After Alex Visited the Protagonists neighborhood...
He Had a great time Spending with them, even if its Only a Day with them...
Looking at the Younger version of Rico, Carmen and even Carl made him smiled...
He soon set out to the Federation Recruitment Center that Rico Joined...
As he Finished the Federation Vow to Serve Humanity, He headed to Where he met a Younger Version of the Man that Recruited Rico, More hair and more cheerful....
"Another Meat into the grinder, Your Name Recruit?"
"Alexander Solair Sir"
"Ah? Your papers said you are a Martian? Hmm...Why are you so far from home? Wait, are you the Alexander Solair from Mars that Made the Wondertainment Toy Shop?"
"That me sir, I just Doing my Duty and I heard that Earth Has the Best of the Best Training And I find the Training Of Mars... Inadequate.."
"Well I didn't see a Martian with a Backbone these days, Aside from hearing some rumors that some Ghost Soldiers that is popping up in Mars that still has a Hot blood in them, and Which Branch Are You Taking?"
"The Jack In the Box Sir"
The Recruitment Officer Joyfulness face soon returned to Empty void as he Stared at Alexander...
Jack in the Box also Know as Cerberus Korps ... A Branch of the Military that is not spoken and much more secretive than the Psi-ops, That is most brutal than all Branches Combined, Since it encompasses all the Main Battle focused branches that makes them a potential Sky Marshall Candidates, Since there is no Tolerance and no Mercy... that It Would made the Mobile infantry Casualties on Klendathu the Second Place, if it allowed everyone Applications that is..., and only the Presiding Sky Marshall or the Federation Council Has the capacity to Designate a Potential Candidates to be enrolled, and only Best of the Best are Enrolled there... And If Two Thousand Candidates Entered there... Only 200 Can be chosen, the Mind Breaking can make any Normal Person Become a Vegetable, If they failed, Not just the pressure of the Extreme training, But The Social Shame that they failed will Make anyone take their own life... And they Only have One Chance to join, much like the Mobile infantry... But they can either get the form 12-40-A as a washout Like a Mobile infantry or Get the Bullet, Which Most Gladly do the latter to Hide their shame that they didn't make it.... And Those that succeed are "The Monsters of the Federation"... And Able to Make a Fleet on your Own command, if your orders are valid..., if possible, if you are extremely valued enough that you Could possibly make a New Branch or a PDF for their planet.... That is Dreams of Many that wished to join the Cerberus Korps... But you need NDA and Your Parents Referral and The Federation Council or the presiding Sky Marshall to Vouch for you, and many people would lose literally a arm and leg just to have connections to let their children enter throughout the Federation Cerberus Korps just to enroll them there despite the massive student casualties going there everyday...
"You Sure? Did you have a referral from your Parents and The Current Sky Marshall Signature?"
"Here sir, Signed by My Dad and Sir Dienes" As Alexander Provided the Papers.
"Let's See... here, please wait, as I Need to check if there is a drop of Blood from the Sky Marshall to confirm the authenticity" As the Man Called a secretary to Have a DNA Check to confirm it's real....
30 minutes later
"Sir, It's Authentic" As a Sweating Secretary Rushed to the recruiter, with the papers holding it Carefully, as if it Crumpled, it would Most likely be on his head...
"Well then Sonny, I would Call you Sir, When you Come Here..."
"No Sir, I would Still prefer be called Alex anyway, since the future isn't set in stone... I joined Jack in the Box to Prevent People suffer more casualties for meaningless goals... I noticed your legs are Missing, would you like to try our new Martian prosthetics, Free of charge, since you are a Veteran, It kinda looked Like you wanted to walk again?"
"A Fine Goal You Have and Quite Humble too, not like some Candidates that came here before... And Thanks anyway, not many People Willing to point out My Missing legs and not be Tempted to mock or pity at my line of work? I will Take up on your Offer...After you Succeed... You will Received your Paper to your destination at your hotel tomorrow" As the Man Chuckles...
"I will Sir, and thank you for your service for the Federation..." Alex Saluted and Left and Made the Man Have a Bit of Approval of a Fine Candidate, And Wondered If this Martian Kid... No, A Man Could Survive in that Den of Monsters.... Only time Will tell...
A week Later...
Alex Received the Paper and it show that he should move to the Amazon for the First Phase of the test... and a Transport will pick him up and transport him... At 05:30 Am Tomorrow...
A Bus Came to His Hotel and picked him up as He entered, there was many eyes observed him, gauging him whether he is a threat or not to their enrollment... He went to the Back and Stayed Silently as the People began to Whisper and Gossip, who's the new recruit?
Their Gossip came to an End as they went to a Underground facility... And they saw Countless Buses that were similar like them and Hundreds of Aspirant Waiting in line...where the People were told to Take their bags and go Into Formation with the rest...
As a Platform was Raised, a High-Ranking Officer Stepped on it and spoke....
"Recruits Welcome to the Jack in the Box Training and your First Phase to be a Cerberus, is to Complete the Mobile Infantry Training within 14 months which is strictly guarded and Observers will look at you, and Those that do it earlier will be rewarded, You May Form into Groups of Five and you may use any means necessary to be excellent, even if it means to Kill the person beside you... And You will be Graded Based on your Individual Performance and Actions... And Those of you wanting to complain, you all signed an NDA and Took this Course, If you Wish to leave, walk back to the Bus and stay there...the Federation don't Take Weaklings and those that quit will never enter the military again regardless of the Branch of your choosing..." as the Officer Went to the Group of Officers with Clipboard...
There were those that Complained Immediately Shut up, and there were those that is considering leaving, since they weren't expecting to be to be in Mobile infantry training from the get go, and most of them got in this facility through their connection to from their parents and Copious amount of Money, And they Have to be feared of being Murdered by their Colleagues...
A laughter was heard, and it came from the Red Headed Guy
Almost All Felt Disbelief and Animosity toward the redhead, as if he is laughing toward them for thinking low of them... One Person that was his Bus Mate walked to the Red headed Fool and Grabbed his Collar...
"What are you Laughing You Piece of Shit!"
"You reaally are so Weak Minded and a fool to think that Low... Didn't You Heard the Officer Said? That we should Use any Means? Why are you all are Thinking about the Negative Implications?" As the Redhead was Grinning as his Blue eyes Pierce the Person making Her Faltered and stepped back and gathered her thoughts...
"He mentioned that we would be in groups of Fives, but is there a limit of Five's? And the Last sentence of killing each other is to dissuade you from forming teams? If You don't think outside the Box, you probably will never get far... And there is a long time to train as a Mobile infantry being compressed into three months, and we need cooperation, or we will not make it, regardless even if one team can make it." As the Red Head Reasoned with the Crowd
"Tell me, Who the hell are you?" As the Woman that grabbed his Collar spoke
"Alexander Solair at your service. Your Name Miss?" As the Redhead Man Smirks
"Maria De La Cruz... Wait... are you that Alexander Solair of Mars?"
"You are looking at the one and only..."
"WHY ARE YOU DOING IN THIS COURSE!! YOU ARE PRACTICALLY THE RICHEST MAN IN THE FEDERATION!!" As Maria screamed at him
"Doing My Part Ms. Cruz...And what's that rant have got to do with me?" As Alexander Chided Her as an Elderly man Chided a Child for her rants...
"I did Not Come here as a Person that Slaps My Problem with Money and bragged that I immediately get a Good boy trophy, I am Here to be a Part of the Federation, not by my Connections with the Corporations money l earned to supply my people, I Created the companies to make my Planet better livelihood for my people, and by that effort that I earned respect from Sky Marshall Dienes that put me here to be trained properly as A proper Soldier of the Federation, I earned it and used this opportunity to learn from the best... And who's with me? I assured those that follow me will all pass in this test... So Either you Guys and Gals Follow me to a Blaze of Glory or get out of my way and be Forgotten in a corner, that not even your parents will remember you as their children..." As he Finished Speaking Almost Half of the people are willing to join him, but the rest form up their own groups and Few Skeptical Aspirants that did not join... shake their heads in Disapproval from the bombastic Martian as they took the bus and left the premise...
9 months Later....
200 Miles A facility that is Below the surface of the Amazon Jungle is a Massive Group of Teenagers Jogging around the race track for the 36th time as they headed by Alexander as they Jogged in the Track and Field in full Armor with a 25 Kilo Weight attached to their limbs...
"Okay Troopers, You can have a 18 Minute break so relax, since we are beyond the projected objectives an Extra 3 Minutes doesn't hurt..."
"Come on Ladies, We will have beer and Barbeque when we are done" As Maria De La Cruz Now Second in Command now making the People kept their morale Up
All the people that followed Alexander Groaned as called him a cheapskate on time, during the First Two Weeks Alexander managed to form the Rowdy Group that followed him from the start into a Cohesive Unit...
Not like the standards of his training he learned in Warhammer, but sufficient enough to pass the training requirements, Most of them Came to him For Problems like disputes that he was Called Peacemaker or Pastor, For those that saw him Praying to a Aquila and the statue of a Man in Golden Armor Daily at night... One might ask, if it was his moral compass in the Training or he would not touch a woman, he laughed it off and Quoted
"Prayers alone will not win the battle, but Prayers with the will to live and the Desire for action will people accomplished anything..."
The Observers were Appreciated that the Martian is Making waves and Exceeded their expectations since what he has done will make their records look better, especially in the Live Simulation that they released a Group of Mass murderers in a Quarantined Derelict City in Texas and the student groups joined the it was to apprehend or kill the criminals the Alex Group was one of the few that that Survive the encounter with his group fully Intact, with the rest died that participated was slaughtered, because they grossly underestimated the Criminals to use anything in their disposal such as a rock or using the dead Equipment, to even using their teeth for the chance of the promise of Freedom that the handlers made...
And Alex Group Managed to Score Perfectly in Tactical and Strategic Training and High Command pass them as each person in his group can handle Regiment of Soldiers even without his lead... and he was given a Plans for the Prototype of the Klendathu Battle and was well aware that the Federation was getting ready for such an invasion, even before the Bueno Aires Disaster... and he was tasked to Find and faults with it... which he proposed to add to the plan to make a Star Fort in the landing point in the event that if the proposed plans were to fail, they have a proper place to retreat and a place for the Fleet to have their Craft to safely deployed and as a Dagger To the Klendathu for future invasion...
Which made the Conservative faction and the Warhawks agree with the plan as caution is necessary..,
After the Break ended, Group Stood up and Resumed their March once more...
At A Podium....
1600 Hours later
A General Approached on the Stage...
"The Training is over and now you have done the Basic Mobile Infantry Training, Now that you Learn it, You Will Understand the Life of the people you lead, You Have the Chance to Ascent to higher Ranks or You can be a Trainee for training in a ship or those that are willing to go and Beyond, that choose both, you have my Respect, Alexander Solair Please Come forth... Since you are the Best generation of the year"
Alexander Stepped on the Stage and Saluted the General...
"Sir, Sargent Alex Reporting for duty..."
"At Ease Sargent, You Got the Eyes Son, I been Reviewing your records and you have a Smashing Success, tell me what Branch do you prefer?"
"Permission To Speak Frankly Sir"
"Permission Granted Sargent"
"I would like to try The Fleet Command and Mobile Infantry and High Command sir..."
Silence pervaded as the General Grinned Widely... While others digesting the revelation that Alexander was More than Ambitious, and they were stunned that he is not satisfied with one but three Branches
"You Really are Ambitious like your father and Exceeded my expectations... a Sky Marshall Candidate..."
"You know My Dad Sir?"
"Yes Sargent, he was under my command during the First Expedition to Klendathu space, he would be a General of the Armed Forces if not for his Injury... And his decline to Ascent to higher Ranks..."
"I never knew that Sir"
"First time for everything...
Good Now, Let's see you have the capacity to Chew More than you Swallow and if you excel of your Choosing, you will leave For Fort Bradley a week later"
After Alex Was Done with the Interaction, with the General, His Group Managed to Give their Congratulations at his ascension to higher Ranks, They kept his teachings and Thanked him for Letting them joined him at the start... and he left Maria as the de facto Leader of the group until they Joined their Preferred Branches after they are done...
As Alexander Left The Amazon Base, He Went to US To Complete his Training as a Officer in High Command First, where he led his soldiers on hands on approach and Subdued 12 Rebellious Colony through Diplomacy, and manages to Pass in Flying Colors and the fastest to Complete, making his footsteps for those that came after him willing to excel and to surpass him, causing a Decent flow of Excellent Pool of Officers...
And he went to the Fleet Command and Passed as a Trainee Of Space Battleship Midway and Subdued the attackers and track the remnants and raided their Pirate Base, when his Captain was Unconscious during a attack... (A/N. Parody of Space Battleship Yamato)
While he was called to court, for intervening the ranks, no doubt that he manages to save the hassle and time for the Federation to hunt Pirates and kept that affected trade lane safe, His actions Have made his detractors unable find any fault with him thus closing the case...
He Later led a Skirmisher Fleet during the last 2 Years of his training as he raids Pirate bases in asteroid fields causing him to earn the monicker "The Skull Keeper" as Alexander kept Bleached Skulls of Pirate Captains as a Memento of his exploits and he always find the Pirates no matter where they hide regardless of in plain clothes or in obscure part of space, he always find them, causing the Trade lanes to be safe... and Many high Bounty Captains were either blown to bits or Arrested in Jail, where their rewards were sent to the Colonies that were ransacked by the pirates and earning a good graces by the people... and Less Hassle to handle a riot in the foreseeable future....
(A/N System Tracker Pirate located...)
At the Least he would be qualified as a Sky Marshal Candidate, but One thing that Surprising, he didn't Joined Candidate pool which to the much more Ambitious candidate sigh of relief and only requested that he should be Opening a New Branch of the Military.... Which reluctantly by the rest of the branches, he was given a green light....
He Dubbed it M.A.Rs
Mobile Assault Recon...
as a Mobile Mechanized infantry And Fleet combined for fast Reinforcement and deployment and interception Branch...
Or Some Dubbed it as Mobile All Rounder in the later years of the Bug Wars, Since he has the capacity to lead a fleet and Command Ground forces with minimum casualties...
His group was sent to danger zones, when Mobile Infantry Falters with Massive casualties or the Fleets Burn under the ashes of Plasma by Bug Batteries, They step in...
To Enter there, One must be a Mobile Infantry for 3 Years for entering MAR. then qualified to enter the Actual Organization and for the Fleet Command 4 years are required to enter the Specialized fleets, and the training is extreme to that very few manages to Pass despite numerous candidates... But Orphans have the Qualifications immediately however, They are regulated in Logistics and Learn to read and Write and have Life skills like Welding, Farming, Accountancy and Cooking and when they reached Age Of 15, they are Then Trained in the Junior Version of M.A.Rs as they learned how to do Proper Maintenance of their weapons and trained Properly until they are ready to a 3 years of Intense training to be included in the Main Core of the Army or Fleet, those that didn't make it will be regulated into Supply Corps and they still can get Citizenship... It Solves the Hassles for the Federation to fund the Orphanage and Orphans All over the Federation Try their luck in the M.A.Rs to seek a better life...
And reward are just, Their Families can be granted Citizenship after 10 years of Service and under bimonthly inspection for 3 years to ascertain if they are qualified for it like history of Drug Abuse, Criminal history or Mental deficiency then they are not qualified, Unlike the 2 Years of Service Of Mobile Infantry, this Branch is specialized as a Standing Armed force, not a Citizen one, and have the capacity to defy orders from High Command if the task is absurd...
And It is not required for Sky Marshall Candidates to Join M.A.R they only have to Join the Mobile Infantry and Fleet command to be as a candidate since it will take too long to even gain recognition by the Branch and by the time they are done, they will miss the Election...
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Hello Author, here, Just Finishing my High school Exams and It took me quite a while to finding my brain matter is quite funny... I am Pretty Tired... will complete tomorrow chapter...