The Enemy of an Enemy

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I had to make it back to the ship before theyreturned. Most of my men were already dead. Those still alive weredoing all they could to hold off the aliens who were defeating us,giving me time to get a message out.

When we first arrived, we were sure thiswould be a boring mission. This expectation was shattered almostimmediately after we landed and began to deploy. Aliens poured outof the colony, waving swords and carrying shields. I do not knowwhat those shields were made of but our blasters could notpenetrate them. As they rushed our position we were forced intohand-to-hand combat with them. They proved to be clumsy and we wereable to hold our own for a short while.

Behind the initial rush of sword-wieldingaliens came others. These wielded thin energy weapons which theyfired with deadly accuracy and power. The addition of thesereinforcements was just too much for our squad. We were completelyoutnumbered and outgunned.

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