BattleTech: Hector

BattleTech Universe

by Jason Schmetzer

Since their appearance in the Inner Sphere in 3005, the mercenary regiments known as Wolf’s Dragoons have proven themselves the masters of the battlefield, the equal of any regiment of any of the five warring Successor States.

Now under contract to House Marik’s Free Worlds League, the Dragoons have undertaken their most daring mission yet: an attack on House Steiner’s impregnable Hesperus II BattleMech factories. Success on Hesperus will make the Dragoons into living legends… but few enemies have survived House Steiner’s fanatical defenses. The Steiners know how important the ancient BattleMech factories are to their nation—and not even the fearsome reputation of Wolf’s Dragoons will make them blink.

Jason Schmetzer is the author of more than 40 published short stories and novellas, as well as four BattleTech sourcebooks and a novel. His work crosses genre and game boundaries, working with both print and electronic publication. He hold an MFA in fiction writing and works during the day as an advertising copywriter. He is also editor of the BattleCorps fiction website.

Genres: Science Fiction

139 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 13, 2012

Reviews

[A.M. Rowe · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this book (it is short, more like a novella) years ago, so my memory may be a little foggy, but I enjoyed it. It is a military action story that focuses primarily on how the fictional technology is applied to combat. But the prose is clear and the story is elevated by the emotional turmoil of the main character. The main character is wrestling with his own sense of self. He is violent angry man, which is useful in war, but he struggles while wondering if there is something more to himself then this. The character is more at peace, and more human, in combat than when at rest. In summary, a pulp action novella with a enough thought put into the characters to make them real and memorable.