Smithfield Recruit Training and Development Center
Argus Valley, Ganymede
August 10th, 2473 Earth Standard Calendar

     The green-gray atmosphere of Ganymede opened up  to swallow the transport lander as it descended. The camera drones were flying overhead even before the transport lander had come to a stop. There must have been at least sixty cameras in the air!  Drill Sergeants approached the shuttlecraft, and started shouting orders for us to disembark. They roughly grabbed at our clothes and our bags, and forced us outside like we were prisoners of war.  Scaring kids was always good for ratings. They lined us up in five rows of twenty. One of the Drill Instructors, a large Hispanic male whose uniform read “Banks,” separated himself from the group....

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