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Kian Voss navigated his way out of the Hive City and trekked back toward Rudolphson's forward camp. The Hive was currently under a state of high-alert lockdown—easy enough to enter, but nearly impossible to leave. At the transit hub, Kian was intercepted by a squad of Enforcers.
He didn't panic. He sought out the junior officer at the garrison station, claiming to be a "civilian attaché" and a kinsman of Lieutenant Rudolphson. He explained that he had been tasked with arranging the "disposal and resettlement" of wounded veterans—a task already completed—and was now returning to the front to report.
The junior officer's cold demeanor softened at the mention of wounded veterans. In the Planetary Defense Force, the "Wounded Problem" was a festering wound of its own. The Planetary Governor was a miserly, callous man who viewed soldiers as expendable ammunition. Pensions were a joke, and the disabled were usually left to rot in the Sump.
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