Left Side of Sanity
Left Side of Sanity | |
|---|---|
| Short story by Randall N. Bills | |
| Publication | |
| Published | 31 October 2004 |
| Publisher | BattleCorps |
| illustrator(s) | Chris Lewis |
| Pages | 15 |
| Chronology | |
| Era | Civil War era |
| Timeline | 3065 |
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Left Side of Sanity is a short story by Randall N. Bills that was first published online on BattleCorps on 31 October 2004.
Teaser Text
| “ | Desperate. Alone. His entire world turned into a miasma of pain and suffering and illness. How far will one soldier go for queen and country? What drives him? Randall Bills looks hard and at the dark side of honor and decorum. | ” |
Plot Summary
Magistracy Intelligence Ministry operative Geoff Hawk, violently ill after massive surgery that exchanged both his arms for bionic limbs with hidden features, modified his nervous system and provided him with full subdermal armor, muses why he was invited to join the Ebon Magistrate in the first place, and why he accepted. Flashback scenes involving his youth on Novo Tressida and his brother Dean eventually lead him to the conclusion that it was simple curiosity about how it would be to undergo such massive modification to his body. Now that he knows, he is left wondering if maybe the price was too high...
Featured Characters
Featured Units
- Raventhir Cuirassiers (referred to as Raventhir's Guard in one instance)
- Second Air Guard
Featured Places
- Novo Tressida (mentioned)
Featured BattleTech
BattleMechs
- Phoenix Hawk (mentioned)
- Warhammer (mentioned)