Emergence 3.0
A Novel – In One Page per Day
Day 275, Tuesday
October 2nd, 2018
Chapter Two: Yeoman
He was a brilliant combat engineer.
He was as fearless as he was tireless.
He risked everything for his comrades, falling back on
the instinct and experience that had made him the greatest rebel commander in
memory.
Now he turned his guns on rebels throughout the Empire.
He was relentless when called to be, and merciful when he could be.
After one year in combat they pulled him off the line,
the Collective loved his heroism, but feared for his life.
Continuum did not want to see him in hand to hand combat.
He was brilliant, but displayed too much gallantry.
There were too many moments in which he hesitated, giving
his opponent a chance to surrender before the kill.
He volunteered for every mission. Sometimes entering two
or three engagements in a single week.
When he was wounded he went to hospital, got sewn up and
returned the next day for duty.
His life was now the armed forces. He pursed his duties
like he had in the bureaucracy. He was single minded and focused, determined to
set an example for everyone he served with, to his commanders, and to all of
the people he knew were watching his life through the Imperial networks.
He believed that his life had been spared for a reason,
and he had been given longevity so that he could fulfill it.
If the Gods wanted him dead they would take him. If they
wanted him alive they would spare him.
He thought nothing of it.
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