When G&S first entered into mech design, they did so with the John Henry.
The GMS Attakulla served as the base- an industrial mech mass-printed by GMS as a worker’s frame during Blink Gate and Naval Yard construction that had been delivered en-mass to Lonely Cradle during first contact. As part of their contracted work to supply raw labor and standard materials for the construction of their system’s Blink Gate, Grimm & Sons to a shine to mechanized frames as a concept, rapidly modifying and rebuilding their Attakullas into something else- the John Henry. In every way an improvement to its predecessor, the John Henry license near-eclipses equivalent GMS designs in the industrial mech field- even the dyson panels of cradle have John Henrys working the line.
So, how does the most popular industrial mech in the galaxy end up on the battlefield? Simple, G&S knows its common and knows that it may be the only mech a worker may have access to: the Emergency Printing Schedule allows any industrial-license to be upgraded into a full combat license for the John Henry in case of disaster or emergency. John Henry is a worker first, a rail-driver and a plate-hammerer, a maker of life out in the cold of the void- but the worker can defend himself and what he cares for.
The hammer builds paradise, and it casts judgement on the wicked.
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This is a story of the Fall.
This is a story of a man who lost everything to that most dreadful of our sins. His family. His community. His name. His world. It all burned. It all turned to dust. All that was left to him was this- to wander the wastes and seek a worthy cause to die for.
This is a story of the Little Wars.
This is the story of men and women who lost more than they could know. Who were broken by the First and Second Traumas. Who had no family. No community. No names. No world. Nothing of their own. It was all turned to blood. All that was left to them was this- to take up the name of another and wander the wastes- to seek a worthy cause to die for.
This is a story of Now
You do not need this weapon, o Kin of the Mountain. We tell these stories and remember them as a dirge. This is no place for us, this is no way for a Child of Mankind to live. This should not exist, but as a memory of our Past and our Flight.
But take it, take it if you must.
The Black-on-Black.
Last of the Mark Eight Interceptors
Road-Warrior, Fury-Driven
Holy Combustion, Damned Destruction
This is Max.
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