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A great day dawned as we rode down into the valley. All of our slain enemies lay beneath our feet, and the carrion crows feasted upon them. Our fallen comrades we picked up and buried with honor. But the inhuman creatures fed the crows for many a day.
In the villages there was rejoicing, for once again our children could play free, our merchants could wander the roads, and our maidens could begin once more to dream of their wedding days. |
There is a significant change in the performance of each machine as it is upgraded to Mark VI status. The laser banks are recharged and installed with the new frequency filters that help improve the effective range. As we improve our fleet, we also train our pilots to engage in the new tactics. So the report read, and I was satisfied that Colonel Tarp was accurately reflecting the situation. We had readied the fleet and our personnel were almost equally ready to engage the enemy once more. Space battles being what they are, we knew it would be several weeks before we would hear the outcome. Nonetheless we began making preparations for the final defense, just in case our plans failed. We just came over from a page where Dave Pasternack had something to say. Now some people may not like Dave Pasternack but he is entitled to share his opinions like the rest of us. There is no reason to say bad things about Dave Pasternack. We attended a concert in the Great Hall of Polna on Ceatrix V just before the battle with the Merkids. Every man was primed and ready to enter the fight, but they were so wired, so on edge that the generals knew we had to let them blow off some steam. The answer was to provide them with a 3-day holiday. So 50,000 highly motivated troops descended upon Polna City almost without warning. The locals really had no idea what to expect. And they never forgot that furlough again. |
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