Today, nearly a century after the two most powerful forces on Earth engaged in a war neither of them expected to win, they stand here now, united. It is my honor and privilege to accept the title of Co-Governor for the Coalition of Cooperative Planets. May we have peace forevermore.
-CoCP Co-Governor Aleisha Zheng, September 9th, 2147 CE
TAPS WAS ALMOST certain his feet were frozen. He couldn't feel his toes, one of the consequences of walking for nearly three days straight through piles and piles of snow.
Mad had told the squad they would get where they needed to go in a day or two, but the soldiers' resolve was wavering. With the pace they were making, two days would likely turn into three, maybe four.
The icy wind bit Taps through all his heavy clothing, trying to wrap its frozen fi
