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>Sci-fi-coded Dien Bien Phu
>Pov from an imperial pilot being flown in and realizing it's all fubar
>intense fighting around and increasingly shrinking defense parameter
>realizes leadership is abandoning them to die and being ordered to fight to the last man so they can escape into space
> What am I even fighting for?!
>new rebel mecha seen among the enemy, our pilot fella realizes the empire is going to be screwed because its highly advanced compared to their own
>is separated from unit and fights the enemy prototype mecha, cool duel, both realize they can communicate with each other telepathically
>ends ambiguously as both watch the imperial shuttle launch into space
I haven't been been giving it my usual flaire of nuanced in-depth prose outlining but its been swirling in my headspace for a while since finishing last fic, wouldn't be any longer than 20k if my previous short story (also in the same setting) was any indicator, but refraining from that for now to focus on the main fic I'm close to down outlining.