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==Plot summary== | ==Plot summary== | ||
| + | The [[Seeker (Clan Goliath Scorpion)]] Star Commander Abizel was making a recon at the [[Hanseatic League]] forest on the planet Braunschweig, locating a [[Star League Era]] ''BattleMech Repair Facility''. | ||
| + | She was uncovered by a team of Hansa soldiers, which land nearby herby her with a [[VTOL]], and began searching her. Abizel kills three soldiers and the VTOL pilot, and after taking the 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. She led 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, and she, after ordering the execution of a technician which had attempted to sabotage the BRF, accepts the first one as her bondsman. | ||
==Featured characters== | ==Featured characters== | ||
Revision as of 11:54, 21 December 2023
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| Fighting for the Past | |
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| 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
The Seeker (Clan Goliath Scorpion) Star Commander Abizel was making a recon at the Hanseatic League forest on the planet Braunschweig, locating a Star League Era BattleMech Repair Facility. She was uncovered by a team of Hansa soldiers, which land nearby herby her with a VTOL, and began searching her. Abizel kills three soldiers and the VTOL pilot, and after taking the 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. She led 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, and she, after ordering the execution of a technician which had attempted to sabotage the BRF, accepts the first one as her bondsman.
Featured characters
- Abizel (Clan Goliat Scorpion)
- Federico (Clan Goliath Scorpion)
- Kazimir Pulaski
- Johann Dzinieszewski
Featured BattleTech
- Atlas (BattleMech)
- Adder
- Elemental (Battle Armor)
- Ferret VTOL
- Hunchback
- Ice Ferret
- Nova
- Phoenix Hawk
- S-7A
Featured planets
- Braunschweig
- Valencia (mentioned)