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'''''Feather versus Mountain''''' (full title) is a story by [[Stephan A. Frabartolo]] that was published online on [[BattleCorps]] on 07 November 2010 together with its companion story, ''[[Rise and Shine]]''. They were originally conceived as a single story.
'''''Feather versus Mountain''''' (full title) is a story by [[Stephan A. Frabartolo]] that was published online on [[BattleCorps]] on 07 November 2010 together with its companion story, [[Rise and Shine]], which was originally conceived as the second part of the former story.
 
  
 
The stories tie into the novel ''[[Wolves on the Border]]'' in what amounts to an additional chapter, taking a closer look at the events that lead up to the death of [[Jerry Akuma]].
 
The stories tie into the novel ''[[Wolves on the Border]]'' in what amounts to an additional chapter, taking a closer look at the events that lead up to the death of [[Jerry Akuma]].
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==Plot summary==
 
==Plot summary==
Desperate for additional combat assets as his battle with Wolf's Dragoons is turning bad, [[Jerry Akuma]] strongarms his former lancemate [[Willard Gibbs]] back into service, with himself as his superior officer.
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A former [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]] from the elite [[2nd Sword of Light]], [[Willard Gibbs]] was [[dispossessed]] years ago and is now the local PoliceMech commander on An Ting. Desperate for additional combat assets as his battle with Wolf's Dragoons is turning bad in early 3028, [[Jerry Akuma]] strongarms his reluctant former lancemate Gibbs back into service, with himself as his superior officer. The weak 'Mechs under Gibbs' command then become cannon fodder for Akuma while he makes a point of mistreating and humiliating Gibbs, whom he despises.
 
 
A former [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]] from the elite [[2nd Sword of Light]], Gibbs was [[dispossessed]] years ago and is now the local PoliceMech commander. The weak 'Mechs under his command become cannon fodder for Akuma while he makes a point of mistreating and humiliating Gibbs, whom he despises.
 
  
As a staunch follower of [[bushido]] and a loyal samurai of House Kurita, Gibbs is forced to do his hateful master's bidding... to the letter.
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As a staunch follower of [[bushido]] and a loyal samurai of House Kurita, Gibbs is forced to do his hateful master's bidding... to the letter. But the letters of law and the letters of his orders combined turn out to be the opposite of what Akuma thought.
  
 
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== Featured characters ==
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* [[Dromini VI]] (mentioned)
 
* [[Dromini VI]] (mentioned)
  
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== Featured units ==
 
* [[Wolf's Dragoons]]
 
* [[Wolf's Dragoons]]
 
* [[Ryuken-ichi]]
 
* [[Ryuken-ichi]]
 
* An Ting PoliceMech detachment
 
* An Ting PoliceMech detachment
 
* [[2nd Sword of Light]] (mentioned)
 
* [[2nd Sword of Light]] (mentioned)
* ''[[Ryuken-ni]]'' (mentioned)
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* [[Ryuken-ni]] (mentioned)
  
 
== Featured BattleTech ==
 
== Featured BattleTech ==
 
==='Mechs===
 
==='Mechs===
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* ''[[Guard]]'' SecurityMech
 
* ''[[Rifleman]]''
 
* ''[[Rifleman]]''
* ''[[Guard]]'' SecurityMech
 
 
* ''[[Ostscout]]'' (mentioned)
 
* ''[[Ostscout]]'' (mentioned)
 
* ''[[UrbanMech]]'' (mentioned)
 
* ''[[UrbanMech]]'' (mentioned)
 
* ''[[Vulcan (BattleMech)|Vulcan]]'' (mentioned)
 
* ''[[Vulcan (BattleMech)|Vulcan]]'' (mentioned)
 
* ''[[Wasp LAM]]'' (mentioned)
 
* ''[[Wasp LAM]]'' (mentioned)
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* ''[[Guardian (BattleMech)|Guardian]]'' (not named, but arguably mentioned by implication; see Notes section below)
  
 
===Vehicles===
 
===Vehicles===
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==Notes==
 
==Notes==
According to the author, the story is a hommage to the ([[canon|apocryphal]]) ''[[Guardian]]'' SecurityMech from [[BattleTechnology]] #13 without mentioning it in name. The story was inspired by the ''Guardian'''s combat history against [[Wolf's Dragoons]] on [[An Ting]] as described in BattleTechnology, but the ''Guardian'' could not be used for the story as it was not a canonical 'Mech. Hence, the story's protagonist pilots a quadruped GS-54 ''[[Guard]]'' (another 15-ton design with machine guns) instead which is the only 'Mech that is described in detail and the reader is left to wonder exactly what type of machine-gun toting 15-ton 'Mechs "Guardian Company" was composed of; their annihilation is only indirectly narrated through radio reports in the story where it occurs in much the same fashion as the (apocryphal) company of ''Guardian''s was said to have been destroyed in their BattleTechnology writeup.
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According to the author, the story is a homage to the ([[canon|apocryphal]]) ''[[Guardian (BattleMech)|Guardian]]'' SecurityMech from [[BattleTechnology]] #13, without mentioning it in name. The ''Guardian'''s combat history says a company of twelve ''Guardian''s were deployed against [[Wolf's Dragoons]] on [[An Ting]] but ran afoul of infantry ambushes and made a poor showing, losing all but one of their number. The story was inspired by this, but the ''Guardian'' could not be used for the story as it was not a canonical 'Mech. Hence, the story's protagonist pilots a quadruped GS-54 ''[[Guard]]'' (another 15-ton design with machine guns) instead, which is the only 'Mech that is described in detail, and the reader is left to wonder exactly what type of machine-gun toting 15-ton 'Mechs "Guardian Company" was composed of whose annihilation is only indirectly narrated through radio reports in the story where it occurs in much the same fashion as the (apocryphal) company of ''Guardian''s was said to have been destroyed in their BattleTechnology writeup.
  
 
[[Category:BattleCorps publications]]
 
[[Category:BattleCorps publications]]
 
[[Category:Short Stories]]
 
[[Category:Short Stories]]
 
[[Category:Works by Stephan A. Frabartolo]]
 
[[Category:Works by Stephan A. Frabartolo]]

Revision as of 05:40, 18 December 2013

Feather Vs Mountain
Product information
Type Short story
Author Stephen A. Frabartolo
Pages 13
Publication information
Publisher BattleCorps
First published 07 November 2010
Content
Era Succession Wars era
Timeline 3028
Series Companion story to Rise and Shine

Feather versus Mountain (full title) is a story by Stephan A. Frabartolo that was published online on BattleCorps on 07 November 2010 together with its companion story, Rise and Shine. They were originally conceived as a single story.

The stories tie into the novel Wolves on the Border in what amounts to an additional chapter, taking a closer look at the events that lead up to the death of Jerry Akuma.

Teaser text

There are two sides to every conflict, and when the conflagration on An Ting between Wolf's Dragoons and House Kurita spills over into the streets, both sides pay a cost.

Plot summary

A former MechWarrior from the elite 2nd Sword of Light, Willard Gibbs was dispossessed years ago and is now the local PoliceMech commander on An Ting. Desperate for additional combat assets as his battle with Wolf's Dragoons is turning bad in early 3028, Jerry Akuma strongarms his reluctant former lancemate Gibbs back into service, with himself as his superior officer. The weak 'Mechs under Gibbs' command then become cannon fodder for Akuma while he makes a point of mistreating and humiliating Gibbs, whom he despises.

As a staunch follower of bushido and a loyal samurai of House Kurita, Gibbs is forced to do his hateful master's bidding... to the letter. But the letters of law and the letters of his orders combined turn out to be the opposite of what Akuma thought.

Featured characters

Featured places

Featured units

Featured BattleTech

'Mechs

Vehicles

Notes

According to the author, the story is a homage to the (apocryphal) Guardian SecurityMech from BattleTechnology #13, without mentioning it in name. The Guardian's combat history says a company of twelve Guardians were deployed against Wolf's Dragoons on An Ting but ran afoul of infantry ambushes and made a poor showing, losing all but one of their number. The story was inspired by this, but the Guardian could not be used for the story as it was not a canonical 'Mech. Hence, the story's protagonist pilots a quadruped GS-54 Guard (another 15-ton design with machine guns) instead, which is the only 'Mech that is described in detail, and the reader is left to wonder exactly what type of machine-gun toting 15-ton 'Mechs "Guardian Company" was composed of whose annihilation is only indirectly narrated through radio reports in the story where it occurs in much the same fashion as the (apocryphal) company of Guardians was said to have been destroyed in their BattleTechnology writeup.