-Excerpt from the journal of private Einer Soberanis, Dagger Scout, 42nd Division, August, 42nd 2914 “We lay in wait for those earth boys to make landfall by the cliffs at Port Newland. They never stood a chance. As their Gullwing floated down and touched the sand we were given the order to fire everything we had at them, mostly small arms fire but also a couple of from their own laser weapons captured at their southern outpost the day before. The Gull was immediately cut in two and in the confusion those boys jumped out and I saw some of them tumble down the cliff to their deaths, surely. It was not our intention to destroy the flyer but to capture it for the rebellion. However, our boys manning the laser guns were inexperienced with that weapon and inadvertently cost us our prize.” •Einer Soberanis reflects on the war today: “As an old man, the idea of killing a fellow human under the pretext of lofty ideals seems stupid, but that was what we felt back then… before the *Oomali came to threaten all mankind, regardless of race or planet..” (*incorrect but coloquial pronunciation)
