Short story: Of Marble and Mud

[Dubble_g]

Hi, first time posting in this forum. Have a story I'd originally planned to submit to BattleCorps, but they seem to be in transition at the moment, I thought I'd share here instead.

As a BattleCorps-style story, it tries to remain within canon and focuses on a small, human story rather than a big epic, but I hope you'll like it just the same. I've taken the "Enemy Mine" trope (enemies stranded together, must cooperate to survive) and put a BattleTech twist on it.

Dropbox link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/c2yr8qgyauo800l/Of%20Marble%20and%20Mud.pdf?dl=0

Would be interested to hear your reactions, thoughts or comments. Enjoy.


 

[snakespinner]

Interesting story.
Makes you think who was the honourable one, and shooting someone in the back who helped you is not the honourable course of action. O0

[Dubble_g]

Thanks very much for taking the time to read and comment. Glad you got something out of it.

You're quite right, honor is one of the themes I was trying to explore. Yours is an interesting take.
In my own mind, it was not so much who was more honorable, more a question of whether--in the context of the BattleTech universe--things we'd normally consider good (honor, loyalty, marble) are actually making the universe worse than the alternatives (mud).