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GallowsGal @gallowsgal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

As the model gets fleshed out, so too does the lore. There is a reason this second generation mount remained in production for nearly a century and is maintained by most moderately sized military forces for a further two centuries.

Samsung-Hitachi group are the pioneers of both the compact fusion engine, and consequently mecha. The Advanced Mechanized Cavalry concept revolutionized the battlefield the way that tanks had two centuries before. The SHG-042 Cossack is the pinnacle of second generation mounts. A quick moving, moderately armored, and packing a simple weapons loadout consisting of a rotary autocannon, a single plasma blade, and a small holdout laser mounted in the head, make the Cossack the first choice for hard hitting terrestrial recon and light skirmisher units.

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GallowsGal @gallowsgal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Smart pilots learn quickly to fear the egg of rage.

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GallowsGal @gallowsgal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I’m working on Furies, a kinky T4T lesbian romance with mechs. It is the earliest story I currently intend to write in my mecha focused Sci-fi setting. I am also modeling some of the mounts from the story. #queerwriters #LGBTQWriteAThon

The GDY-001a Clem, is a quadrupedal featherweight mech armed with a class 5 main gun packing both solid slugs, and grapeshot which is mounted in a dorsal turret as its sole armament. The turret has 360 degree traverse, taking advantage of the mount’s speed to put shots into enemy machines on the move. However the mechs light weight and compact form factor mean that repetitive fire can stress and damage the chassis if the mech is not properly braced, a maneuver that Clem pilots call the ‘play bow’, a reference to the nickname given to the machine—the Chihuahua of War.

The humble Hoplite is one of the most bare bones, minimalist designs ever created. Though it was conceived as an engineering exercise into the feasibility of producing mecha by a company better known for AgTech, the Hoplite would ventually become one of the best selling mounts in the Near Earth Sphere thanks to its focused, minimalist design, rugged reliability, ease of maintenance, and above all its price. A new build Hoplite will set the buyer back ₩1.3 million, and used models, especially of the more lightly armed variants, can be had for as little as ₩500,000. The base model, the PCH-55-6 features an oblong, egg shaped body, the thin armor covers a sturdy internal frame, with thicker armor protecting the fusion engine, the lower part of the cockpit, and the canopy. The vernier system gives it a bit more terrestrial maneuverability, and some variants are equipped for space combat. One rotary, and one light particle cannon are the only concessions made to ‘advanced’ systems.

The SHG-042 Cossack is a bantam weight terrestrial skirmisher with an incomplete lore file.

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GallowsGal @gallowsgal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I just realized I hadn’t posted the finished Clem! Have some tank puppy.

The GDY-001a Clem, a quadrupedal featherweight mech armed with a class 5 main gun packing both solid slugs, and grapeshot which is mounted in a dorsal turret as its sole armament. The turret has 360 degree traverse, taking advantage of the mount’s speed to put shots into enemy machines on the move. However the mechs light weight and compact form factor mean that repetitive fire can stress and damage the chassis if the mech is not properly braced, a maneuver that Clem pilots call the ‘play bow’, a reference to the nickname given to the machine—the Chihuahua of War.

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GallowsGal @gallowsgal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Howdy all, I’m June Dearheart, and I write horny stuff about robots and elves to justify my world building habit. My goals for this month are to finish the second chunk of my WIP and to organize my notes enough to create a lore primer. #LGBTQWriteAThon #queerwriters #writingcommunity #LGBTQWriters

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GallowsGal @gallowsgal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

So be expecting more models, and less shorts for a bit. If you’re still hanging around to listen to me yap, thank you. I appreciate the fuck outta that support.

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GallowsGal @gallowsgal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

That ended up turning into a series of deaths in the family, followed by a sharp downturn in my physical health, and I spent some time in the hospital with sepsis. However, I have picked up, and am doing some world building and 3d modeling to flesh out the interbellum and crusade eras.

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GallowsGal @gallowsgal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I’m kinda back. Life has been absolutely insane for the past year, and I had more important things to focus on than Social Media. So, quick update for those of you that like my work—I am still hacking at stuff, but I’ve been pretty well stalled since the spring when I lost the woman who raised me.

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AmaraJLynn 🦹 drafting Fire & Feathers @amaralynn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🧙TIS TIME 🎃 Join us for #LGBTQWriteAThon October 1-31! Answer each day or just the days you like. Have fun & make friends while working on your WIP! Prompts repost daily to @queerwriters.bsky.social (follow & turn on notifications for reminders!)! @rebeccafrostwrites.com #queerwriters #writesky

#LGBTQWRITEATHON
Use the tag and follow the feed on Bluesky! Tag @lgbtqwriteathon in photos on Instagram!

1. Introduce yourself & goal
2. Introduce your WIP moodboard
3. Check in day
4. Line share — foreboding
5. Goals day
6. Bugbears/fears
7. Does your MC wear a mask?
8. Favorite outfit
9. Skeletons in the closet
10. Check in day
11. Line share — mysterious
12. Goals day
13. Share a treat
14. Ghouls/anxieties
15. Never has your MC ever...
16. Thing MC would protect with their life
17. Check in day
18. Line share — creepy
19. Goals day
20. Genre swap!
21. Monsters/antags
22. Tingler your title
23. MC's most embarrassing memory
24. Check in day
25. Line share — terror
26. Goals day
27. Favorite spooky pastime?
28. Favorite fantasy creature
29. Most haunting thing you've written/read?
30. Brain worms — writing songs
31. Was your month a treat or tricky?

Hosts:
Bluesky: @amaralynn, @rebeccafrostwrites.com
Instagram: @lgbtqwriteathon, @amaralynn, @krakengoddess

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GallowsGal @gallowsgal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Right back on my WIP bullshit with a GDY-001a Clem by legacy arms company General Dynamics, better known to its pilots as The Chihuahua of War. The Clem represents the first steps into mecha production by the Imperium Iunctus Civitas, which had lagged behind the other Terran empires until that point

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GallowsGal @gallowsgal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I finished up my lil egg of rage! The PCH-55-6 Hoplite was conceived as the cheapest, most bare bones sniper mech that Parsons City Heavy Machinery could build. The thin, oblong armor covers a sturdy internal frame, with thicker armor protecting the the most important areas.

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GallowsGal @gallowsgal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I have started modeling my own designs. The is a Parsons City Heavy Machinery PCH-55-6 Hoplite.

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GallowsGal @gallowsgal.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

@tobi-catsith.bsky.social’s Mad Dog is complete! This model is gonna print in 5 pieces and I will be sending her a fully painted one doing an alpha strike as well as enough parts to build two or three versions of the same model.

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GallowsGal @gallowsgal.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

It is for my ladyfriend, who has been known to make a mech sleepy. 🤭

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GallowsGal @gallowsgal.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

So this Mad Dog is taking a risky jump, and is eventually gonna be making an alpha strike. The goal is to have printable effects for all three of the primary weapons systems in addition to the mech itself, and the jump plume, which is hollowed so I can counterweight it.

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GallowsGal @gallowsgal.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I finished the nova cat…I think I am gonna completely re-do her. Not until after I finish the rest of the Star though! Up next is my the Vulture type PT, for my sweetheart @tobi-catsith.bsky.social.

A Nova Cat type gg, piloted by Lieutenant Gearea, late of the 1st Canopian Cuirassiers fires its twin ER-PPCs.

A Vulture type PT, piloted by Captain Ford, formerly of the Concordat Commandos, makes a difficult jump at a full run.

A close up on the clan spec RAC/5 and brass catcher equipped by Lieutenant Gearea’s Nova Cat type gg.

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GallowsGal @gallowsgal.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Fresh off the GPU—a RAC/5 drive motor with integrated heat sink. It only took 4 tries and two hours of tweaking the final product but I am fairly happy with it. I am excited to paint this.

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GallowsGal @gallowsgal.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

So I caved and started learning blender. My first serious WIP is the Nova Cat type gg, a custom loadout for my lovely ladyfriend @ggfallenstar.bsky.social. She packs twin ER PPCs and a RAC/5, as well as Ferro Fibrous armor to free up some weight for the 5 tons of ammunition needed to feed the RAC

A Nova Cat draws a bead on an enemy mech.

A RAC/5 barrel array that I scratch built.

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GallowsGal @gallowsgal.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

41. Do you intentionally write in foreshadowing? Doesn’t everyone?

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GallowsGal @gallowsgal.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

67. What do you hope readers take from your work? War is dirty, bloody, and sad. There are things worth fighting and dying for, but that doesn’t make it glorious and clean like a propaganda film. Sometimes we must dare greater force to break evil’s hold, to quote Elizabeth Moon.

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GallowsGal @gallowsgal.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

5. What is your favorite type of scene to write? Mech combat. Esp space dogfights. There is something deeply satisfying in the interplay between each pilot’s style, and how they approach a given type of enemy machine. The first duel between Judith’s Crusader and Mila’s Hypatia is 🤌🤌🤌

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GallowsGal @gallowsgal.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

14. What is your favorite part of your current WIP? From a pure writing standpoint? The kink scenes. From a world building perspective? The development of an almost neo-chivalric code of war that will stand for a century and a half until the first Jesuit Crusade. —and the mechs are sexy af.

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GallowsGal @gallowsgal.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

47. Do you ever write erotic scenes? A picture is worth a thousand words or whatever…

“Impeccable.” The Major’s voice held a slight mocking edge that thrilled Kate in a way she didn’t know she could be thrilled, “Do you want to lick it, good girl?”

“Yes ma’am, please?” Katlynn couldn’t think for herself if she wanted to, and she knew with absolute certainty that she didn’t want to. All she wanted was to be in this moment, and to do what she was told.

“From the toe to the knee.” The order dripped like honey from Kettering’s mouth. Kate took a deep, shuddering breath, and ran her still dry tongue along the surface of the leather, starting at the toe box welt, and ending at the very edge of the high shaft. When she reached that zenith, a smooth hard hand looped fingers into her hair, pulling gently, pleasantly, until Katlyn was able to rise, and look Kettering in the face. The major’s lips were parted, and Katlynn was seized with a mad desire to kiss her, but before she could collect herself enough to do it, Kettering said something that completely undid her again, “You’ve done very well. Are you going to obey orders from now on?”

“Yes—yes—yes, ma’am.” Kate stammered. Her heat pounded, her ears rang, and her stomach was full of butterflies.

“That’s my good girl.”

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GallowsGal @gallowsgal.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I love doing these. As always, the RNG is in effect, but feel free to request specific questions. 1 like=1 answer

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GallowsGal @gallowsgal.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

In today’s episode of ‘What the fuck are you talking about?’ My insurance company is trying to duck out of paying for my hospitalization because apparently having a drug resistant staph infection is not serious enough to warrant being admitted. Moreover, they have denied my second stint…for sepsis.

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GallowsGal @gallowsgal.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I am doing okay at the moment. The infection isn’t clearing as fast as it was on the IV antibiotics, but it is mostly gone. Now I’m mostly recovering from the damage all that the IV antibiotics did. Drug resistant infections are no fucking joke.

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GallowsGal @gallowsgal.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I am fresh outta the hospital and I’m supposed to be resting as much as I can, so I think this is gonna be a low output week. Health issues have had me on the back foot for months, but I am gonna get shit done. I wanna finish the set-up for the honor duel between Ket and Fallon. #queerwriters.

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Maxie Canoe @maxieknue.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Anyone who donates 15 bucks I'll draw you an OC sketch (Yes I'm copying the 20 buck one but I'm spreading the net out a bit so we can hopefully get this done)

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GallowsGal @gallowsgal.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Do. Not. Hassle. The. Hunchback.

Sister Jeanne is a hell of a machine, built from what was left of Cpt. Guthrie’s family Hunchback after her duel with Mama Bear. She packs a custom endo-steel frame, and a Great Father 210xl engine snagged from a slagged Puma. Firepower is provided by 2 Lb-x AC/5s, and a pair of ERMLs in the Hunch, another ERML on the head, and 2 ERSLs mounted to each arm. Salvaged clan double heatsinks keep her running cool and a quartet of jump jets give her the mobility necessary to match the rest of the command lance.

The Alpha Strike card for Sister Jeanne.

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GallowsGal @gallowsgal.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Got out Saturday, back in this afternoon. I’m doing my best to stay positive but I am scared as fuck.

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GallowsGal @gallowsgal.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Hopefully I am getting out of here today. I am gonna need some time to recover from the amount of insane antibiotics I had to take and re-establish some kind of equilibrium on my meds, which I have have been off since Tuesday. Not having to cook would be a godsend. Any help would be appreciated.

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GallowsGal @gallowsgal.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

It is cool, and rainy too. Today is gonna be a good day.

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GallowsGal @gallowsgal.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

My nesting partner has some serious thoughts on onscreen equitation, which boil down to down to ‘if you’d ridden like that, my instructor wouldn’t have let you go on a pony ride’. The only thing that he hates more is bad horse animation.

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GallowsGal @gallowsgal.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The swelling is almost completely resolved. I have been crying for twenty minutes. I don’t think I had another day of this shit in me. I feel more tired than I have ever been, I’m physically weak, and my whole body aches, but I don’t feel like I am about to puke and faint for the first time in weeks

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GallowsGal @gallowsgal.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Thanks for doing this hun. You are a peach. Quick update: Things are looking up, and they hope to have me out of here by tomorrow night, but I am gonna be on bed rest for a while to recover from the toll the antibiotics are taking on me.

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GallowsGal @gallowsgal.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

They think I will be out of here by tomorrow night.

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GallowsGal @gallowsgal.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Yeah, so I am pretty fucked up. I have had a soft tissue infection for three weeks that isn’t responding to oral antibiotics, so I am currently curled up on a gurney, getting pumped full of a gay bar stiff cocktail of IV antibiotics. Idk how long I’m here, but I could use some cash to cover food.

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GallowsGal @gallowsgal.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Back in the ER. Been in the lobby for 3 hours. Kinda wanna scream

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GallowsGal @gallowsgal.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

That was the working title for the story, actually.

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GallowsGal @gallowsgal.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

The Motstand hires the Widows to clear a garrison force so they can ‘tactically acquire’ the military hardware and hopefully mount a revolution against the Ghost Bears. Cpt. Guthrie meets Star Commander Laryssa when she cuts open the cockpit of Laryssa’s brand new (and shot to hell) Karhu.

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GallowsGal @gallowsgal.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Wait til you hear how she meets the second wife 😂

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GallowsGal @gallowsgal.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Most of them have lost loved ones to Clanner incursions. Cpt. Guthrie lost her whole fucking bio family in ‘49 and her wife died on Tukayyid. She seized that Kodiak after she put a lucky AC/20 round through the cockpit while it was ripping her family’s heirloom Hunchback to shreds.

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GallowsGal @gallowsgal.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

It’s all good 😂 The War Widows are a company comprised entirely of lady mercs with a big hate boner for the clans. Everyone is a girl (or adjacent)—even the fighting steel.

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GallowsGal @gallowsgal.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Come on now, don’t misgender my merc company’s command mech. 🤭 This is the new National Parks scheme for keeping bears outta the trash though…Clan-spec UAC/10s are a hell of a deterrent.

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GallowsGal @gallowsgal.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

So I started adding details to my Clanbuster merc company’s mechs and now I cannot stop. These two are both armed to the teeth with stolen clantech and loaded for Ghost Bear. They are custom load outs. The Kodiak on the left is Mama Bear, and the UrbanMech on the right is called Gat Can.

A magenta and purple Kodiak that has been through one hell of a deployment.

A flying trashcan of death aka UrbanMech that was at one point painted in magenta and purple.

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