Commander Rory O'Connor

     I knew that there was going to be a war. In the beginning, though, no one expected it. They were too busy invested in their personal lives, their screens and their games. And because we hadn't been attacked, no one was worried. After all, what could harm such an advanced civilization? And if there were attacks, people somehow reasoned, they wouldn't be here.

      But I felt something coming, and I knew. I was a scientist and a sociologist, and I studied the way that the world was moving and knew that we were on the edge of a knife. A war was approaching. Although the people of our country value peace, we are small. There are many countries surrounding us that are larger, more powerful, and we would soon find that they were determined to conquer all the land and air of Earth. Within the past century, the weapons, speed, and defenses of the fighter aircraft have been enhanced. So I signed up for the Airforce, feeling that if there was to be a war, it would be in the sky. And if there was going to be a problem that I might be able to fix, it would also be in the sky.

     It didn't take long for others to notice the countries around us building up their supplies of aircraft and weapons. The Board of Aerial Warfare was established, and they decided to build up our Airforce so we would be able to defend ourselves. As I had been in the Airforce for a few years, and had learned how to fight in the air and on the ground, I was given the position of Commander. My assignment was to train the new recruits, whose numbers were rising slowly, but rising nonetheless. Soon after my promotion, Judson Stein was elected as president, and he decided that there weren't enough people enlisting in the Airforce. So, a year later, he did the unthinkable: he made children his warriors.