Golden Rule is a 24 page Battletech fiction novella included in the 2019 BattleTech: Beginner Box. Golden Rule is a prequel to the Saga of the Gray Death Legion featuring Durant Carlyle, the father of Grayson Death Carlyle. One rule to live by... or to die by It should have been a simple job. Durant Carlyle, Grayson's father, and his fellow Commandos were hired to protect the isolated mining planet of Golandrinas from a local warlord and his own mercenaries. But things are rarely as they seem near the Periphery, and what should have been an easy seek-and-destroy mission turns into something much more dangerous for Durant and his people. And when the true nature of the enemy mercs' mission is revealed, Colby's Commandos will have to learn a new set of rules if they're going to survive...

Eyestorm is a 24 page Battletech fiction novella included in the 2019 edition of BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat. Eyestorm is a prequel to the Saga of the Gray Death Legion featuring Durant Carlyle, the father of Grayson Death Carlyle. "A Storm is blowing ... And Durant Carlyle is stuck right in the center of it. His merc unit,Colby's Commando's, found more than they expected while trying to remove a brutal warlord on the icy planet of Golandrinas, and now possess a fortune in gold - a fortune the warlord's mercenary force will do anything to recover. But that's exactly what Durant and the Commando's are counting on. Using the hijacked gold as bait, they plan to draw the enemy mercs into a trap and finish them off once and for all. But the huge storm they're setting their ambush in can hide much more than the Commando's ... it might also conceal an enemy 'Mech force large enough to destroy them all ..."