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Check out this month’s featured story:

A black mech with red highlights is flying in space, with a yellow planetoid (Io) in the background. It holds a sword, and is following a black diamond that emits a purple pulse.

Interface

By Jayde Holmes

Seth’s arm shook as he lifted a gauntlet laden with cables. As he did the arm of the Red Comet covered its face cameras, and he felt the impact of his opponent’s strike on his mech’s protective gauntlet. Only one impact, despite Blue Comet being a dual wielder. He checked the air-current monitor, felt for mass pulling on Red Comet’s gravity core, and found a disturbance to his left. He felt a twinge from the port on the back of his neck as he blocked Blue Comet’s second strike with the sword in his off hand.

“DISENGAGE!” Sargent Hedley shouted from the passenger seat behind him. Her voice boomed over the field, and the fighting mechs backed away from each other, retreating to separate edges of the running track.

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