On Tremaine 2

Through a turgid jungle, short sideways steps. Compost,

skeletons, carnivore plants.

Scout-Rifleman in an unidentified Hussar's unit; Bandooli Province, Tremaine.

Near the so-called Second Equator, around 748, voyage of the Wilhelm Troepf. Year Sixteen.

 

On Tremaine

On Tremaine, felted hills swept upward roll

bunched to the nearest sky.

Meltagunner with No7 Company of Engineers, near The Flop.

Prior to Siege, 744. Voyage of the Wilhelm Troepf, Year Twelve.

 

Rubber/Road

It Wasn't Clear pt2

e.) All of the above.

It Wasn't Clear

It wasn't clear who to surrender to:

   a.) At Burbur Ridge (725, Himmell Sector).

   b.) At Grestleman Crossing (564, Jotl Sector).

   c.) At The Transfer (868, Station Amiga).

   d.) After Coordinate 0104.3 (980, Bortes Moon).

  

By The Time We Deserted

By the time the army deserted into the Lemonstall Range:

   a.) The seventh river burned.

   b.) We couldn't remember where to file the report.

   c.) Fuel?

   d.) It was over.

Just Before The Mutiny

And just prior to the general mutiny at Meridian: 

   a.) The rations expired.

   b.) Unidentified sulfur smell.

   c.) 316 Company volunteered for afterlight duty.

   d.) Sense of calm.

 

Consider: the Autocannon (continued)

Consider: the Autocannon (continued)

Another obsolete example, this the CAS Close Support System.

Completed manufacturing trials in 543 and issued to the initial landing parties on the 544 sailing of the Yubari, this gun was touted as a "hybrid" by UMIG Industries.

The exact sentiment of that statement is lost to history.

 

Consider: the Autocannon (continued)

Consider: the Autocannon (continued)

A Conductor Model 71 SubPortable; 3/8 Bore, 12-caliber-12. Capable of a high cyclic rate, the Model 71 is capable of maintaining extreme GsF ratios in myriad conditions.

An impressive piece.

Consider: the Autocannon (The Friday Rifle pt2)

Friday Rifle on a G178 Carriage. Note the augmented recoil platform and heavy cast wheels, indicating that this gun was probably assigned to a mountain brigade. 

Consider: the Autocannon (The Friday Rifle)

The Friday Rifle, an autocannon produced in large numbers for several voyages between 541 and 710. Capable of extremely accurate fire in the hands of a well-trained crew, this model was rugged in design and served with distinction. 

Exisiting records do not indicate the circumstances under which the contract for the Friday Rifle ceased production. Alas, no known examples of this gun survived the general uprisings of the late seven hundreds.

Consider: the Autocannon (yet continued)

Bekar Model 91-4, alternate view. Note the unique loading arrangement, nicknamed the Cinema Magazine, which operated on a central sprocket and recoil-driven spring.

One of the few successful highlights of the innovative but deeply flawed design that defined the 91-4.

Consider: the Autocannon (continued)

The Model 91-4, produced under ministorial contract from Bekar Industries. Production of the 91-4 ran from 810 (voyage of the Castlemate) to 885 (voyage of the Myopy) with total units produced numbering 16,000.

Early models were beset with overheating problems, and the gun was heavy and awkward to reposition. Nevertheless, some surviving 91-4s remain in service mainly in garrison roles.

Consider: the Autocannon (continued)

Hawley Gun, portside view.

A mechanically simple design.

 

Consider: the Autocannon (continued)

A Hawley Gun. Not much is known about this piece in the official record. 

1200 units were ordered as vehicle secondary armament in the late-700s, some of which were later apparently converted to the infantry support role.

Photo-pict from "The Observation Of The No.22 Company of Foot, Voyage Of The St. Weed" published in 806, Kalkovac.

 

Consider: the Autocannon (continued)

Schraft Model K, reverse view.

Notice the distinct profile of the manual cocking bar, a signature of the early models (A through M).

 

Consider: The Autocannon

Let's start with this revered classic,

the Schraft Model K.

The legendary statline of this gun is wholly unremarkable: 25-6 calibre, 2900 tPs, cyclic rate of 74 hd/s. 

The service record of the series speaks for itself, however. Still in deployment after three centuries, the Schraft remains unchallenged for constancy. 

The Model K featured shows a dorsal loading socket and iron sights, simply mounted on a spoked infantry carriage.

Date and location unknown.

On Litmus Prime, continued

On Litmus Prime, 941.

Voyage of the Pulchra. Year Seven.

 

On Litmus Prime, continued

We'll grow old together, tell stories.

 

On Litmus Prime, continued

On Litmus Prime the fictile stood the pilled glebe,

attentive to the argon in their 

plastic lungs.

Litmus Prime

The Regiment (26)

But that was a hundred and sixty years ago.

 

The Regiment (25)