Cat's Claws
Names: Cat's ClawsERT03the Cat
First appears in Book 2: Judas Unchained, chapter 5 (Chapter 5)
Appearances
What you know
Book 2: Judas Unchained
- Ch 5Cat's Claws is a five-member squad of convicts, designated ERT03, training for the navy's counteroffensive against the alien invaders.
- Ch 7The squad sets up a base camp in a saddle in the Regents range and plants sensors to monitor Prime activity around Randtown.
- Ch 7Cat's Claws is the mission team, which cannot afford interference from outsiders.
- Ch 7Cat's Claws is a Commonwealth squad deployed for six months to harass and disrupt the aliens; it has lost two members, Parker and the Doc.
- Ch 12The group has kept the Bose motile secret from the navy, performing low-level sabotage and keeping the survivors alive.
- Ch 14The armored squad, including Morton, The Cat and Rob, are escorting Qatux, having chosen to stay in the game.
- Ch 14Cat's Claws are Nigel's security operatives, offered to guard Paula, who objects since she arrested Morton.
Connections
- has memberMorton
- has memberCat Stewart
- has memberRob Tannie
- has memberDoc Roberts
- has memberParker
- has memberRob
- led byCat Stewart
- ally ofMorton
Key moments
- Book 2 · Ch 7Landing on the Prime-held planet
Cat's Claws are fired through a wormhole in bubbles above the Highmarsh Valley during a massive assault. Aerobots fight off Prime flyers while the squad hides, then they travel through the mountains.
- Book 2 · Ch 12Nova of the staging post star
A Commonwealth ship triggers a nova in MorningLightMountain's staging post star, destroying its wormhole generators, halting the invasion and freezing local Prime motiles temporarily.
- Book 2 · Ch 12Aftermath debate over the Bose motile
Rob expects rescue and release, but the Cat points out they still hold the Bose motile; Rob pressures Morton to hide it from the navy.
- Book 2 · Ch 15Drop onto Port Evergreen
After launching recon drones and seeing the Starflyer's group stalled, the Carbon Goose is detected when its radar switches on; ten armored figures jump anyway.