Even I have to admit that Colonel Haulley’s line on this page is pretty harsh. But there you have it. And oddly enough, it comes on the 95th anniversary of Armistice Day, when the First World War finally ended. Here in the U.S. we’ve had so many wars since then that now we call it “Veterans’ Day,” but it’s well to remember the Great War, which was the first modern conflict that really took Nation-State warfare to a whole new and mass-industrialized level, which we now have to live with. And of course, in the world of 6-Commando, the Great War was the only World War they ever had, and was even worse than ours. We haven’t yet found our way out of that rabbit hole, but I live in hope that one day we’ll manage to do so. As I’ve said before, I can think of many wars that were worth winning, but none that were worth starting.
At any rate, this week is (after a fashion) a two-for-one, as I took the opportunity to make some “tweaks” to the last page, as well. There were one or two things that just weren’t sitting right with me, so I fixed them. And now I’m happy.
For the time being, though, I have to get to sleep. I’m on the verge of getting some kind of a cold or something – I can feel it. And me and respiratory ailments do not get along too well. So it’s off to bed for me. Until next week, folks – all the best!
well. that’s interesting. you certainly have a good way with the mindscape presentation.
Now for the Wild Mass Guessing whether this is his memories or a mental construct place
This could be a flashback to Mosul or Singapore, or some other conflict that Haulley has mentioned (though since Santelli was in Mosul with him, I would guess Singapore. He implies that Santelli doesn’t know about what the FSR did). His uniform looks like urban camo, but the terrain looks like desert. Overall, my guess is that we’ll just have to wait for the next page!
This page does gives us the first hint of what Haulley has seen and maybe why he is on the brink.
cue flashback to Ambush Time!
somehow I doubt this will be Ambush Time! season 2, however. It kinda looked like only those high officers / political commisars were ‘hardcore commies’. the normal soldiers, as we saw a lot in the previous pages seemed to be more the type of ‘I fight for my country because well, it’s my country, you know. And I get paid.’ than ‘FOR THE MOTHERLAAAAAAND!’
still amuses me how I ‘post in the past’ for my PoV xD
the time stamp of my post says ‘5:47 AM’, whilst it’s 11:47 AM here.
gotta love time stamps localized for the hoster
Its sort of telling, about Haulley’s mindset when he says something like “They’re not people, they’re the enemy”. I’m guessing at some point, there was something that made this personal to him… that or Haulley really is a blood crazed fanatic raised on a constant diet of propaganda, but I doubt it
his sudden shift in tone when cutting to the flashback makes me think it’s the Personal one
Happy Veteran’s Day, and so much for the”War To End All Wars”.
Colonel Haulley in Mike’s dream world, Captain Santelli outside, Two Majors under lockdown…
Who’s in command? Dacosta or someone else?
And what is going on inside with CONASUR?
Atleast in the US military there is a very detailed chian of command but if I had to guess there’s probaly another captian or major or a leutanent colonel
Soldier: Sir we need… Who are you? *To a man in over alls, sitting in a deckchair, reading a skin-mag*
Guy: Scruffy, Janitor
Soldier: Um… Where’s the Colonel?
Scruffy: Gone crazy, Scruffy in charge now…
Scruffy g’won die the way he lived!
–M
Yep. Either that or someone is redefining PSYOPs entirely. 😉
Oops, meant to post that as a reply to Madurai’s post below. ↓
I think we all know Mike’s in charge.
Looks like the aftermath of the Highway of Death… the FSR’s A-10 analog seriously fucked his armored unit’s shit back in the day?
I have a feeling that Hauley’s mindset regarding the FSR is gonna shift big-time after all is said and done.
Oops, he popped the magic phone open, now Mike’s gonna have some fun with his brain!
Okay, this was a suprise.
Welcome to your own private hell, Mr. Haulley?
That is some great tank wreakage!
“They’re not people, they’re the enemy”
Dang.
This is the most chilling line of thought, isn’t it?
We all say mean things we don’t mean. The big problem is when you say the mean things you don’t mean, except you mean them.