" VICKI are you there" asked Erik.
{Yes i am sir and it seems we are in your memories. Is everything fine?}
"Yes somehow we entered a dreamscape as the memories from my past life have taken over and are possibly trying to guide me."
{Ok sir, we should let them play through and possibly we will find an exit on the way is the only possible outcome of leaving this place.
Erik now watched as his younger self walked to the library around the corner from his house.
Marq walked through the doors of the library and greeted the librarian with a smile as he walked on towards the section on world history. He decided to grab a book on the first world war titled Technology of WWII for Kids. Marq quickly grabbed the book and sat down with it and opened it to page 7- The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk..
This was Marqs favorite plane from World War II because of the role it played in World War II as a Fighter and Ground Assault Plane. The next few lines read that there were more than 10,000 of these planes built and it was the unsung hero of Aerial Combat in World War II. It is also stated that this plane flew more missions than any plane during WWII.
Erik smiled and said" VICKI record the designs of this P-40 Warhawk."
{Yes sir, designs will be recorded but I will improve on them to the best of my abilities.}
Next, He turned to page nine and saw the Japanese Mtsubishi A6M Zero. This page read the following: The Zero was able to outmaneuver every other fighter until 1943. It also had an external fuel tank which it could drop to lighten its load. This allowed it to travel further beyond its expected range.
"VICKI also copy the Zero and once complete combine the designs for the Warhawk and the Zero"
{Sir, that would be highly dangerous towards any nation willing to attack the Empire of The Phoenix.}
"Exactly-
Before Erik could say anything else.
WOOOOSHHHH.
He was pulled into a portal and landed in front of another screen. This screen showed a memory from when he was in High School as a sophomore.
Marq was in his World History Class and today's lesson was similar to the last memory. Instead of machines they were learning about the German side of the war and the Holocaust.
The Germans used all means of violence to kill those they felt were less superior towards them. This included Flamethrowers, Toxic Gas and even Firing Squads. This eventually led towards the Geneva Convention which banned the use of poison, fire and other things from war.
It also stated that anything with a red cross was not to be fired upon unless someone wanted to be committing a war crime.
Erik on the other hand did not want another Holocaust to happen so he would implement rules based off of the Geneva convention but to win as of now he would need mustard gas bombs and flamethrowers to melt armor.
He would stop the slave trade overseas because he knew that in the future that these would also have repercussions.
An example was in a certain country they might have been one of the first to free slaves but they were having tthe hardest time settling along with the slaves inserting certain laws they made them feel inferior.
This then led to peaceful protesting which were soon turned violent by the former slave masters and etc. This in turn led everyone to being on edge and not liking each other starting a second Civil War which led to the creation of a new unified country where Freedom actually meant free.
Erik took a long mental note that everyone was to be treated equally and everyone should offer a hand to someone who is struggling or being hurt.
WOOOOOOOSHHHH.
Erik was pulled through another portal but this one felt weird like it was painful and joyful at the same time.
"No! No! No! This can't be happening. I do not want to relive those memories ever again so much death around me with very few clinging onto life." Erik Screamed.
"I buried those memories for a reason and they should stay buried. I do not want to see them. I REFUSE!" Erik Shouted in the open space.
{Sir please calm down}
"I WILL NOT CALM DOWN VICKI YOU WAS NOT THERE THAT WAR WAS UNLIKE ANYTHING MANKIND HAD EVER SEEN. NO MAN SHOULD EVER HAVE TO RELIVE THAT"
{Sir, Administering calming agent. The Praxxon War wasn't something anyone could have predicted it was a full scale invasion of Mars. They believed it was our homeworld so they destroyed it without remorse. Frankly speaking sir, if the Earth didn't have a cloaking device around it. No one would have been around for a counter invasion.}
"VICKI not only did I fight in the war, I was also a part of the Mars cleanup crew. So after watching countless friends and allies die before winning the war while sitting behind an entire drone squadron. I went to Mars and found there was nothing left of the entire civilization we built. It was like we were exploring Mars all over again." calmly said Erik.
With an end to that conversation Erik now looked over at his memories of 2145. At this time Marq was only twenty-two years old. He had decided to join The Expanse Force, a branch of the military solely focused on the expansion and defense of human colonies throughout space.
Marq scored high in Robotics and Strategy and was assigned the role of Assault Drone Commander.
After he was assigned this job, he was sent off to commander school and began his commander training.
Shortly after finishing his commander training he was on leave starting his first book The Siege of The Apex. While he was compiling his story the Praxxons attacked and devastated Mars and he was recalled from leave early while the rest of the planet Earth was put on ICON ECHO.
He was flown offworld to an command outpost on Earth's second moon Minbi and briefed on the Mars attack.
Once the briefing was complete he was assigned Assault Drone Battalion 14 also known as DemonHead which would be the primary assault battalion. He was also in charge of two Lieutenants in charge of Soldier Resupply Drone Squadrons.
Marq then had a short meeting with the Lieutenants and began to establish how he wanted supply lines to run. He stated that he would assign a certain number of assault drones from his battalion to the Supply Squadrons and the rotations between both squadrons to not overbear either of the Supply Squadrons.
Lastly, he briefed his battalion pilots before they were put into hypersleep and said that he would brief them once they exited the stasis chambers once they had a better topography of the aliens homeworld.
ALL PERSONNEL REPORT TO YOUR STASIS CHAMBERS FOR HYPERSLEEP.
Now that the announcement had been made they all rushed out of the briefing room and began to fill their prospective chambers.
When they wake up from hypersleep ten years would have passed and they wouldn't have aged a day.
Marq was anxious since this would be his first time going into the Stasis Chambers and wondered if his family would still be around when he returned twenty years later.
No! No! No! This can't be happening. I do not want to relive those memories ever again so much death around me with very few clinging onto life.
COMMENCING HYPERSLEEP IN
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STARTING HYPERSLEEP PROCESS
Now everything around Marq faded as he drifted into a state similar to torpor and then darkness.