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{{quote|''[[Tagline|Nothing to lose, everything to gain]].''}}
''[[The Last Chancers]]'' is a trilogy of novels set in the ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' universe written by Gav Thorpe. The novels in the series are named ''13th Legion'', ''Kill Team'', and ''Annihilation Squad'', and concern the titular 13th Penal Legion of the Imperial Guard, informally known as the [[Title Drop|Last Chancers]]. Led by Colonel Schaeffer, the Last Chancers are drawn from convicts in Imperial service, other penal legions, and anyone else with a criminal history with skills that might be made useful. Schaeffer leads them on a quest to redeem themselves in the eyes of the [[God-Emperor]], either by making a difference in the Imperium's perpetual conflicts or by dying in His service, whether the convicts seek redemption or not...
The novels are told from the point of view of Lieutenant Kage, a convicted ex-guardsman with a determination to survive his time in the legion, a short temper, and a disregard for almost all other life. He and the rest of the [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]] that are the Last Chancers are put through every kind of battlefield hell Schaeffer can drag them through, both to redeem them, and to find the strongest, toughest, and most useful soldiers ever to be convicted before an Imperial tribunal.
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* [[The Ace]] -- Moerck, [[The Political Officer|ex-commisar]] to a [[Elite Mooks|storm trooper]] company, cited for acts of bravery ten times, wounded in action seven times, turned down three offers for honorable dicharge and retirement to a training job, and jailed after carrying out [[Right Hand Versus Left Hand|some bad orders he was given]] that lead to his company targeting a friendly encampment, and those who gave the orders [[Blame Game|saddling Moerck with the blame]]. Schaeffer had him transfered to the 13th Penal Legion before the mistake could be uncovered and Moerck exonerated. Kage hates him on a personal level, but respects him on a professional one. Given the nickname "Hero".
* [[Ace Pilot]] -- Strelli was a former [[Space Pirate]] until Orks invaded his home system, at which point he joined the Imperial Navy. Served first as a shuttle pilot, then as a thunderbolt incerceptor pilot for a total of eight years. Took the traditional [[Interservice Rivalry]] between the Navy and the Guard a bit too far when he strafed a friendly tank column. He was sentenced to death by hanging, before the Colonel had his sentence changed to life imprisonment with the 13th Penal Legion. Nicknamed "Flyboy".
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