The Corps
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| The Corps | |
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| Product information | |
| Type | Anthology |
| Development | Loren L. Coleman (editor) |
| Pages | 328 |
| Cover Artwork | Franz Vohwinkel (art) |
| Interior Artwork | |
| First Publication | |
| Publisher | Catalyst Game Labs |
| PIC | CAT35800 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0-979204-70-4 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-979204-70-8 |
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| Content | |
| Era | Various |
| Series | BattleCorps Anthologies |
| Followed by | First Strike |
The Corps (subtitle: BattleCorps Anthology Vol 1) is a print anthology of seventeen short stories previously published online on BattleCorps, plus one unpublished, new story (Destiny's Challenge), released in May 2008. The anthology includes a Foreword by Loren L. Coleman and an "About the authors" section and a collection of BattleMech illustrations in the back.
The anthology was also published in EPUB format on 3 June 2010. In this format, the cover title reads "Warriors" instead of "The Corps", presumably an alternative title going with the tagline from the back cover ("Warriors all"), although the product information still calls it "The Corps".
In 2024 it was republished as The Corps. Changes include standardized typography and era symbols, pictures of units used at the end of each story, and minor editing throughout. Three stories (Eight Nine Three, For Want of a Nail, and Destiny's Challenge) received greater specificity with their dates which have been noted in their individual articles. No other substantial changes were made to the stories. An unabridged audio book edition narrated by Tucker Daily Johnston, Charlie K. James , Jack Douglas and Brian Kozak was released on 16 September 2025.
Contents[edit]
- Foreword (by Loren L. Coleman)
- A Race to the End (by Loren L. Coleman)
- Damage Control (by Ilsa J. Bick)
- Eight Nine Three (by Steven Mohan, Jr.)
- Isolation's Weight (by Randall N. Bills)
- Destiny's Call (by Loren L. Coleman)
- Poison (by Jason M. Hardy)
- The Immortal Warrior at the Battle of Vorhaven (by Kevin Killiany)
- Ghost of Christmas Present (by Michael A. Stackpole)
- Zeroing In (by Robert Thurston)
- For Want of a Nail (by Dan C. Duval)
- Art of the Deal (by Loren L. Coleman)
- McKenna Station (by Kevin Killiany)
- Echoes in the Void (by Randall N. Bills)
- The Longest Road (by Blaine Lee Pardoe)
- The Back Road (by Louisa M. Swann)
- Commerce Is All (by Steven Mohan, Jr.)
- En Passant (by Phaedra M. Weldon)
- Destiny's Challenge (by Loren L. Coleman)
From the Back Cover[edit]
| “ | WARRIORS ALL.
The Great Star League general, Aleksandr Kerensky. Colonel Archer Christifori, a man with a score to settle. Nelson Geist, on Christmas patrol. Clan Jade Falcon's MechWarrior Joanna. The Northwind Highlanders. A Sandoval scion. A prisoner of war. An eleven-year-old girl. They all have two things in common. A universe torn apart by unending warfare. A mission, to stand up against the darkness. This compilation contains a selection of eighteen of 2004's best fiction pieces, as well as an all-new story about young Aleksandr Kerensky by Loren L. Coleman! |
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Notes[edit]
- The original cover depicts a climactic scene from the story Isolation's Weight.
