Chapter Thirteen
Execution in the Asteroid Belt
Monday, 3/5/2466@0800
My leave was up at midnight and I was ordered to report to a Transporter this morning to navigate to Ceres, the largest asteroid in the Asteroid Belt.
Countries that were once known as China, Japan, and many other eastern territories have welcomed us back and have agreed to become part of our worldwide secular union. It seems their ancestors were forced by the Muslims 180 years ago to accept their Islamic beliefs or die. They chose the former, but they never fully assimilated or accepted Islam in their hearts. The planet for all practical purposes is now on its way to becoming free from Muslim theology.
The new government under the tutelage of the Supreme Command knows from previous experience that the Earth has a d
