assault on k-28

by fred flynn

zero hour. 2nd platoon, “b” company, 33rd intergalactic regiment had the honor of being the first troops in the invasion of planet k-78. ashcroft! here, sarge! bertinelli! here, sarge! chan! yo! deville! here! e-667! here, sarge! fester! you got me! goldberg 1! here, sarge! goldberg 2! ready, sarge! han! let’s do it! inammorata! can’t wait! jefferson! yo, let’s go! khan! ready as i’ll ever be! all right, then, you losers! 3 - 2 - 1 - go! the hatch opened. the troopers in their suits of armor, megablasters and megabayonets at the ready, were catapulted into the void at one second intervals. where they were all incinerated and atomized in twenty-two seconds by the blasts from a planet k-78 patrol craft. pictures and biographies of the fourteen troopers were immediately transmitted back to the home planet, and disseminated to the media in 99 percent of the inhabitants’ dwellings and workspaces. the assault force then got down to business, bombing planet k-78 as best it could.