Monster
Monster | |
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Product information | |
Type | Short story |
Author | Jason Schmetzer |
Pages | 13 |
Publication information | |
Publisher | BattleCorps |
First published | 13 December 2007 |
Content | |
Era | Jihad era |
Timeline | 12 March 3068 |
Series | The Edge of the Storm |
Preceded by | Sound and Fury |
Followed by | Toil and Trouble |
Monster is a story by Jason Schmetzer that was published online on BattleCorps on 13 December 2007.
“ | To the victor goes the spoils, right? It was supposed to be a simple salvage recovery operation of a dead ship. But when has simple and war ever gone together? | ” |
Plot summary
An infantry squad from Nealsson's Fourth Marines are tasked with salvaging a damaged Word of Blake Leopard-class DropShip at the nadir jump point of the New Canton system, left drifting after a battle in the system. Marine Sergeant Osward "Oz" Stearns soon finds his men being hunted through the ship by an injured but deadly Manei Domini intent on sacrificing them all for the greater glory of Blake...