Chapter 38
Some goddamn fool once said that flanks
have got to be secure.
Since then sonofabitches all over the globe
have been guarding their flanks.
I don't agree with that.
My flanks are something for the enemy
to worry about, not me.
Before he finds out where my flanks are,
I'll be cutting the bastard's throat.
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—General George S. Patton
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Galactic Standard Date: 152,323.12 AE
Former Third Empire: Jehoshaphat
Supreme Commander-General Abaddon
ABADDON
The shuttle grew warmer as it breached the upper atmosphere of the small, cobalt-blue water-world. Orange-white light shone through the portal even though the protective outer shield had been deployed to cover the vulnerable glass, heated up by the atmospheric drag of billions of tiny air molecules.
Abaddon glanced to th
