Chapter 34
No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country.
He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard
die for his country.
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--General George Patton--
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Galactic Standard Date: 152,323.12 AE
Former Third Empire: Jehoshaphat
Supreme Commander-General Abaddon
ABADDON
Supreme Commander-General Abaddon closed his eyes and focused upon the disharmonious vibrations which rattled up through the floor of the Jehoshaphat into the palm of his hand, diagnosing what ailed his gorm beag even before the flight engineers had completed their external inspection of her hyperdrives. It had been a long time since his first-love had sustained such damage, but not the first, and this vibration was familiar as he pictured the damage to her starboard engine as though it was his own wing.
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