Ironclads
The short story Ironclads has been posted in the Bonus material section.
Before plotting its invasion of the Lowlands, the Wasp Empire cut its teeth in a drawn-out campaign against its north-western neighbour, the Dragonfly Commonweal. The war stretched over twelve long years, and although the eventual outcome was a resounding success for Imperial military superiority, the experience was a gruelling one for the Empire's soldiers, even for the Empire's élite heavy infantry, the sentinels…
© 2008-2010 Pan Macmillan
Smashing good read.
ive allways liked the guy in heaps of armour, but have never found any story about them.
And after reading ironclads, i thought wasps had the only "sentinels". but then, reading EiBaG (for the third time), i discoverd that there are betlee sentinals gaurding the procession for the great games in colligeium.
so, a question, is "sentinal" a term for a soldier wearing super-heavy armour, or were there imperial beetle "sentinal-auxillians" in colligeium?