Retreat

We have received word from the EUC, we are to retreat to Earth and consolidate there. It is something we should have done much earlier, instead we have wasted lives and time fighting a battle we all knew we could not win. It is a disgusting shame.

Since the order to retreat was sounded, the EUC have imposed a communications black-out, blocking all personal communications going back and forth from registered colonies. But there were a few illegal Partex drones that jumped through the open gate as forces jumped away from this system. These drones, sent from rogue colonies, brought grim news about Earth; the populous is in a state of impending panic as armies upon armies return to Earth. No one needed to tell them what that meant.

My division will be the last to leave, only because we are not an elite division, but a division that can be sacrificed. Most of my troops know this and have resigned to their fate. More than a handful have killed themselves as a death by their own hand is quicker than the death by Sorynthian.

Our orders are simple, to protect all retreating military and civilian forces leaving this sector. Fighting along side will be the 475th Moon Infantry "Alexander" and the 190th Unified Navy "Dragon Spirit", both green divisions. These are good soldiers but that won't be enough.

The first evacuees are beginning their escape from this system as my battalion commanders begin to distribute extra doses of Xyphelen to the troops. It is a difficult moment for all of us as the inevitable begins its countdown. I have penned my last thoughts in another module for Lexiss, my dearest. It is a message I hope will never reach her.