Silver Falcons II: Warrior's Legacy

[Sando138]

No.... This cant be happening... why? is it my fault? is it my commander's fault? is it CDLs fault? This pretty much summed up the feelings in Sando's head as he stood by what he knew was most likely a closed, empty casket. the name on the grave:
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Lt. Major AztecWarrior
Fighting to his last breath,
still hailed despite his death.
Pilot, K.I.A. behind enemy lines.
He died alone, but he died a hero.
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He's gone, and the future looks bleak. on all grounds we are loosing territory. we lost all continental locks and almost all our bases outside the sanctuary. We're in worse shape than we were when he was captured. Terran Morale is soaring, Heck, even Vanu morale is reaching an all-time high... and ours is worse than ever. we are losing the will to fight. we cannot let that happen. when we declared our freedom and independence from the Terran Republic, we made ourselves and all our supporters traitors. I- no, WE- are in this to the bitter end.

As the casket sank into the ground, and soil covered it, Sando did something he hadn't done since before he became a New Conglomerate pilot. He felt tears spring to his eyes; eyes cold and hard as chips of ice, that could watch him kill his enemies without mercy; and he cried behind his helmet, as he and 20 others performed a classic 21-gun salute.

Rest well, friend. you bore your burden. i now bear mine. helping put NC back together again.

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That night, Sando and the Silver Falcons sent their regard's to Aztec's parents. Sando felt sorry for them. in a world where death had been thwarted, once and for all, chance stole their son from them.
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While the Silver Falcons experienced limited sucess in deployments against Terran forces, the Terrans fought back with incredible ferocity, with renewed vigor. while the Falcons could fight them and win, NC forces broke under the onslaught. NC leaders disagreed about what to do. many wanted to try and develop a nuke, but had no isotopes in any sufficient quantity to create a substantial reaction. others wanted to try biological agents, but those ideas were shot down immediately. someone suggested chemical weaponry, and that idea was rejected too. Sando made a suggestion.

"This is a last resort. a Neutron bomb."

Neutron bombs were non-conventional nuclear weapons, unique in that they had a clean detonation, emitting only small ammounts of radioactive particles. it did not destroy anything with it's reaction, which also generated sub-par heat, light and sound. what made the weapon lethal is that it released deadly neutrons into the air. the neutrons destabilized the cellular walls of living tissue and caused massive celular degeneration on a full-body scale, releasing more neutrons from the tissues, until the neutrons are absorbed by non-organic matter. what you end up with is a base with little external damage and nothing living for a mile around. if anything, Sando wanted to drop it himself, if they could develop the thing. after all, as he said before, paybacks are indeed a bitch.