"Dune: Whipping Mek"
- By Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson (Published September 2005 in the collection The Road to Dune; first released online in 2003 prior to the release of the second Legends of Dune novel, Dune: The Machine Crusade)
In "Dune: Whipping Mek", young Vergyl Tantor is serving in the Army of the Jihad on Giedi Prime during the Butlerian Jihad when his mentor and adopted brother Xavier Harkonnen arrives for repairs to be done to his battered fleet of warships. Vergyl, eager to fight the Thinking Machines, is pleased to encounter a mercenary from Ginaz who uses a captured machine for training purposes.
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