En-route to Jiangxi

[Talion]

Entry: 4

Why Jiangxi, you might be asking. Or you might have stopped reading, I don't even know if I'll ever show anyone else what I'm writing here. I've got a few hours before the shuttle arrives to take us the rest of the way to Omega-52.

Like I said before, the Zoners are honourable but there's no place for them in this world of warfare. The Junkers are just thieves who're too pussy to call themselves thieves, stealing whenever they're guaranteed to not get caught. Obviously not any criminal groups, obviously not any military establishments in other Houses.

I've read a bit about the Coalition. Read the Katz Manifesto a few times, been keeping up to date with all the happenings in Omega-52. Yue Fei, the Volkhan, Katz's retirement, Vaschenko rising to power. I even read a bit into Sol history, the founding of communism there.

I don't know if it's worth fighting for. I haven't even left planet Leeds before (apart from immigrating from New London whilst a baby), let alone left Bretonia. I don't know if I'll like the politics, the economics, the culture. I've read about them and they sound interesting, but I remain sceptical. Guess I'll have to see to believe.

The Zoners have been very nice, offering Bretonians a way off of Leeds to head for the Coalition, but I think they were hoping most people would see the Zoner way of life and settle with them instead. And that's fine, for people who don't want to fight for something.

But I've decided that I want to fight for something. What that something is yet, I don't know. But the easy life of little effort for little reward shall be put behind me, and I'll work. And if I feel good for the work that I have done, then I know I'm doing the right work.

Aaron Tyrer. That's the name I'll use when I get to Jiangxi. I should've changed my name years ago. Dylan Finlay died with his father.