Stories of the Orphan Corps

Could Sgt Seavers's mission kill him? Yes. Yes, it could. Sgt Seavers of the Orphan Corps is having a run of bad luck. First, he gets in a fight with three marines while on a space station. Second, he wins that fight. And now, after learning he was being considered for officer candidate training, he is informed of his penance. Can Seavers handle a resentful platoon of Marines? Can he do it...

VetTech Pagnotto is about to find out if he has what it takes to be a Hospitaller. Oulu is Pagnotto's first mission off Hephaestia as a Wutenigel handler. He and the Wutenigel he's named Thumb have come with Ascalon company to Oulu as a supernumerary. Thumb can identify and name every scent it encounters. With Pagnotto and Thumb as part of Ascalon company, the Hospitallers hope to find the...

VetTech Pagnotto is about to find out if he has what it takes to be a Hospitaller. Oulu is Pagnotto's first mission off Hephaestia as a Wutenigel handler. He and the Wutenigel he's named Thumb have come with Ascalon company to Oulu as a supernumerary. Thumb can identify and name every scent it encounters. With Pagnotto and Thumb as part of Ascalon company, the Hospitallers hope to find the...

Aid and comfort was the mission. Now, it's all about survival. Arda was supposed to be a vacation in terms of missions. But when Capt Morris learns the Garnier will be out of system for five days, she loses that vacation feeling. Morris wouldn't normally pack rapid response vehicles, shoulder rockets, and a cargo hold full of ammo to rebuild a town on a peaceful planet. But the mission no...

How many must die to keep an ancient secret buried? Padilla thought that rescuing civilians from a derelict ship was all he and the crew of the Zlotterie would have to do. After all, providing aid and comfort were two of the most important things the Hospitallers did. No good deed goes unpunished. An accident in space puts Padilla at odds with an aggressive planetary government. To live, he'll...