Field to Field
Field to Field | |
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Story information | |
Author | Jean Rabe |
Pages | 21 |
Type | Short Story |
Product | MWDA Website |
Content | |
Era | Dark Age era |
Timeline | Ca. 3132 |
Field to Field is a short story written by Jean Rabe. It was first published in 2003 through the now defunct initial homepage that WizKids maintained in support of their MechWarrior: Dark Age game line.
Contents
Plot summary
During the early 3130s, Izzel Devries, a member of Ozawa's ruling House DeVries, backs an effort to find, recover, and restore salvageable military equipment across the planet. He employs Thel, a bookish woman with a love of ancient Terran poetry, as his chief archeologist.
At age 65, while on a dig, Thel is attacked by a gang of neo-Blakist scavengers. During the fight, accidental detonations knock her underground alongside one of the scavengers, a young teen nicknamed Tom Rum. Trapped below the surface, Thel bandages Tom Rum's broken leg and helps him escape the tunnels, discovering a mostly-intact Grasshopper along the way. Her words and deeds persuade the young scavenger to abandon the neo-Blakist gang and allow Thel to report her find to Izzel.
Featured characters
- Thel
- Izzel Devries
- Lizzy
- "Ribbo"
- Tom Rum
Featured BattleTech
BattleMechs
- Grasshopper
- Hermes (mentioned)
Other
Featured planets
Notes
- Original WizKids MWDA website link and Download (via Wayback Machine)
- The story does not come with a date. However, the protagonist Thel is stated to be 65 years old and to have been born on the final day of the FedCom Civil War, placing the story around 3132.