Asteroid Blues

Time is short. I never thought that in 10 minutes you can do something meaningful. Everything that Ariadna's nation once aspired to is now trampled underfoot by a coalition of hyperpowers. You see everything on your monitors and tactical maps.
In the last moments I will try to convey a message to those soldiers for whom "duty" and "honor" are not empty words. I wrote this message to Warriors of Allah, hoping for a peaceful solution to the conflict. All these days, I've been postponed, hesitated, until suddenly I have 10 minutes left. When twenty first guard duty unit was surrounded by the Combined Army, I survived and considered it my duty to return to the ranks as soon as possible. Refused hospitalization. Sought appointment to the front as early as possible. But I could not even imagine that the deep rear, became the front line.The intrigue and the political games have overshadowed the soldiers mind. Those who were loyal allies betrayed Ariadna's nation. And that makes me sadder. No one understands what's going on, and our soldiers just want to stop this madness.

After months of fighting, John is finally was killed, on an extraordinarily quiet, peaceful day. The army report that day contains only one phrase: “All quiet on the Human Edge.” As John dies, his face is calm, “as if he had done something very important.”