During a long hammerhead patrol, tired from the constant working and fighting, the 58th are jumped by the Chigs and Hawkes almost ends up dead. Commodore Ross, seeing that his top squadron is over worked, orders them to take a weekend?s leave on the nearby pleasure ship Bacchus. However he is quick to point out, the 58th are not the same people they were when they joined. This turns out to be very true and it does not take long for them to find themselves in trouble.
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Space Above And Beyond
"We thought we were alone. We believed the universe was ours. Until one night in 2063, on an Earth colony 16 light years away, they struck. And now we're at war. My name is Lieutenant Colonel T.C. McQueen. I'm an In-Vitro, a race of artificially gestated lifefoms. I command a Marine Corps Squadron; the 58th. They call us the Wild Cards. We fight when called. In space, on land, and at sea. To lose this war means more than defeat; to surrender is to never go home. All of us must rise to the call...Above and Beyond."