Sakulda VI - District 8 2:00

"Quiet". "So quiet" I thought to myself. It has been 2 hours since the last Orbital Strike has been dropped.
Our commander ordered us to retreat but the enemy surrounded the Cargo Hub, extinguishing any life that
that may have exited the city. Distant screams of agony can be heard throughout the city, "They are clearing
the city of any strays" I thought again. I got up from my hiding spot gritting my teeth as the pain seared through
my left side. "Damn Combat Rifle" I whispered. It was not a serious wound but lack of medical attention would
bring my clone to it's eventual demise. I could feel the aura of death around me, trying to grip me and pull me
with it as it has done to all my comrades. "They are still searching the outer areas of the city, till they regroup and
enter the center of the city to finish off the last pocket of resistance" I thought reluctantly. My squad, no my
whole company is gone. There were no more clone reserves left so I had to at least inform my commander
of the massacre that has taken place. Communications have been jammed so a personal message was my
only option.

After some time I finally made it to the command post but I saw no soldiers or even a sentry. But
what I did see when I entered was horrifying. Medics lay dead next to their patients with gaping wounds, some
weren't even carrying weapons but they still killed them. "These people will do anything to achieve victory, how
disgusting". I continue down the hallway towards the Commander's room. Sentinels... 2 of them, one with half
of his body missing the other without a head. "No mercy I suppose" I grimaced. As I closed the distance to the
room, I heard voices. One was loud and recognizable and used certain words in his sentences that he often
used. I was about to burst into the room before a certain word caught my attention, "Terms". I froze, "Terms"?
I listened in and I heard what I supposed was the enemy commander, "Would you not agree" he bellowed.
"Why should I" yelled my commander. "What prevents you from just betraying us and taking what we have left"?
The enemy commander laughed, "Why would we, you fended off attacks from us and our allies for months"!
"Your corporation has costed us a lot of money" he jeered. "Taking the last of your land would cost us more
then what they would produce for months, maybe even years to come"! "The deal is simple, you ally with us
and we'll let you keep your land", "Everyone wins right"?. Again it was quiet, so many thoughts were racing
in my head I felt like it was gonna burst until, I felt a sharp pain through my body. I looked down to see a Nova
Knife protruding out, then receding back. "Pain, so much pain" I thought. My vision turned cloudy and then
darkness. It was over. It was all over.

So, wait...I've been gone for a couple days for work.

FA and RND have left Tso's? Really? And they're all going to this "super alliance"?

I truly hope this isn't true. If it is, I've lost what little faith I have in this "competitive" community.

I have played and lost and lost and lost in PC. You can try to justify these decisions all you want, but it all comes down to being pathetic and taking a video game--a video game--too seriously.

"Oh, poor me, I lost in a video game."

And, sorry Beers, I didn't have my nerd bible within reach to catch your reference.