Legacy of the Spark: from D-Class Infantry to Interstellar Dominance

They said I was a battery destined to be exhausted. No. D-7749, Class D contract infantryman of the 7th Regiment of the 4th Infantry Division of the Talos III Colonial Star Garrison of the Solar Federation, Chen Yu. On the battlefield of the Star Trail Era, what does D-level mean? It means that your genes have no explicit psychic adaptability, it means that your family has no merit points, and it means that Article 37, Paragraph 4 of the "Standard Wartime Service Contract" you signed: In the case of extreme battle damage, D-class combat units can be judged as expendable assets. To put it bluntly - we are cannon fodder, sandbags, and components of the cold numbers written in the logistics report. But today, when I was lying on the hard bed, listening to the never-ending crimson sandstorm of Talos III beating on the reinforced glass of the barracks, and watching the condensation water seeping out of the cracks in the ceiling falling drop by drop, I realized for the first time very clearly: Or be burned silently as fuel. Or, turn this damn world into your own furnace.