"It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle."
~ General Norman Schwarzkopf
~ General Norman Schwarzkopf
Patrol log 250811-9. Last sweep.
Visibility's already dropping. The storm front is clawing its way over the ridge, ionized clouds eating comms and turning sensors into static.
We've been running the grid for fourteen hours straight, finding nothing but silence and ghost echoes.
Control is calling us in, but I delay my response until I've already committed.
Just one more pass. They've got be be here.
The scanners hiss. It's just static. Then a single, trembling blip fights its way through the noise and I hold my breath, hoping against all hope ...
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