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Line 11: | scrollable timeline = [[Start date::]][[End date::]] | scrollable timeline = [[Start date::]][[End date::]] }} }} − "'''Face in the Viewport'''" is a short story by [[Robert Thurston]] about [[Clan Jade Falcon]] warrior [[Horse (Clan Jade Falcon)|Horse]]. It is featured in the ''[[BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction]]'' anthology. + "'''Face In The Viewport'''" is a short story by [[Robert Thurston]] about [[Clan Jade Falcon]] warrior [[Horse Jade Falcon|Horse]]. It is featured in the ''[[BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction]]'' anthology. ==Plot Summary== ==Plot Summary== − Horse, once a [[Star Commander]], has become ''[[solahma]]'', a veteran so old the Clan gave him the choice to decommission or become cannon fodder. As a true [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]], he chose battle, even if it would be without a 'Mech. Badly injured and dazed, he stumbles upon a working [[Elemental (Battle Armor)|Elemental battlesuit]] in the middle of a smoky battlefield. The [[Elemental]] inside it had died, but Horse is able to pull his large body out of the armor and then climb in himself. The suit's automated [[medipack]] and [[HarJel]] relieve his pain and stop his bleeding. Meanwhile, he remembers the bitterness of [[Joanna]], who like him is now ''solahma'' and had charged off into battle looking for a warrior's death that never seems to come. He also thinks about his friend [[Aidan Pryde]] and their times together, and how he still hears Aidan's voice decades later. + [[Horse Jade Falcon|Horse]], once a [[Star Commander]], has become [[solahma]], a veteran so old the Clan gave him the choice to decommission or become cannon fodder. As a true [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]], he chose battle, even if it would be without a 'Mech. Badly injured and dazed, he stumbles upon a working [[Elemental (Battle Armor)|Elemental battle suit]] in the middle of a smoky battlefield. The [[Elemental]] inside it had died, but Horse is able to pull his large body out of the armor and then climb in himself. The suit's automated [[medipack]] and [[HarJel]] relieve his pain and stop his bleeding. Meanwhile, he remembers the bitterness of [[Joanna]], who like him is now solahma and had charged off into battle looking for a warrior's death that never seems to come. He also thinks about his friend [[Aidan Pryde]] and their times together, and how he still hears Aiden's voice decades later. Hidden in the armor, Horse avoids an enemy soldier that dishonors the body of the Elemental he had taken out of the suit. Slowly his disorientation starts to recede, though it never clears. Heading back to the battle he comes across another Jade Falcon warrior who calls him an inspiration as Horse had earned lines in ''[[The Remembrance]]''. In the tenebrous front line they become separated and Horse finds himself surrounded by four enemy fighters. He kills all four, his actions instinctual, letting him feel like a warrior again if even for a moment. He trudges back into the smoke, hoping to find the soldier that abused the Elemental's body, so that he can kill one more monster before he finally gains a warrior's death. Hidden in the armor, Horse avoids an enemy soldier that dishonors the body of the Elemental he had taken out of the suit. Slowly his disorientation starts to recede, though it never clears. Heading back to the battle he comes across another Jade Falcon warrior who calls him an inspiration as Horse had earned lines in ''[[The Remembrance]]''. In the tenebrous front line they become separated and Horse finds himself surrounded by four enemy fighters. He kills all four, his actions instinctual, letting him feel like a warrior again if even for a moment. He trudges back into the smoke, hoping to find the soldier that abused the Elemental's body, so that he can kill one more monster before he finally gains a warrior's death. Line 24:
Line 24: ==Featured Characters== ==Featured Characters== − * [[Horse (Clan Jade Falcon)|Horse]] + * [[Horse Jade Falcon|Horse]] * [[Joanna]] * [[Joanna]] * [[Aidan Pryde]] (mentioned) * [[Aidan Pryde]] (mentioned)
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| − | "'''Face | + | "'''Face In The Viewport'''" is a short story by [[Robert Thurston]] about [[Clan Jade Falcon]] warrior [[Horse Jade Falcon|Horse]]. It is featured in the ''[[BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction]]'' anthology. |
==Plot Summary== | ==Plot Summary== | ||
| − | Horse, once a [[Star Commander]], has become | + | [[Horse Jade Falcon|Horse]], once a [[Star Commander]], has become [[solahma]], a veteran so old the Clan gave him the choice to decommission or become cannon fodder. As a true [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]], he chose battle, even if it would be without a 'Mech. Badly injured and dazed, he stumbles upon a working [[Elemental (Battle Armor)|Elemental battle suit]] in the middle of a smoky battlefield. The [[Elemental]] inside it had died, but Horse is able to pull his large body out of the armor and then climb in himself. The suit's automated [[medipack]] and [[HarJel]] relieve his pain and stop his bleeding. Meanwhile, he remembers the bitterness of [[Joanna]], who like him is now solahma and had charged off into battle looking for a warrior's death that never seems to come. He also thinks about his friend [[Aidan Pryde]] and their times together, and how he still hears Aiden's voice decades later. |
Hidden in the armor, Horse avoids an enemy soldier that dishonors the body of the Elemental he had taken out of the suit. Slowly his disorientation starts to recede, though it never clears. Heading back to the battle he comes across another Jade Falcon warrior who calls him an inspiration as Horse had earned lines in ''[[The Remembrance]]''. In the tenebrous front line they become separated and Horse finds himself surrounded by four enemy fighters. He kills all four, his actions instinctual, letting him feel like a warrior again if even for a moment. He trudges back into the smoke, hoping to find the soldier that abused the Elemental's body, so that he can kill one more monster before he finally gains a warrior's death. | Hidden in the armor, Horse avoids an enemy soldier that dishonors the body of the Elemental he had taken out of the suit. Slowly his disorientation starts to recede, though it never clears. Heading back to the battle he comes across another Jade Falcon warrior who calls him an inspiration as Horse had earned lines in ''[[The Remembrance]]''. In the tenebrous front line they become separated and Horse finds himself surrounded by four enemy fighters. He kills all four, his actions instinctual, letting him feel like a warrior again if even for a moment. He trudges back into the smoke, hoping to find the soldier that abused the Elemental's body, so that he can kill one more monster before he finally gains a warrior's death. | ||
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==Featured Characters== | ==Featured Characters== | ||
| − | * [[Horse | + | * [[Horse Jade Falcon|Horse]] |
* [[Joanna]] | * [[Joanna]] | ||
* [[Aidan Pryde]] (mentioned) | * [[Aidan Pryde]] (mentioned) | ||