You glance over your shoulder just as the rebel mob starts to advance. The shouting begins to grow, and from the alley you hear the first gunshots. Seconds later, Terran explosive bullets start tearing through the crowd. The guards around you turn and run for the street, weapons up. You'd love to join the fight, but you're unarmed and too easy a target. There's only one thing you can do. You run.
Before you reach the first corner of the alley, you hear the whoosh of Centauri rockets. The battle has begun and there's no turning back for either side. Pausing at the corner, you look back down the dark alley to the dust, smoke, and flashes of the street. So, this is what the start of a war looks like, you realize.
There's no time for contemplation, though. You need to get back to your platoon. They're going to need you more than ever.
The Astral Force is in for a long war, and you are one of its leaders.
To victory!
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