![]() ![]() Interestingly, it really does try to be serious, which leads to a dissonance as it periodically breaks from "this is terrible and awful and I don't want to hear about more people being gibbed" to "oh my gosh mechs are awesome and explody and did you SEE that?" It's a very visceral and violent R-rated novel. Or at least, that's what it's about between the frequent battles and descriptions of well-oiled machinery firing high-powered machine-and-body-melting lasers, explosions, gore of every variety, and the "cacophonous beauty" of high caliber rounds decimating enemy armor. It's not the 80s action-movie tongue-in-cheek parody you might expect, but a "serious" book following characters dealing with dying friends, the horrors of war, and wrestling with loyalty to a cause vs loyalty to comrades and promises. It's a military sci-fi that follows a group of soldiers that are part of the government military when the "Great Leader is dead" event occurs, and the chaos that ensues after. Picked this up on a whim as part of a package that came with the game of the same name. Trust will be lost, comrades will die, and soldiers will be defined by their actions, whatever the outcome. They find the remains of the patrol, a heavily armed scout walker gutted by fire, but by whom?Ĭommunications become difficult, and the armoured war machines of the reaction force decide to return to base.Īs tension builds and the city begins to turn on them, rumours start to spread, and the ghost of a message slips through amidst relentless gunfire. Perfect in its simplicity, not one of the compartmentalised cities has ever fallen to enemy incursion.Ī perimeter patrol on the outskirts of Solo Nobre reports that a sector gate lays open, an occurrence unheard of in the dark hours.Ī quick reaction force of mechs is mobilised to investigate, and with impressive speed and efficiency, their powerful armoured machines secure the area. The second, infinitely more important job of the Armies is to ensure that the guns remain operational, their tireless eyes searching the heavens to halt any incursion, Saints bless them. The corporations are ruthless and will exploit any weakness.īut the people are happy, there is no disorder, anymore. ![]() Should fear take them, the Armies of the Great Leader ensure that the people are compliant, any unruly behaviour is necessarily stamped down to maintain control with discipline and selfless determination. Inside their walled cities, the greatest of which being Solo Nobre, happy, hardworking folk slog relentlessly day and night to mine ore and build parts to keep the monolithic Empire of the Great Leader grinding ever forward.īeneath an impenetrable blanket of protection provided by the magnificent orbital gun platforms, watched over by the holy saints, the bone weary locals sleep soundly, safe in the knowledge that no outside invaders would dare attack. The resource rich frontier world has endured toil and hardships unimaginable for generations to bring prosperity to the populace. Far flung colony, home to a proud people. ![]()
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