A War With Humanity

We both managed to stay in good standing with grades as well as the drill sergeants. There was one sergeant that both John and I both took a liking to, DS Conroy.

He was the teacher that pushes you to be your best and you can’t stand it. He brings out the best in you if you like it or not. Several of my classmates chose the hard way, and thus received extra "fun" every day. I would often see them outside running in the rain for hours, but no one could argue that they weren’t the best they could be. DS Conroy would not let you slack off, he held you to your standard every time, not something easy to accept when you are mad at everything and can’t begin to explain it. On the outside we all hated him, but I don’t know how I could have survived without him.

One day before his class, I went in early for help on an astronomy problem on last night’s homework. I walked into his classroom and was awestruck at what I saw. The headlines flashing across the video screen were horrifying.

"What’s going on?" I asked panicked.

"It’s those stupid Coalition jack asses." he sneered; lately a lot of animosity towards the aliens was surfacing. They had taken over one of the neighboring provinces, Taiwuk. It was a place with more than its share of problems. No one really cared about it until something started going wrong. The Coalition had taken over the area without even a bullet fired.

"What does the Union have to say about this?" I asked.

"They’re preparing for war, and you know what that means." He replied.

I knew all to well what that meant. It meant millions of soldiers like me were about to go into action against the Coalition who was no match for us. That is what I first thought.

When the now Coalition first arrived, their technology was eons behind ours. Their ships were comparable to those in the atomic age. But we had a common enemy: Nari. The Nari were of the same race of the aliens and lived on one of their moons. They had come to our universe before and attempted to destroy our largest city, Qari. Needless to say they were no match for the force of the UPA, and all was peaceful and no further contact from them for centuries. The Coalition appeared and we regained our planetary hate for them. And soon we learned of the war between the Coalition and the Nari.

The war between the Nari and the Coalition was extremely one sided in favor of the Nari. The Coalition simply did not have the technology or the manpower to overcome this threat. In all of the Universal Union’s infinite wisdom, we gave them technology. All was forgotten about what was given to them because it still gave them no advantage if they ever decided to attack any of the UPA protected states. Apparently, we all underestimated the ingenuity of the Coalition.

The technology boost was all the Coalition needed to start making new technology. The UU still looked the other way, and now the tides had turned. Taiwuk was only the first province that was conquered. Now the financially struggling nation of the People’s Republic of Britain was now under attack by the Coalition. And the responsibility of defending it laid in the over confident hands of the UPA. The UPA was outmatched. The technology in the weapons was simply too great. All UPA forces were pushed back to one little island, one that I had known so dearly.