I've read the sadly incomplete and inactive story The private by random writings and more recently Ace cadet Leon young by Shaddoth and have enjoyed the stories to do with mech technology, warfare, space battles etc and was hoping that i could get some suggestions for more long stories in that theme
Would powered armor do in place of mechas? If so, try The Healer by QM. It's certainly got the space battles.
"Shadow on the Edge by Aeralyndal
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THIS is the story I thought I was submitting under the title "Birth of Shadow" NO EXPLICIT SEX.
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Reviewed: 5/24/2015
This is VERY good story. It's long and filled with battles but there is a hero with issues and he develops and grows as a person as the story expands. He starts as a private, with some flashbacks to explain his past and ends as a Count on a new planet where he and his family are movers and shakers. Most of the combat involves very large armored Mechs which have lasers, missiles, machine guns, and armor in varying amounts. Some can jump and others fly.
I understand it is based on a game some of you have heard of before. The story does not require any familiarity with the game. Its set in interstellar space long after current era. There is so much detail there is no point in trying to give an explanation of what happens in the story. A young man grows up and succeds in his carrer of being a Mech pilot and officer of a mercenary military force. If you like war stories you should be happy with this one.
I am going to give the plot a ten. There are lots of twists and turns and unexpected developments occur with little warning. The technical quality is pretty good, considering the length of the story. I saw a few creative spellings or errors but not enough to throw me out of the story. Lets give it a nine. I try very hard only to give one story a month a ten, and I already used my ten for May, so this is a nine. Six is a C. Seven is a B, Eight is an A. This is an A plus.
Plot: 10 | Technical Quality: 9 | Appeal to Reviewer: 9"
Also by this author, "Birth of Shadow" has Mechs.
I don't know if they are on here anymore, but Ka Hmnd [aka Ken Hammond elsewhere] had several stories about mechs and space armor, including one about a guy who built mechs like those in the Matrix.
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17 Posts found.11/21/2021, 8:48:47 PM
the private
Posted: 2/15/2016, 9:58:33 AM
... in the story. A young man grows up and succeds in his carrer of being a Mech pilot and officer of a mercenary military force. If you like war stories ...
Battle/fighting machines
Posted: 2/12/2017, 9:57:10 PM
I found three mech warrior stories - one may be it https://storiesonline.net/s/38913/birth-of-shadow https://storiesonline.net/s/61535/blazing-angels https://storiesonline.net/s/61494/something-big
Battle/fighting machines
Posted: 3/1/2017, 11:38:09 AM
'Fighting Machine' by Ka Hmnd is a short story about a man who makes his living as a hacker, but his hobby is building fighting mechs which he then uses gladiator style. The OP actually mentions 'Fighting Machine'. Zellus is looking for a longer story with more of the mech gladiator combat.
Tropes
Posted: 4/2/2017, 5:55:43 PM
... . They are the Long Range Recon Patrols (LRRPS). Even, say, a mech infantry until will have a small airborne detachment for those missions ...
More in Volentin universe?
Posted: 8/24/2017, 9:41:12 AM
... Stellar Empire' universe. The story was about a woman that was a Mech pilot that was working mercenary jobs. She ended up taking a job on a planet but was working without her mech suit. Someone tried to kill her, stranding her out in a snow storm ...
FTL-travel choices, what do you prefer in regards to storytelling opportunities?
Posted: 1/19/2018, 5:03:27 PM
... is an instant win for the defenders Why are flamers heating up your mech if the flamer uses YOUR OWN heat to burn the enemy? A flamer ...
FTL-travel choices, what do you prefer in regards to storytelling opportunities?
Posted: 1/19/2018, 9:27:17 PM
... in normal boots negotiating several feet of powdered snow. The moment that mech moves onto "unimproved ground" that has any kind of moisture content, the mech might as well be walking through mud. Truckers have the easiest examples ...
Looking for a story based on mobile suits
Posted: 1/20/2018, 2:36:55 AM
... Wrightings This is a long story that unfortunately isn't finished however it has mech suits and is one of my favourites on SOL James 2.0 by Pen Epically This is about ... finds tech that leads to him changing. He ends up with a harem, builds mech suits for everyone and goes around the world fighting bad ...
EMP - telephone and telegraph damage and recovery
Posted: 1/14/2021, 6:30:27 AM
... prepositions RO-RO's (roll on, roll off) transport ships with an armored division and a mech infantry division onboard just south of Cancun. While you could do it with ...
EMP - telephone and telegraph damage and recovery
Posted: 1/14/2021, 10:13:17 AM
... prepositions RO-RO's (roll on, roll off) transport ships with an armored division and a mech infantry division onboard just south of Cancun. While you could do it with ...
EMP - telephone and telegraph damage and recovery
Posted: 1/14/2021, 1:18:42 PM
... prepositions RO-RO's (roll on, roll off) transport ships with an armored division and a mech infantry division onboard just south of Cancun. And this needs to be addressed ...
Mecha/Scifi/SpaceWar/Romance Series
Posted: 1/22/2021, 12:01:23 AM
Monbade's The Destroyers has mech robots in it. It's the first book in a series: The New Federation
Mecha/Scifi/SpaceWar/Romance Series
Posted: 1/22/2021, 1:08:54 PM
... in the story. A young man grows up and succeeds in his career of being a Mech pilot and officer of a mercenary military force. If you like war stories ...
Mechs?
Posted: 5/10/2021, 12:32:12 PM
Any Mech stories on here? Besides the few almost mech stories Ka Hmnd has?
Mechs?
Posted: 5/10/2021, 1:44:32 PM
Not really. Probably because a Mech that can manage really good sex is just a fucking machine... :)
Mechs?
Posted: 5/10/2021, 2:28:57 PM
I'm unsure what a Mech story is but you might like to try 'To Walk the Constellations' by Dragon Cobolt. AJ
Mechs?
Posted: 5/11/2021, 2:30:20 PM
Cheer Raider and Sabre Panther Magical Girl and Mech Pilot hyper sexualized nonsense."
Thanks for the recommendation, i started reading book one last night and i'm just about finished it.
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Ace Cadet Leon Young by Shaddoth.
I'm only on chapter 4 of 11 at the moment so I won't comment, but it's got a very good score.
The Subjugation-series by Fel (weavespinner, search-enfine of choice should get you there) has some mech-combat, with a lot of tech, space-warfare, political intrigue, romance and a whole lot more
But then, at I think now 9 volumes, some of which are above 1k pdf pages, there's enough "story" there to cover a great many subjects.
Small warning, the protagonist needs a bit of time to get the really cool toys (as in, mechs, battleships and so on)
Very much worth a read, to the point that I'm re-reading it for the fifth or so time.