Category:Short Stories
This category includes all individual pieces of short fiction published for the BattleTech universe. BattleCorps summarily defined "short fiction" in the BattleTech universe as fiction of up to 40,000 words.
Generally, there are 500 words per page and stories of up to 7,500 words (15 pages) are considered "short stories", stories between 7,500 and 17,500 words (16-35 pages) are considered "novelettes", and stories of between 17,500 and 40,000 words (36-80 pages) are considered "novellas" by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America; see also: Word count.)
A given piece of fiction can generally be regarded as short fiction for the purpose of inclusion in this category if it has a title, constitutes a complete story with a story arc (as opposed to a sourcebook written from an in-universe viewpoint or a mere short piece of fiction such as the fiction boxes that often come with scenarios), and is not considered a novel.
Some BattleTech stories may be categorized as both a short story and a novel.
See also:
Pages in category "Short Stories"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 697 total.
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- Obligation's Forge
- Occum's Choice
- Of Dust and Dreams
- Of War and Peace and Cherry Trees
- Office Politics
- Old Legends Never Die
- Old MechWarriors Never...
- Old Pus Eye
- Omega (short story)
- On Solid Ground
- On the Square
- Once You Go Traitor
- One Door Closes
- One Man's Trash
- One Thousand
- Onikuma
- Operation Blue Tiger
- Operation Knockdown
- Operation Red Lion
- Operation RESTORED HOPE (short story)
- Opportunity (2008)
- Opportunity (2014)
- Other Perspectives
- Out of the Ashes
- Ozymandias
P
- Pack Hunters
- Painting the Town
- Paladin (short story)
- Panzer
- Paper Tiger
- Payback Strike
- The Pear
- Pearls's Ghost
- Perception of Victory
- Permanent Losses
- Perpetual War
- Personal Best
- Phoenix Hawk Lore and Blueprint
- Picking the Bones
- Piece by Piece
- The Pirate Hunt
- Pirates of Penance
- Pitcairn Star
- Playing Outside
- Pledges of Allegiance
- Point of View
- Poison
- PPCs
- The Clan Upgrade
- Pressure
- The Price of Conviction
- Professional Courtesy
- Prometheus Unbound
- Promise (short story)
- The Promise
- The Proof Is in the Pudding
- Proper Work
- Proprietary
- Protector of the Blood
- Pulsar (short story)
- Punitive Strike
- Purification of the Damned
- The Purview of Warriors
R
- The Race Is Not to the Swift
- A Race to the End
- Rain Dance
- Rain of Metal
- Range War
- Ravager (short story)
- Raven (short story)
- Reap What You Sow
- Receiving Ends
- Red Khopesh
- Redemption and Malice
- Rehab
- Remaining Unperceived
- Reversal of Fortunes
- Riding the Tiger
- Righteous Fury (short story)
- Riptides
- Rise and Shine
- Rise of the Koa
- Risk of Honor
- Roadblock
- Rock in a Hard Place
- Rock of the Republic
- Rules of Engagement
- Rules of Salvage
- Run, Locust, Run
- The Running Man
S
- Sackcloth and Sand
- Sacrifice of Angels
- Salvage
- Save What You Can
- Scars
- Scavengers Blood
- Seal the Deal
- Second to None
- Seeds of Loyalty
- Self Defense
- To Serve the Dragon
- Seven Years' Bad Luck
- Seventeen Minutes
- Seventy
- The Shade of an Old Oak Tree
- The Shaded Light
- Shades
- Shades and Spirits
- Shadow and Sin: Secrets of the Canopian Pleasure Circuses
- Shadow Angels
- Shadow of Death
- Shadows of Faith
- Shards of a Broken Sword
- Shell Games
- A Shot at Glory
- A Show of Force
- Signing Bonus
- Signing Day
- Silent Plans
- Simple Farmer
- Six Months on the Float
- A Skein of Schemes
- Skirmish at the Vale's Edge
- Sleight of Hand
- A Smaller Sacrifice
- Snipe Hunt
- Sniper (short story)
- So Costly a Sacrifice
- A Soldier Without Hope
- A Soldier's Privilege
- Something More
- Something to Prove
- Son of Blake
- Sons of Janus
- Sore Loser
- Sorrow of Eden
- Sound and Fury
- Spanner in the Works
- The Spider and the Wolf
- The Spider Dances
- A Splinter of Hope + The Anvil
- A Splinter of Hope
- St. Ives Blue - VND-1SIB
- Stalking the Legends
- Star League Day (short story)
- Starfire (short story)
- Stars in the Time of Dreaming
- Starving Vultures
- State of Grace
- Stick in the Wind
- Stitch in Time
- A Storm of Rain and Steel
- Storms of Fate: Alternate Chapter Six
- Story of the Legend-Killer
- Strange Bedfellows
- Straw Man
- Superior
- Surkai (short story)
- Swords and Plowshares
- Swords of Light and Darkness
T
- Tactics of Betrayal
- A Tale of Mercy in Defeat
- Tale of the Green Ghosts
- Tales from the Cracked Canopy
- Tales from the Cracked Canopy: Blind Arrogance
- Tales from the Cracked Canopy: Giving Up
- Tales from the Cracked Canopy: No Rest for the Accursed
- Tales from the Cracked Canopy: Shadows of the Past
- Tales from the Cracked Canopy: Silent Roar
- Tales from the Cracked Canopy: The Devil's Luck
- Tales from the Cracked Canopy: The Razor's Edge of Opportunity
- Tales from the Cracked Canopy: The Red Wraith
- Tales of the Jihad: the Last Day of Zeta
- Tales of the Strange Bedfellows
- Teach the Wicked
- Tears of Blood
- Technically Speaking
- Test of Faith
- Test of Honor
- Thanatos Lore
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Pages in category "Short Stories"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 697 total.
(previous page) (next page)M
N
O
- Obligation's Forge
- Occum's Choice
- Of Dust and Dreams
- Of War and Peace and Cherry Trees
- Office Politics
- Old Legends Never Die
- Old MechWarriors Never...
- Old Pus Eye
- Omega (short story)
- On Solid Ground
- On the Square
- Once You Go Traitor
- One Door Closes
- One Man's Trash
- One Thousand
- Onikuma
- Operation Blue Tiger
- Operation Knockdown
- Operation Red Lion
- Operation RESTORED HOPE (short story)
- Opportunity (2008)
- Opportunity (2014)
- Other Perspectives
- Out of the Ashes
- Ozymandias
P
- Pack Hunters
- Painting the Town
- Paladin (short story)
- Panzer
- Paper Tiger
- Payback Strike
- The Pear
- Pearls's Ghost
- Perception of Victory
- Permanent Losses
- Perpetual War
- Personal Best
- Phoenix Hawk Lore and Blueprint
- Picking the Bones
- Piece by Piece
- The Pirate Hunt
- Pirates of Penance
- Pitcairn Star
- Playing Outside
- Pledges of Allegiance
- Point of View
- Poison
- PPCs
- The Clan Upgrade
- Pressure
- The Price of Conviction
- Professional Courtesy
- Prometheus Unbound
- Promise (short story)
- The Promise
- The Proof Is in the Pudding
- Proper Work
- Proprietary
- Protector of the Blood
- Pulsar (short story)
- Punitive Strike
- Purification of the Damned
- The Purview of Warriors
R
- The Race Is Not to the Swift
- A Race to the End
- Rain Dance
- Rain of Metal
- Range War
- Ravager (short story)
- Raven (short story)
- Reap What You Sow
- Receiving Ends
- Red Khopesh
- Redemption and Malice
- Rehab
- Remaining Unperceived
- Reversal of Fortunes
- Riding the Tiger
- Righteous Fury (short story)
- Riptides
- Rise and Shine
- Rise of the Koa
- Risk of Honor
- Roadblock
- Rock in a Hard Place
- Rock of the Republic
- Rules of Engagement
- Rules of Salvage
- Run, Locust, Run
- The Running Man
S
- Sackcloth and Sand
- Sacrifice of Angels
- Salvage
- Save What You Can
- Scars
- Scavengers Blood
- Seal the Deal
- Second to None
- Seeds of Loyalty
- Self Defense
- To Serve the Dragon
- Seven Years' Bad Luck
- Seventeen Minutes
- Seventy
- The Shade of an Old Oak Tree
- The Shaded Light
- Shades
- Shades and Spirits
- Shadow and Sin: Secrets of the Canopian Pleasure Circuses
- Shadow Angels
- Shadow of Death
- Shadows of Faith
- Shards of a Broken Sword
- Shell Games
- A Shot at Glory
- A Show of Force
- Signing Bonus
- Signing Day
- Silent Plans
- Simple Farmer
- Six Months on the Float
- A Skein of Schemes
- Skirmish at the Vale's Edge
- Sleight of Hand
- A Smaller Sacrifice
- Snipe Hunt
- Sniper (short story)
- So Costly a Sacrifice
- A Soldier Without Hope
- A Soldier's Privilege
- Something More
- Something to Prove
- Son of Blake
- Sons of Janus
- Sore Loser
- Sorrow of Eden
- Sound and Fury
- Spanner in the Works
- The Spider and the Wolf
- The Spider Dances
- A Splinter of Hope + The Anvil
- A Splinter of Hope
- St. Ives Blue - VND-1SIB
- Stalking the Legends
- Star League Day (short story)
- Starfire (short story)
- Stars in the Time of Dreaming
- Starving Vultures
- State of Grace
- Stick in the Wind
- Stitch in Time
- A Storm of Rain and Steel
- Storms of Fate: Alternate Chapter Six
- Story of the Legend-Killer
- Strange Bedfellows
- Straw Man
- Superior
- Surkai (short story)
- Swords and Plowshares
- Swords of Light and Darkness
T
- Tactics of Betrayal
- A Tale of Mercy in Defeat
- Tale of the Green Ghosts
- Tales from the Cracked Canopy
- Tales from the Cracked Canopy: Blind Arrogance
- Tales from the Cracked Canopy: Giving Up
- Tales from the Cracked Canopy: No Rest for the Accursed
- Tales from the Cracked Canopy: Shadows of the Past
- Tales from the Cracked Canopy: Silent Roar
- Tales from the Cracked Canopy: The Devil's Luck
- Tales from the Cracked Canopy: The Razor's Edge of Opportunity
- Tales from the Cracked Canopy: The Red Wraith
- Tales of the Jihad: the Last Day of Zeta
- Tales of the Strange Bedfellows
- Teach the Wicked
- Tears of Blood
- Technically Speaking
- Test of Faith
- Test of Honor
- Thanatos Lore