Different Times

March 21, 2008

Xenet 71.43.1 System Msg

TTY31201.03.21

Network Connection Enabled
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Heh, finally I got my chance to use this terminal, it has been awhile since I had a chance to use one.

I'm Robert Baumgartner, a Commando you may say... Well war has been pretty much my life.
My Father, his father, and so on where all soldiers, I too was a Soldier on Earth before the invasion, stationed at Fort Knox.

Times was different then, I was often the low man of the totem pole, never fired my weapon before. Then the invasion came and we where deployed. I remember manning the machine gun on top of a truck, firing into them. Many of us took a brave stand against them. But our lines broke as the General took a Blast to the Noodle...

I am unsure of the outcome as my truck was hit by a bomb or something and blacked out, only to awaken on the back of a truck with some AFS troopers on it, they told me I was a real mess and lucky to even be alive!

I don't know how many of my fellow soldiers made it out of there, but I am damn sure on being hell bent on payback! Often at times I wondered what would have happened to me if the Invasion never happened? Well I had nothing to lose really, 'cept my family and most importantly my cat. Much I have seen. I nearly wet myself as I saw the Wormhole, I swear it was like out of a movie!

When I arrived, they told me to ditch the tattered uniform and told me I am a Soldier of the AFS now, and they thrust a pistol in my hands... I became quite fond of that weapon, so often I carry it in one of my many pouches, should I ever take time to actually empty them out!

Now I think of it, perhaps this war was the best for me, after all when I was on earth, I was facing discharge because of weight problems, and now I'm in shape just like out of basic training years ago!

I really must close this letter, as some recruit is prodding me in the back, and is ten seconds away from getting smacked back to earth.

Signed if anyone reads this...
Baumgartner
Commando of the 13th Strumtruppen