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'''''The Good Fight''''' is a short story by [[Jason M. Hardy]] that was published online on [[BattleCorps]] on 7 March 2007 as the seventh installment in the [[Case White (series)|Case White series]]. It was later also published in print in the fourth BattleCorps anthology, ''[[Fire for Effect]]'', in 2013.
 
'''''The Good Fight''''' is a short story by [[Jason M. Hardy]] that was published online on [[BattleCorps]] on 7 March 2007 as the seventh installment in the [[Case White (series)|Case White series]]. It was later also published in print in the fourth BattleCorps anthology, ''[[Fire for Effect]]'', in 2013.
  
Although it is technically a standalone story, the protagonist previously appeared in the story ''[[Backroads at Night]]''.
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Although it is technically a stand-alone story, the protagonist previously appeared in the story ''[[Backroads at Night]]''.
  
 
==Teaser text==
 
==Teaser text==
{{quote|''The [[ComGuards|Com Guard]] is scattered. Across Earth, units are landing and gathering with no semblance of their original selves. Yet the [[ComStar]] warriors know they have to get it together, have to work in teams they've never met before. Because Terra is still held by the [[Word of Blake|Word]], and it's time to fight the good fight.''}}
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{{quote|''The [[Com Guards|Com Guard]] is scattered. Across Earth, units are landing and gathering with no semblance of their original selves. Yet the [[ComStar]] warriors know they have to get it together, have to work in teams they've never met before. Because Terra is still held by the [[Word of Blake|Word]], and it's time to fight the good fight.''}}
  
 
==Plot summary==
 
==Plot summary==
Having fought his way to Riga after his unit's destruction in the initial landing, [[Com Guard]] [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]] Sorrin Buell joins the chaotic fighting there. Cut off from the main body, Buell finds himself in an ad-hoc force that must push through the enemy lines. He manages the breakthrough on pure instinct, with his 'Mech essentially destroyed around him but still functional enough to carry him.
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Having fought his way to Riga after his unit's destruction in the initial landing, Com Guard [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]] [[Sorrin Buell]] joins the chaotic fighting there. Cut off from the main body, Buell finds himself in an ad hoc force that must push through the enemy lines. He manages the breakthrough on pure instinct, with his 'Mech essentially destroyed around him but still functional enough to carry him.
  
 
==Featured BattleTech==
 
==Featured BattleTech==
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*Unspecified Battle Armor and infantry
 
*Unspecified Battle Armor and infantry
  
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Latest revision as of 18:33, 11 November 2023

The Good Fight
Product information
Type Short story
Author Jason M. Hardy
Pages 12
Publication information
Publisher BattleCorps
First published 7 March 2007
Content
Era Jihad era
Timeline 17 March 3068
Series Case White (series)
Preceded by To Serve and Protect
Followed by Voice of the Resistance

The Good Fight is a short story by Jason M. Hardy that was published online on BattleCorps on 7 March 2007 as the seventh installment in the Case White series. It was later also published in print in the fourth BattleCorps anthology, Fire for Effect, in 2013.

Although it is technically a stand-alone story, the protagonist previously appeared in the story Backroads at Night.

Teaser text[edit]

The Com Guard is scattered. Across Earth, units are landing and gathering with no semblance of their original selves. Yet the ComStar warriors know they have to get it together, have to work in teams they've never met before. Because Terra is still held by the Word, and it's time to fight the good fight.

Plot summary[edit]

Having fought his way to Riga after his unit's destruction in the initial landing, Com Guard MechWarrior Sorrin Buell joins the chaotic fighting there. Cut off from the main body, Buell finds himself in an ad hoc force that must push through the enemy lines. He manages the breakthrough on pure instinct, with his 'Mech essentially destroyed around him but still functional enough to carry him.

Featured BattleTech[edit]

BattleMechs[edit]

Vehicles[edit]

Other[edit]

  • Unspecified Battle Armor and infantry