“This is General Sunset Shimmer, Field Commander of the United Nations Defense Force. For decades Humanity sent messages to the stars, wanting to know what’s out there, to know if we were alone or not. *sigh*. Five years ago we got our answer, and god do I wish we were alone. I am recording this message for anyone who may hear it before I join my men and lead the 'Caiden Guards' into battle again, heh, the planet breaks before they will.
Five years ago they arrived, five years ago New York was attacked, it’s always New York, they held, barely. Five years ago the White House was destroyed and the US fell under our command, soon other capitals and cities fell, they killed thousands. Four years ago China cut contact, we sent scouts, but they aren’t reporting anything good. Four years ago the official death toll was in the low tens of millions. Three years ago we sank their mothership, ICBMs and nukes were used to destroy and drive off their fleet; much of the Earth was under UNDF control, we became the global government simply because we were all that’s left.
We did our best to rebuild and advance Humanity in the years after, but after everything we weren’t ready for when they came back. The force that killed millions and left parts of the planet uninhabitable, was a fucking scout force. A scout force. An invasion fleet of hundreds of ships arrived five months ago, they dropped millions of their giant insects and their damn drones. As I speak Humanity may number in the millions now, maybe even thousands; fuck, for all I know we may be all that’s left. Two hundred thousand men, women, and children are gearing up for a final assault as I record this. We probably aren’t going to survive this, everyone knows this, but we sure as hell aren’t going to go quietly. We fought valiantly, made them pay for every foot in blood, but there was simply too many of them, we never stood a chance.
May as well, one last time.
‘To save our Mother Earth from any alien attack.
From vicious giant insects who once again came back.
We unleashed all our forces, we didn’t cut them any slack.
The UNDF deployed.
Our soldiers were prepared for any alien threat.
The Navy launched thier ships, the Air Force sent their jets.
And nothing could withstand our Fixed Bayonets!
The UNDF Deployed!
Our forces have now dwindled and we pulled back to regroup,
our enemies have multiplied and formed a massive group.
We’d better beat these bugs before we’re all turned to soup.
The UNDF deployed.
The Air Force and the Navy were destroyed or cast about.
Scouts, Rangers, Wing Divers have almost been wiped out,
despite all this the Infantry still stubbornly holds out.
The UNDF deployed!’”
*Ping*
“Well, shit guess it’s time, scouts report the bugs are coming.
‘Our friends were all killed yesterday, as were our families,
today we will not make it, facing these atrocities.
We’ll never drop our banner despite our casualties.
The UNDF deployed!
Two days ago my brother died, next day my lover fell,
today most everyone was killed, on that we must not dwell,
we’ll never leave the field, we’ll never say farewell!
The UNDF Deploys!’
Heh, like it? We made it up as the war dragged on, gets kinda depressing at the end, still true though. Well, once more unto the breach. We said we’d never leave the field, and now we’ll die on it.
We march unto our deaths, for we won’t go quietly into that good night.
Sunset Shimmer out.
I hope someone lives to hear this.”