The Adventures of Whirlwind

Warfare in the Thirtieth Century

Episode 1

The Ambush

Prologue


In the year 2954 humanity has reached the stars and spread throughout the galaxy. Unfortunately, due to the vastness of space and the lack of a strong central government, regional differences and the ambition of local authorities have led to the division of the human species into dozens of rival star and planetary systems. The result of these regional rivalries is war. On a planet near the galactic rim, settled 500 years ago by colonists from the ancient nation known as Greece, rival clans battle for supremacy.

In the thirtieth century war is fought on many levels, but on the battlefields it is dominated by powerful machines, the most formidable of which are the Bipedal Armored Robots (BARs). These huge machines, ranging in size from 20 to 100 tons rule the battlefield. Capable of moving at speeds of up to eighty miles per hour and traversing almost any terrain they are terrible to behold. Although capable of being operated automatically, experience has shown that they are best handled by highly trained human pilots. This is the story of one of those pilots, Aello, known to legend as Whirlwind.