Khudani Pilot

Flight lead insisted on holding prayer circle before today's op - He muttered something about our souls forever riding the winds of the cosmos should we fall in battle, ultimate sacrifice for the Khar'shan and our peoples' birthright, victory foretold on stellar breath, whatever. I wasn't listening. I was more concerned about my family back home, wherever it is now. The whole time, I was convincing myself that I was fighting in their defense, that all those ships we've turned to scrap and everyone aboard were all bound to kill my clan, and those like mine. But as I watched a planet - a whole world, with millions of people living on its surface - burn at the order of that angry little brat we've been calling our leader... Fuck, I don't know anymore.

 - Lt. Maheen Fatan-Arhkesh; Fighter pilot of the A4 Combat Group, Clan Arhkesh