The Cross of Mithras Vol. 1: EOD Operation Welcome to Hell by Douglas Howell Page A

of, “your skills as Fleet Captain made you the best suitable candidate to guard the Vegas star system,” felt like an insult to Parker. But it was the part that said, “until your skills in combat, rather actual or simulated, improve significantly, you are stuck in the Vegas star system until further noted,” boiled Parker’s blood. To him, that was the greatest insult of them all. When Parker went over the head of his COs, Hamilton felt that it was necessary to reprimand him. Parker knows that will go on his permanent record making it that much harder for him to be promoted. It shows, and proved, his insubordination, which, because of where he is, is true.
      Commodore Parker finally has had enough of the Vegas star system. He does not want to spend another day there, let alone a month, or a year. So he will end up spending the next day thinking about what it would mean for him if he joins the EOD. He’s lonely, and he wants somebody special in his life. Someone to call his own, especially a wife. He knows that if he betrays Project 21 the EOD will give him someone special. At least, that’s what he thinks. In truth they will give him someone all right, but not in the way in which he thinks. The person that the EOD would give him is one who would get him to open up in order to see what value he really has to them.
      What Commodore Parker doesn’t know is that he has little value to them. The only value that he does has to them... is as a Fleet Captain. Which means; when they determine his value, he will be demoted to Fleet Captain. What’s worst for him is that in all likelihood, he will spend the rest of his days as a Fleet Captain. And maybe... just maybe... he might find someone. But no matter what, he will live the rest of his days in fear of betraying the EOD. They’re experts at knowing who will, and who won’t, betray them. Only those born into the EOD community can truly escape it. What Commodore Parker doesn’t realize is something that all former EOD members know: no matter what the reason is - why you wish to join the EOD - you will be a whole lot happier if you didn’t.
      Yes indeed he would be a whole lot more happier. But once Parker, like everybody else, joins the EOD he will learn quite quickly that he can never leave it. He will regret the day that he did joined them. But not once did he ever wanted to, or would like to go back to Roscadia. He had too many bad memories of the place. Memories that he would love to forget, but never can. And it’s all because of what is fixing to happen to him over the week.

 
    My Life, My Friends, My Crew
     
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      Vaistll was sitting on the couch in her room at the Roosevelt. She was watching a movie that she hasn’t seen in little more than a century. The movie came from her private collection and it was called, “Yoke the Horse.” It came out in 2009 when there was a Democrat in the White House. It was about how a Republican President wanted to keep the Republicans in control of Congress and the White House during, and after, his administration.
      Before the mid-term elections, the President started a war with a third world country. Victory, as one would suspect, came swiftly and decisively. That victory helped the Republicans retake control of Congress. Then, before the next Presidential elections, he promptly started another war with some other third world county. That war helped both him and the Republicans, stay in control of the White House and Congress. Now he needed two more wars; one before the next mid-term elections, and the other before the next Presidential elections. He did not care if the Vice-President ran or not, he just wanted the leading Republican Presidential candidate to win. But things didn’t turn out quite the way in which he planned.
      His first two wars went from bad to worst. Both of them was poorly planned and managed. On top of that, there were just too manly leaks during his administration. Combined with his