With Your Shield

In "Come Back with Your Shield...or on it!", Staff Sergeant Markus "Spartan" Nicolos, an expert hacker in charge of communications for the Golden Horde, faces his haunted past as a frontline CASPer pilot. After losing his squad in an ambush, he swore off combat but found a renewed purpose in designing a new scout CASPer to prevent similar tragedies. As he prepares for a deployment to test his innovative creation, hidden forces threaten to disrupt everything, leading him back to the combat mech he vowed never to pilot again. This gripping tale unfolds against the backdrop of the impending Omega War, where trust is scarce and dangers lurk in the shadows.