More than ever I feel the need of having Thee close to me. At any moment I may find myself in battle.
However rigorous the task that awaits me, may I fulfill my duty with courage. If death should overtake me on this field, grant that I die in the state of grace, forgive me all my sins, those I have forgotten and those I recall now: grant me the grace of perfect contrition.
- The Soldier's Prayer Before Battle, The Legionary's Handbook p. 28
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The Siege of Fort Calixtus
Science FictionSCIENCE FANTASY - SHORT STORY In the grim darkness of the distant future... there is only War. As the Aleutian domain of Servius Terra rebels against the Aleutian Republic, the one and only legion stationed planetside was caught in the cobweb. Now...
