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This is my favorite type of story. If you read this type of story closely, you can pick up game play tips, and you'll actually remember them.
The first story like this I saw was one by a guy called BeeDee10. He did this story about a machine race trying to figure out how to build ships and conduct combat. Really brought the SE4 game tactics to life.
Here's on of the old story threads, lots of good stuff
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