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marine.
    General
Mitchell was in the process of training several thousand troops in the use of
the Type Three battle suits. There were soldiers from across the planet that
had volunteered for the program. Wade had watched a recent training session
with troops from Canada, Australia, the U. K., Germany, and France. Thanks to the universal translators, the language problem had been eliminated.
    When the
Kleese had originally come to Earth, they'd kidnapped nearly 60,000 soldiers
from various countries to serve as conscripts in their wars. After the rescue,
many of these had elected to stay in the new military and serve in different
capacities. The new army was no longer primarily made up of troops from the United States; they were now an army of the world and allegiance to individual countries,
for the most part, no longer existed.
    “Thinking
about your family?” asked Beth, seeing the concerned look on Wade’s face.
    She knew about
his little brother. At least Wade’s parents and brother had survived the
destruction. The only member of her family that had made it out was her mother.
Before the Kleese attack upon Earth, she had been planning her wedding. Her
fiancée had vanished in the attack and never been heard from.
    “Yes,” replied
Wade, forcing a smile upon his face.
    “Your little
brother, I imagine,” added Beth, knowingly. “Let’s go get some chow and we can
talk about it.”
    Wade nodded;
he only now realized how ravenous he was. Beth always seemed to know what to
say and do.
    The two left
the Command Center as the Constellation hurtled through Fold Space on its way
back to Earth. Today they'd fired Earth’s first shot in the new war against the
Kleese, but it wouldn’t be the last.

Chapter Two
    Mason Randle
was walking with his wife Adrienne in the recently finished New Eden habitat
inside Vesta. The area was forty kilometers in length and nearly twenty in
width. In its center, a modern futuristic looking city extended the length of
the habitat. The areas on the edges of the habitat were reserved for farming,
with a number of slow flowing rivers and several small blue lakes making it appear
much like Earth. It looked like a virtual paradise, and Mason knew that for the
survivors that had fled the dying planet to live here, it literally was. It was
well stocked with various breeds of livestock as well as other animals, birds,
and insects to make the habitat ecologically stable. The streams and lakes had
even been stocked with fish.
    “I’m amazed at
the diversity of animals in this habitat,” Mason commented as they walked past
other people on the busy sidewalk. “Lori did an amazing job setting up the
ecology for New Eden.”
    “I spoke to her
yesterday; she said there’re over twenty different bird species alone in this
habitat.” Adrienne looked over at Mason and sighed heavily with a sad look on
her face. “I know we’re fortunate to have saved so many, but there are thousands
of species that are now extinct due to the disaster on Earth. I still find it
hard to accept that there are so many animals and birds that we’ll never see
again except in pictures or videos. Our children are going to miss so much.”
    “We still have
a lot of species in the zoo,” Mason reminded her, recalling all the effort that
had gone into saving so many zoo animals. “Once their numbers have increased
sufficiently, Lori will be releasing some of them into the habitats. But you’re
right; there are a lot of animals and birds that we’ll never see again. There
were only so many we could save. You know as well as I do that in some
instances we had to save people over animals.”
    Adrienne
reached over and took Mason’s hand as they continued walking down the spacious
sidewalk along one of the busy streets in the bustling metropolis. Slightly
over 1.2 million people lived in the new city. “I can’t believe we built his,”
she said as she watched several electric powered vehicles speed by on the