The novella “Ironclads” by Adrian Tchaikovsky was published for the first time in 2017. In 2023, it was published as part of the anthology “Terrible Worlds: Revolutions” as well.

Sergeant Theodore “Ted” Regan is charged with leading a small team on a military incursion into enemy territory to free an important figure, the Scion of a very rich family. The details are a bit vague, and Regan knows that the rescue was set up because he’s a Scion of a prominent family who was serving in Sweden during the war, but little else.