting Merlin.
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- Part 3 of Loaded March
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The Jester has resurfaced, but the Directory wants to get their hands on him before the CIA does. Excalibur faces an entirely different level of danger that Arthur worries he hasn't prepared them for. Merlin is terrified -- not that he doesn't think he can't protect his team, but of what will happen if he does.
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- Part 4 of Loaded March
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First the CIA, now the Directory: Everyone seems keen on controlling Excalibur.
After the mission in Algiers, it seems as if the Directory thinks they can dictate when the team can eat, shit, and sleep, and none of them likes it one bit. Arthur is willing to play their game only so far, but after he learns that Mister Smith is sitting on a mission that puts people in danger, he decides that he's had enough, and now it's time to teach the Directory just who's in charge. But the matter of magic is still in question, and Merlin needs to make a choice.
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- Part 5 of Loaded March
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Help comes from a surprising source when the team waits to hear their fate at the mercy of the Directory's agenda, but Excalibur isn't entirely at loose ends. Arthur intends to deal with a particularly pesky problem, even if it means leaving Merlin in the dark.
But leaving Merlin in the dark has its own rewards.
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- Part 6 of Loaded March
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The Directory and The Dragon take charge of Excalibur to train them and shape them into a combat force that few others would dare go against.
Excalibur is ready for the NWO, but is the NWO ready for them?
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- Part 7 of Loaded March
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Merlin's secret is no longer a secret and Excalibur struggles with the knowledge that they had a sorcerer among them all along. But the mission against the NWO won't wait, and Merlin and Arthur must soldier on.
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- Part 8 of Loaded March
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The Directory throws a wrench in Excalibur's plans against the NWO, and it looks like their assignment has come to an end. Luckily, the NWO is eager to get their claws into Arthur and Merlin any way they can, but that's not going to happen under anyone's terms but their own.
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- Part 9 of Loaded March
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Conspiracies. Double-dealings. Intrigue.
Arthur has had it with being manipulated, with waiting for something to happen, with not being in control. The enemy's playing games and has every intention of using them and throwing them away like a two-bit hooker past their prime, and, honestly? The team's done with this rubbish. They've been pushed around, kept in the dark, strung along.
Now it's time to push back, to take risks, and to hope it's not going to go all to Hell.
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- Part 10 of Loaded March
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Excalibur lost a battle, their advantage, their loved ones, their heart and their soul.
A broken Captain, a shattered team, and no one to trust. Their mission has been full of secrets, the present is the broken past, and the only thing that's left to do is to enact desperate measures.
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- Part 11 of Loaded March
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It's driving Arthur mad, not knowing where Merlin is and if he's even alive. Without his usual resources, Arthur has no other choice but to reach out to people he doesn't even know -- never mind trust -- to help him unknot the snarl of conspiracies and to find Merlin.
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- Part 12 of Loaded March