BattleTech: The Goliath Syndrome (A Short Story) by D. G. P. Rector

WALKING AMONG GIANTS...

During Operation Guerrero, as House Marik stabs deep into the Lyran Alliance’s flank, Lieutenant Santiago of Santiago’s Steel Saints puts the Inner Sphere’s latest battlefield technology—battle armor—to the test. Against unarmored infantry, a battle-armor suit can make its wearer feel invincible…but BattleMechs will remind them how small and vulnerable they truly are…

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