Editing The Walking Dead (short story)

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| author              = [[Blaine Lee Pardoe]]
| pages               = 7
| type                = Short story
| product             = BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction
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| era                 = [[Jihad era]]
| timeline            = 7 March [[3074]]
| scrollable timeline = [[Start date::]][[End date::]]
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The short story '''''The Walking Dead''''' was published in ''[[BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction]]''.

==Plot summary==
As [[Clan Ghost Bear]] forces engage the [[Word of Blake]] on [[Radstadt]], the Blakists detonate a neutron bomb in the capital city of Munich. Millions of civilians are doomed to death by radiation poisoning, as are several of the Ghost Bears. [[Galaxy Commander]] [[Jocelyn Vong]] organizes a special unit for a suicide mission: a [[Binary]] of radiation-poisoned Ghost Bears are to assault the [[43rd Shadow Division]]'s DropShips before they escape, approaching from a direction the Blakists won't expect: through the lethally irradiated city.

[[Star Captain]] [[Anjo Bekker]], the highest-ranking doomed Ghost Bear, leads this unit, informally nicknamed "[[The Walking Dead]]". Aided by drugs that keep them able to fight but accelerate their deaths, the Walking Dead assault the Blakists, causing immense damage in their dying moments and creating the opportunity for reinforcements to arrive. Almost all of the 43rd's DropShips are destroyed.

In recognition of their honor, their sacrifice, and their victory, Jocelyn Vong pledges that a standing unit will remain under the name of the Walking Dead, and that lines about Anjo will be added to the [[Clan Remembrance|Remembrance]].

==Featured characters==


==Featured places==
* [[Radstadt]]

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 ==Featured characters==
-* [[Anjo Bekker]]
-* [[Jocelyn Vong]]
-* [[Drysdale]]
-* [[Chelsie]]
-* [[Parker (Clan Ghost Bear)]]
-* [[Hastings]]
-* [[Dimitri]]
-==Featured BattleTech==
-===BattleMechs===
-* ''[[Kit Fox]]''
-* ''[[Timber Wolf]]''
-* ''[[Warhawk]]''
-* ''[[Summoner]]''
-* ''[[Nova]]''
-* ''[[Black Knight]]''
-* ''[[Bombardier]]''
-* ''[[Rifleman IIC]]''
-* ''[[Hitman]]''
-* ''[[Tempest]]''
-* ''[[Grim Reaper]]''
-===DropShips===
-* ''[[Leopard]]''
-* ''[[Union]]''
-==Featured units==
-* [[43rd Shadow Division]]
-* [[The Walking Dead]]
-* [[Zeta Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)]]
-* [[Karver's Korps]] (mentioned)
-* [[3rd Claw (Clan Ghost Bear)]] (mentioned)
-* [[5th Bear Regulars (Clan Ghost Bear)]] (mentioned)
 ==Featured places==
 * [[Radstadt]]
-* [[Arc-Royal]] (mentioned)
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 [[Category:Works by Blaine Lee Pardoe]]