You Know What, Fuck Earth
The North American Protectorate, The South American Combine and the People's Republic of China Apparently Just Don't Care To Continue Humanity's First Essential War.
November 16, 2097
by: Command Sgt. Maj. Robert W. Leary
Five million citizens of the NAP, the SAC, and the PRC sacrificed their lives alongside three million members of the Sentient Beings Combined Joint Alliance (SBCJA) to secure Leo City and push the Hiraska forces out of our Solar system.
Eight million souls, who in good faith believed in the greatest alliance humanity has ever seen.
And the largest, most powerful nations on Earth have declined to finish the job.
Any Soldier worth their salt knows how this goes. If we don’t join our allies and bring the fight to the doorstep of an enemy that can’t even be bothered to show up on the battlefield, they will regroup and send more of their drones, this time to Earth.
The President of the NAP went so far as to say they’ll be “ready,” and while I’m sure they will be the entire point of meeting the Hiraska forces on Mars was to keep them OFF our planet.
Politicians of those three nations have never failed to disappoint me, but especially the NAP.
Governments on Earth are farther from their people than they’ve ever been. The SBJCA however? They have plugged into as many human cultures as they can and for many soldiers, they are now friends forged in fire.
In the last days of fighting outside the dome of Leo City; infantry in light atmosphere suits were cleaning up the last of the drones, casualties were light but we had three fatalities: Chilemba Park of Nairobi, Kenya, Paul Uzumaki of New York City, New York, And Haider Ibn Samir Abu Hammad, of Erbil, Kurdistan.
Hammad was a Muslim, and one of the Omega soldiers —Ola Olhyn — asked if it was necessary to bury him on Earth because their understanding of Sharia meant they would need to launch a ship with Hammad’s body on it ASAP.
A wholly artificial being. Who traveled light years with the intention of aiding humanity. Understood the importance of a human’s religion. Knew them well enough to know their religion. Cared enough that even in death, Olhyn wanted to ensure appropriate last rites were executed.
The next morning in the chow hall I saw a news report from Earth there was a bombing of a Mosque. Not just any Mosque but the Mosque of God’s Beauty. A Mosque that was grown in secret in Cumberland, Md.
Four generations of Muslims, arcologists, and landscape architects came together to plant and grow trees into the form of a building starting in 1967.
One hundred years of labor, care, and consideration. Destroyed because someone didn’t like Islam.
A community center - three buildings - grown out of the trees of Earth. Destroyed. Because someone didn’t like someone else’s religion. Because one of those buildings was a Mosque.
I’m done being betrayed by short-sighted government decisions. The SBCJA is offering citizenship to any human who wishes to leave Earth.
But if you lost family or friends and want to get one back? We’ve learned a lot and we won’t let you down.
We are now Alliance Forces Earth. Join Us.
