Just read Fighting For The Past in Shrapnel 14 and it's excellent, Doc is doing Great Father's work here. So much good stuff. Seekers are often mentioned and are staple of Scorpions' lore but we didn't have stories about actual quest until now. Relics, necrosia, zulkari, dance of scars, collecting pets, visions, it's all here and more. 10/10
Whole story is amazing (love the two part structure) so I'll just list off some of the cooler stuff I noticed:
[spoiler]Reverence for Star League really shines through, the way protagonist views her couple of Star League era trinkets and her reaction upon seeing actual SLDF site with her own eyes is amazing, like orphan who sees her old family home for the first time
We really get to see how Scorpions actually want to go about rebuilding Star League, they understand that it's about more than just conquest and that the actual work would be much harder and more complex than any simple war could ever be, Wardens 100% to this very day
This is second story that was hinted at in earlier works, first was story about last protomech pilot mentioned in Moving Forward and this one is related to dead patrol and missing K9 from Touring the Stars. Now I want to go over everything with fine tooth comb and try to guess what's going to be next? Story about Red Saturday from inside perspective would blow my mind
I guess we now have official Seeker motto/battlecry
Seeker shuttle is called Finders Keepers? Oh, my sides
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Scorpions officially limited zellbringen to strictly Clan affairs, everything else is standard warfare because others don't care for rules. Wise approach, learn from other people's mistakes not your own, very in character
Even after all these centuries and all the technological advancements the sight of a single Atlas battlemech is still enough to make even the finest soldiers' blood run cold, General Kerensky knew what to ask of his designers (this one was definitely salvageable, welcome home big guy)
Scorpions aren't the only ones with respect for Star League, there were Hansa soldiers who appreciated the past as well
Hansa had to officially reveal the existence of manufacturing complex on Braunschweig to prevent military action, this would mean that despite all the hostilities and raiding there were definitely some (begrudging) diplomatic interactions
And finally the very fact that Scorpions discovered this SLDF site is like a good omen, it's like Great Father himself confirmed that they are on the right path and that leaving the Clan Homeworlds was the right call. This is the place where Star Leave left off and Empire now needs to continue the work which started centuries ago
No wonder Imperial capital was moved here, there were other planets with central location but only this one had Star League era structure [/spoiler]
Excellent story, excellent writing! This is the good stuff