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The page Richard Austin (writer) was created to contain information about the Guardians series, but I believe it does not stand notability outside of this article. The article also was too heavily focused on the series plot (see WP:PLOT), so I condensed it to one sentence. Feel free to add to it in terms of non-in-universe information. Kelvinc (talk) 06:25, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Richard Austin is an American writer, author of The Guardians saga."Richard Austin" is a pseudonym. The actual writer of the Guardians series is Victor Milan, a science fiction and fantasy writer known for other works.
The Guardians was the name of a series of military science fiction novels by Richard Austin about a team of elite post-apocalyptic Special Ops soldiers.
The core of the Guardians books saga is the survival of the United States after a global thermonuclear war.
In the late 80s, US Army Major Crenna develops a plan to create the ultimate military special tactic unit. Major Crenna has made a career in the US military and is now a close but rather undercover assistant to the US President. Major Crenna saw combat in the conflicts at the middle of the Cold War; in later years he watched the conflicts from within the strategic spheres of the US Defence systems.International tensions to between the US and USSR strech to the breaking point, bringing the world to the brink of nuclear war. So he develops a plan that would be a last alternative to the survival of the United States, given the case that a nuclear war arises, that the American land and population are attacked, and all the American institutions are unable to re-establish the American Way of Life.
The plan he creates is called Blueprint for Renewal, or simply Project Blueprint and is a rough replanning and re-establishment of the American unity and its institutions. Influential members of the project include Dr. Jacob Morgensten, a Jewish-American veteran of the first wars of Israel, who emigrated to the United States and put his wits and experience to the service of the intelligence community. Dr. Morgensten holds a full but discrete, if not covert, alliance with the President of the United States, being the former actually an asset of the latter. Later in the series he plays an increasingly important part, eventually assuming control of Project Blueprint.
Under the command of first Major Crenna, then Dr. Morgensten, is an elite four man tactical unit: The Guardians.
The Guardians are four men chosen from within the US Armed Forces to be members of a survival/combat team, able to face almost any fighting threat. Each one of them stands for an Armed Service Branch, that in which he served. Billy McKay, ex-Force Recon, leader of the Guardians Team, stands for the United States Marine Corps; Tom Rogers, ex-Green Beret, stands for the US Army; Sam Sloan stands for the US Navy; and Casey Wilson, ex-jet pilot, stands for the Air Force. The Guardians were chosen for their personal features, their combat experience and their abilities to outlast in harsh conditions. Besides, they are depicted as clear examples of the American Way of Life.
When a minor border incident in Germany sparks an exchange of small-arms fire, a full-scale ground war in Europe begins. A week of savage fighting leads to the collapse of the Warsaw Pact armies, and a retreat to the nuclear option. The survivors would call what happened, simply: The One-Day War.
In the chaotic aftermath of the One-Day War, the Guardians must get the new President of the United States out of an irradiated, riot-torn Washington, DC. Only when that mission is accomplished, do they learn their real mission: they must try to implement Project Blueprint through any means necessary. There is just one problem; the files containing the master list of project participants and resources was lost during the nuclear exchange, forcing the Guardians to search a post-apocalyptic United States for the pieces.
The Guardians are well-trained and well-equipped for the task. They use a Cadillac-Gage V-450 armored car as transport for their various missions. The car, referred to as Mobile One, is armored against small-arms fire and has a full CBRN system for protection from nuclear fallout and other threats. Mobile One is also equipped with a staggering array of shielded communications and electronic intelligence gear, as well as personal gear, anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles, and lots of ammunition. Mobile One's primary armament consists of a powered turret that mounts a M2HB .50-caliber machine gun and a MK19 40mm automatic grenade launcher.
The Guardians' personal weaponry load-out is eclectic and formidable:-Billy McKay, team leader, normally carries an M60E3 7.62mm belt-fed machine gun, with a 1911-type .45 caliber pistol as a backup.
-Tom Rogers, medic, normally carries a Galil SAR 5.56mm assault rifle, with a 1911-type .45 caliber pistol as backup.
-Sam Sloan, turret gunner, normally carries a Galil ARM 5.56 mm assault rifle with an M203 40mm grenade launcher attached. He carries a Colt Python .357 Magnum revolver as backup.
-Casey Rogers, driver and sniper, carries a highly customized Remington 700 sniper's rifle with an electronic rangefinding scope. He carries a MAC-10 .45 caliber submachinegun with noise suppressor and a Smith and Wesson Model 29 .44 Magnum as backup weapons.
All team members have access to auxiliary weapons for specialized tasks, such as shotguns, silenced submachineguns (usually the HK MP-5 series) AT-4 antitank rockets, Claymore mines, grenades, and Stinger anti-aircraft missiles.
Guardians series by Victor Milan [as Richard Austin]:
1 The Guardians (1985)
2 Trial by Fire (1990)
3 Thunder of Hell (1985)
4 Night of the Phoenix (1985)
5 Armageddon Run (1986)
6 War Zone (1986)
7 Brute Force (1987)
8 Desolation Road (1987)
9 Vengeance Day (1987)
10 Freedom Fight (1991)
11 Valley of the Gods (1988)
12 The Plague Years (1988)
13 Devil's Deal (1989)
14 Death from Above (1990)
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Why does this book need a citation?
Just curious. 2600:8800:786:A300:C23F:D5FF:FEC4:D51D (talk) 21:09, 15 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
One needs to be added, but I do not know how to do it. It's at The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction website (http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/) with the page address/URL of http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/milan_victor .
Could someone please add it?
Thank you. 2600:8800:786:A300:C23F:D5FF:FEC4:D51D (talk) 21:31, 15 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
