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Line 29: ==Plot summary== ==Plot summary== − Chains recounts the death of 235, a prisoner from the [[Draconis Combine]] indoctrinated into one of the [[Chain Gang Missions|notorious chain gangs]] and dropped on a suicide mission on an unidentified [[Lyran]] world. Bearing his serial number in black numbers tattooed across his forehead, 235 is frequently incoherent; with no memory of his name or identity, he and the others like him have been welded into the cockpits of their ramshackle [['Mech]]s. Where the ejection seat mechanism would be in another 'Mech there is instead a large IV dispenser of [[ChemCourage|"Chem-courage"]], a more effective and dangerous version of street-level stims, and the system is set up to automatically flood 235's body whenever his heart rate goes above a certain level. Chem-courage dampens fear and the sense of self, whilst also providing focus and enchanced levels of aggression. + Chains recounts the death of 235, a prisoner from the Draconis Combine indoctrinated into one of the notorious chain gangs and dropped on a suicide mission on an unidentified Lyran world. Bearing his serial number in black numbers tattooed across his forehead, 235 is frequently incoherent; with no memory of his name or identity, he and the others like him have been welded into the cockpits of their ramshackle [['Mech]]s. Where the ejection seat mechanism would be in another 'Mech there is instead a large IV dispenser of "Chem-courage", a more effective and dangerous version of street-level stims, and the system is set up to automatically flood 235's body whenever his heart rate goes above a certain level. Chem-courage dampens fear and the sense of self, whilst also providing focus and enchanced levels of aggression. 235 has no clear recollection of his training, which lasted an indeterminate number of weeks, but he's able to land his 'Mech - a century-old ''[[Dragon]]'' - upright and immediately charges into the fight going on around the landing zone; it's a stormy night, and flashes of lightning on the horizon periodically illuminate the city that 235 and the other members of Ghost Company have been sent to attack. The Lyran defenders are waiting for them, with light and medium 'Mechs arranged in a skirmish line near the LZ, and 235 can see other members of the company fighting and dying nearby. 235 swaps fire with a Lyran ''Trebuchet'' before charging it and trampling over the lighter 'Mech, before finding himself under fire from two heavier Lyran 'Mechs. 235 attacks the largest, a ''[[Zeus]]'', but the ''Zeus'' shears the left leg off his ''Dragon'' and takes 235 out of the battle. 235 has no clear recollection of his training, which lasted an indeterminate number of weeks, but he's able to land his 'Mech - a century-old ''[[Dragon]]'' - upright and immediately charges into the fight going on around the landing zone; it's a stormy night, and flashes of lightning on the horizon periodically illuminate the city that 235 and the other members of Ghost Company have been sent to attack. The Lyran defenders are waiting for them, with light and medium 'Mechs arranged in a skirmish line near the LZ, and 235 can see other members of the company fighting and dying nearby. 235 swaps fire with a Lyran ''Trebuchet'' before charging it and trampling over the lighter 'Mech, before finding himself under fire from two heavier Lyran 'Mechs. 235 attacks the largest, a ''[[Zeus]]'', but the ''Zeus'' shears the left leg off his ''Dragon'' and takes 235 out of the battle.
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| − | Chains recounts the death of 235, a prisoner from the | + | Chains recounts the death of 235, a prisoner from the Draconis Combine indoctrinated into one of the notorious chain gangs and dropped on a suicide mission on an unidentified Lyran world. Bearing his serial number in black numbers tattooed across his forehead, 235 is frequently incoherent; with no memory of his name or identity, he and the others like him have been welded into the cockpits of their ramshackle [['Mech]]s. Where the ejection seat mechanism would be in another 'Mech there is instead a large IV dispenser of "Chem-courage", a more effective and dangerous version of street-level stims, and the system is set up to automatically flood 235's body whenever his heart rate goes above a certain level. Chem-courage dampens fear and the sense of self, whilst also providing focus and enchanced levels of aggression. |
235 has no clear recollection of his training, which lasted an indeterminate number of weeks, but he's able to land his 'Mech - a century-old ''[[Dragon]]'' - upright and immediately charges into the fight going on around the landing zone; it's a stormy night, and flashes of lightning on the horizon periodically illuminate the city that 235 and the other members of Ghost Company have been sent to attack. The Lyran defenders are waiting for them, with light and medium 'Mechs arranged in a skirmish line near the LZ, and 235 can see other members of the company fighting and dying nearby. 235 swaps fire with a Lyran ''Trebuchet'' before charging it and trampling over the lighter 'Mech, before finding himself under fire from two heavier Lyran 'Mechs. 235 attacks the largest, a ''[[Zeus]]'', but the ''Zeus'' shears the left leg off his ''Dragon'' and takes 235 out of the battle. | 235 has no clear recollection of his training, which lasted an indeterminate number of weeks, but he's able to land his 'Mech - a century-old ''[[Dragon]]'' - upright and immediately charges into the fight going on around the landing zone; it's a stormy night, and flashes of lightning on the horizon periodically illuminate the city that 235 and the other members of Ghost Company have been sent to attack. The Lyran defenders are waiting for them, with light and medium 'Mechs arranged in a skirmish line near the LZ, and 235 can see other members of the company fighting and dying nearby. 235 swaps fire with a Lyran ''Trebuchet'' before charging it and trampling over the lighter 'Mech, before finding himself under fire from two heavier Lyran 'Mechs. 235 attacks the largest, a ''[[Zeus]]'', but the ''Zeus'' shears the left leg off his ''Dragon'' and takes 235 out of the battle. | ||