Star Destroyer
By Paul Haedo
Chapter One — selected excerpt

Chapter One

For over a month, I trained. For over a month, I suffered the agony that the monks put me through. For over a month, I mastered the republic’s newest weapon in our war against the Zalu Empire. I hope it was enough.

Everything that I did with regard to the suit, we sent on over to Terran Command. The Guardian Monks had our assault marines train in the suits, not only to help progress the calibration tests and military theory research at a faster pace, but also as a gift to the Calyster for being excellent guests. As is quickly becoming tradition in the Terran Navy, the Calyster gets first access to all of the new and exciting toys. We will be putting them to good use.

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