Fighting for the Past

Fighting for the Past
Short story by Geoff "Doc" Swift
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Publication
Published15 September 2023
Published inShrapnel Issue 14
PublisherCatalyst Game Labs
Chronology
EraDark Age era
Timeline9 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.

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Star Commander Abizel, a Escorpión Imperio Seeker, is on a recon mission on the Hanseatic League planet Braunschweig. Near a forest she detects an ancient but fully-functional BattleMech Repair Facility (BRF) from the old Star League.

A team of Hanseatic Defense Force soldiers discovers her, lands nearby her with their VTOL, and starts looking for her. In the following fight, Abizel kills the three soldiers and VTOL pilots. After taking their tracking dog with her, she steals the VTOL to escape.

Two years later, Star Captain Abizel returns to Braunschweig during the Hanseatic Crusade. Her Trinary performs a combat drop nearby the BRF, in the attempt to capture the facility. A battle ensues, in which the Escorpión Imperio forces under Abizel crush the HDF units.

Abizel is impressed by a Hanseatic MechWarrior who strictly avoids to damage the BRF. After interrogating him, she learns than he also aims to protect the ancient facility and she takes him as a bondsman.

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