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The [[Seeker (Clan Goliath Scorpion)]] Star Commander Abizel was making a recon at the forest, on the [[Hanseatic League]] planet Braunschweig, locating a [[Star League Era]] BattleMech Repair Facility.
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She was uncovered by a team of Hansa soldiers, which land nearby her with a [[VTOL]], and began searching her. Abizel kills three soldiers and the VTOL pilots, and after taking their tracking dog, steals the VTOL to escape.
  
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Two years later, Abizel, now a Star Captain, returns to Braunschweig as part of the [[Hanseatic Crusade]], making a combat drop nearby the BRF, leading her [[Trinary]] to capture the facility.
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A battle ensues, and the Scorpions crush the Hansa defenders. Abizel felt herself impressed by a Hansa MechWarrior which refuses to damage the BRF, and after interrogating him, she learns than he too wanted to protect the ancient facility. After ordering the execution of a technician which had attempted to sabotage the BRF, accepts the first one as her bondsman.
  
 
==Featured characters==
 
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* [[Abizel (Clan Goliath Scorpion)]]
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* [[Federico (Clan Goliath Scorpion)]]
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* [[Kazimir Pulaski]]
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* Johann Dzinieszewski
  
 
==Featured BattleTech==
 
==Featured BattleTech==
 
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* [[Atlas (BattleMech)]]
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* [[Adder]]
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* [[Cyrano]] VTOL
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* [[Elemental (Battle Armor)]]
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* [[Ferret]] VTOL
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* [[Hunchback]]
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* [[Ice Ferret]]
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* [[Nova]]
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* [[Phoenix Hawk]]
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* [[S-7A]]
  
 
==Featured planets==
 
==Featured planets==
 
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* [[Braunschweig]]
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* [[Valencia]] (mentioned)
  
 
[[Category:Short Stories]]
 
[[Category:Short Stories]]
 
[[Category:Works by Geoff Swift]]
 
[[Category:Works by Geoff Swift]]

Latest revision as of 21:32, 28 February 2024

Shrapnel Magazine 014 cover.jpg
Fighting for the Past
Story information
Author Geoff “Doc” Swift
Type Short Story
Product Shrapnel Issue 14
Content
Era Dark Age era
Timeline 9 May 3138 - 9 April 3140

Fighting for the Past is a short story by Geoff “Doc” Swift that was published in the fourteenth issue of Shrapnel.

Plot summary[edit]

The Seeker (Clan Goliath Scorpion) Star Commander Abizel was making a recon at the forest, on the Hanseatic League planet Braunschweig, locating a Star League Era BattleMech Repair Facility. She was uncovered by a team of Hansa soldiers, which land nearby her with a VTOL, and began searching her. Abizel kills three soldiers and the VTOL pilots, and after taking their tracking dog, steals the VTOL to escape.

Two years later, Abizel, now a Star Captain, returns to Braunschweig as part of the Hanseatic Crusade, making a combat drop nearby the BRF, leading her Trinary to capture the facility. A battle ensues, and the Scorpions crush the Hansa defenders. Abizel felt herself impressed by a Hansa MechWarrior which refuses to damage the BRF, and after interrogating him, she learns than he too wanted to protect the ancient facility. After ordering the execution of a technician which had attempted to sabotage the BRF, accepts the first one as her bondsman.

Featured characters[edit]

Featured BattleTech[edit]

Featured planets[edit]