Feather Vs Mountain
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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, 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.
Contents
| “ | 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
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.
A former 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.
Featured characters
Featured places
- An Ting (City of Cerant)
- Dromini VI (mentioned)
Featured uits
- Wolf's Dragoons
- Ryuken-ichi
- An Ting PoliceMech detachment
- 2nd Sword of Light (mentioned)
- Ryuken-ni (mentioned)
Featured BattleTech
'Mechs
- Rifleman
- Guard SecurityMech
- Ostscout (mentioned)
- UrbanMech (mentioned)
- Vulcan (mentioned)
- Wasp LAM (mentioned)
Vehicles
Notes
According to the author, the story is a hommage to the (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 acutal 'Mech 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 Guardians was said to have been destroyed in their BattleTechnology writeup.