SAW 1: Stars at War
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“That’s not what the news programs say…The news program said you led the 7000 fighters and killed twice as many snakes, so that Admiral Prancort could launch his missiles and that—”
“Admiral Prancort saved the world, not me!”
“Not true!” her daughter argued. “If you hadn’t been there, Admiral Prancort wouldn’t have had his missiles, and the news programs say we’d all be dead!”
“I can’t argue with that.” Bobbi grinned. “I suppose I was important to the battle.”
“You were! You’re being decorated, mommy. Admiral Prancort and the President both came into your room while you were asleep. They watched you sleep and everything. You’re going to get a big reward.”
“Really?” Bobbi couldn’t imagine what the award might be. Then, she thought about her finances. If the reward was money, it would be great for her and Cathy. Maybe she could quit her job and take a nice long vacation. No, Mommy shook her head. The war would still be on. She wouldn’t quit her job for anything in the world, not as long as she could pilot a fighter. “What’s the award called?”
“I can’t remember…” Her daughter seemed puzzled. “Something stars something…”
“Golden Star’s Cross?” Mommy’s eyes opened wide.
“Yeah, something like that.”
The Golden Star’s Cross. The nation’s highest military honor. If she got it, she and her family would be set. Those were awarded only several times a year for the nation’s highest military achievement. Mommy imagined it, hanging on her bed, it would really be something… if it were true! “I can’t wait until they pin it to my chest.”
“You’ll get it, mommy. The president promised you would! But first, aren’t you hungry?”
“Actually, I am. Kitty, get the nurse!”
For the rest of day, mommy ate and drank. Together with her daughter, the two of them watched the news programs. All over the news, they saw and heard about Admiral Prancort’s victory and how he captured the snake fleet admiral, as well as all the snake technologies. In the holograms, Admiral Prancort with all his dark wavy hair and distant eyes looked like the ideal bachelor. Mommy wondered if one day, she could catch a man like him, but then she imagined her ex-husband would like to hook up with her again, since she’d been on the news, too.
Eventually, she focused away from the news and sat silently, staring at her 11 year old daughter. She thought about all the things that happened so far, how close she’d come to death, yet how she escaped death each time. Life was truly a miracle. It seemed amazing how she was still alive to watch her daughter grow, despite all her flaws…as a pilot and as a mother.
A miracle. Bobbi gazed at her daughter, who played with the hologram set.
She wondered if everything happened all over again, would she do it all again? Would she risk all she cherished to fight a war? To dogfight with three snake fighters at once?
The answer rang in her head…Yes. She would, because it’s what I am…a fighter. No matter how much the risks or how deadly the costs, she would fight as a skilled pilot for the human race— with no doubt in her mind that her heart and soul would be winning the battles to come.
Into the fray once more, thought Bobbi Duke.
Back into the fray once more.
THE END
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Lee Guo writes sci fi space battles with a lot of characterization. As long as he writes, he will always put a ton of action in his stories, whether it's through space battles or marine combat. Where did this gung-ho adrenaline pumped desire come from?
Well, it can be traced back to the first stories he read about alien invasions. Lee will always remember John Dalmas's Soldiers, and David Weber's Armageddon Troll, and, of course, the Hudathans from William C Dietz's Legion of the Damned.
Besides that, he loves the experience of fighting in a battle, whether it's taking on the role of a fleet admiral, or a soldier on the ground… he's attached to the experience, to being there, in the shoes of a battlefield thrill.
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Future Books (In Progress as of 5-15-2014)
The Superdreadnaught's Fury
What if Terminator had been set in space?
The year is 2200.
Humanity has settled the stars.
A time portal opens up. Out comes an alien battleship from the future comes with one single mission: to wipe out humanity before it becomes a dominant galactic empire.
A novel about an empire's survival.
A story about technological change and war time strategy against a small but vastly technologically superior force.
It's Terminator in space.
The Last Doomstar
Set in the far future, humans no longer lives on the surface of planets, but on vast mobile cities called world ships.
There are eight world ships in existence, each containing seven million civilians. Each world ship -- comprising humanity's remaining fleet -- is hunted by aliens for their raw materials.
Humanity must survive in a hostile galaxy against alien marauders, vast alien empires, and even conflicted humans whose interests are against society.
With protagonists ranging from the leader of the human race down to the lowly grub in the slums of a worldship, The Last Doomstar portrays a truly unique and terrifying futuristic reality of human attempts at survival.
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