Dear BattleTechnology: I am a devoted tan of your magazine, the more so since my receipt of your last issue. All of the guys in my unit like BattleTechnology. The stories are good, and the pieces on 'Mech strategy and tactics find a practical application in our own work. We were impressed to see the change in your last issue (0201). It was heftier, thicker, and more substantial. Why is this important? Well, not long after my subscription came at mail call, the alert went up as Liao raiders came in, a sneak raid on our positions on Frazer. I was running for my Shadow Hawkwhen a Liao Transit stooped below the cloud deck, spitting AC shells. Something slammed into my chest and knocked me to the ferrocrete, stunned. I wasn't aware of much of anything until some hours later when I cameto in the base infirmary. They handed me a fist-sized chunk of twisted metal and told me it was a piece of shrapnel from one of the exploding AC shells. The thing was, it smacked me right where I had BattleTechnology folded up and stuffed inside my battlejacket. I got a hell of a bruise and one of my ribs was busted, but the medics told me that that thing would have torn clear through me if it hadn't been for your magazine. So thanks a lot, and keep up the good work! Truly yours, Sgt. Sergio Ramandez, Frazer Free Defense League F.P.O. Frazer PS By the way... do you think I could have another subscription copy of Issue 0202? The one you sent me is a bit smunched from "Fifth Kill" to the end of the magazine-S.R. Dear BattleTechnology: Just received my first copy of BattleTechnology, two months late, but you know how the StarMail system is. Everyone in the family has read it and all my buddies in my patrol group liked it, too. I used to be a MechWarrior until 3023. While on a pirate patrol, I was ambushed and knocked over, resulting in me getting a back injury and my Locust "Bouncing Betty" lying face down in the rocks. Fortunately, the other members of my battle group, Lt. Hodges' lance of the old Black Jack battalion, were close enough to me to rescue me and save Betty from any real damage or begin snatched. My oldest son, Erick, now drives Betty. With two kills and four assists, he's still green but has the stuff needed. In my 16 years' service, I saw some action, numerous skirmishes, a few raids (including the raid on Brimstone in 3015), and nine months' front line duty at Souviem where I was wounded twice. At the time of my injury, I was a sergeant with 7 kills and 12 assists. Perhaps in the future I can send some of my stories from when I was a real warrior for use in your fine magazine. "Sgt. Willie" Smith, A-Ret, M. C. S. P. Unit 14 Agi-Zones 24-34 Back to BattleTechnology 4 Table of Contents Back to BattleTechnology List of Issues Back to MagWeb Magazine List © Copyright 1988 by Pacific Rim Publishing. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com