Day 34

Tell your loved one where you are.

I’m in an Obelisk Corporation jump ship, strapped into a drop pod. The harness is tight across my chest and the metal walls rattle as we skirt across the atmosphere of some planet.

Tell your loved one about the war.

Command wants us to keep these logs. They say it will keep our minds sharp before each drop, and help us remember what we’re fighting for. The other soldiers don’t think the war will last long. I hope they’re right so I can get back home to you.

I’m nervous about the reprinting, though. I don’t like the idea of body switching, no matter how much they guarantee the transfers are perfect. But as nervous as facing the NC soldiers makes me, there is some comfort knowing that if I’m killed I’ll be reprinted. It takes a lot of the fear out of those pre-battle nerves.…