MB-ARCH-0050 ARCHIVE RECORD · OPEN DISTRIBUTION LIVING DRAFT AS OF LS 212

Stories

Field narratives from the Mach Wars, one in each bloc's voice. Third-person narration is for stories only; everything else in the archive is a document.

Source: docs/lore/05_short_story.md, docs/lore/10_vignettes.md · rendered by build_machborne.py · last updated 2026-08-29. Edits to the lore file flow to this page.

MB-STO-01

The Rail

A short story. Tallow Reach, LS 211. Told by the Runner.

2,318 words · Frontier Ascendancy voice

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Second Reading

Helix Concord. Tessel Node Station, LS 196. Told by the sensor operator.

495 words · Helix Concord voice

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Ballast

Iron Covenant. The Serac Belt, LS 193. Told by the Bulwark.

529 words · Iron Covenant voice

Read →MB-STO-04

Noisefloor

Null Collective. Cinder Row, LS 208. Transmitted, not spoken.

496 words · Null Collective voice

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About the voices

Three short pieces, one in each of the remaining bloc voices. The Frontier voice is The Rail (05_short_story.md). Each is a story, so third-person or first-person narration is permitted; each is also written by someone whose trade shows in the sentences. Ground first, people second, weapons last.

More stories are added as the timeline's open years are written. Which years are open: Timeline.