Appeared in: Breech the Hull, Autumn 2007


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Broadside takes place earlier in the history of the same universe as Clay's Pride. This is a soldier's tale of an encounter between an Earth ship and one of the rebels'. This was written specifically for this anthology to illustrate one possible way a space battle might really ensue where capture of the ship was the primary objective.

The tale is pure action, with lots of blood and guts and not a few deaths along the way. Such is the way of war.