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Dear Volunteer

I am pleased to inform you of

your selection for service in the

Terran Confederation Star

Commandos.

The Confederation Star

Commandos are a proud and

elite corps with exacting

requirements and superior

combat skills. You must

understand that failure of a

mission will not be tolerated -

and this fact cannot be

emphasized enough.

I must say I am impressed with

your track record. The

Commanding Officer of Tutmos

III had a lot of praise for your

dedication and stamina while

posted as an instructor at the

Mobile Organic Sanitation Unit.

Your first combat tour of duty is

the Bombyx Moons. These are a

large number of small planetoids

in the 97th Quadrant. They lie

exactly between the Terran

Confederation and our galactic

superpower rival, The Necron Empire.

The Bombyx are rather a

primitive people -they program

their computers!!! In fact no-one

would even give them a second

glance but for the fact that the

moons are virtually pure Talanite.

The evil Necrons are intent on

dominating the Bombyx. They

are literally "stealing" the

Bombyx's Talanite in exchange

for worthless trash. I personally

would describe it as an inter-

planetary rip-off!!! We, on the

other hand, are going to bring

the Bombyx all the benefits of

Terran Civilisation - pulpburgers,

synthocola -you know, that sort

of thing - in exchange for a few

Talanite crystals (40 Gigatonnes

per oscillation).

I have enclosed copies of full

details of the mission and a

description of the equipment

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which will be issued to you. This

equipment (The Multi-Role

Infantry Combat Capsule) has

only just been released by the

"boffins". It is, therefore,

imperative that you read and

inwardly digest the information

concerning its operation.

Mission Details:

The Assault Carrier "Coral Sea"

and the Battle Cruiser "Zhukov"

are to proceed to the Bombyx

Moons. Star Commandos will be

dropped onto the surface of the

Moons. Their mission is to

eliminate Necrons and all

Bombyx military and

communication installations

and personnel. In addition, all

structures connected with the

mining or utilisation of Talanite

are to be destroyed. Bombyx

civilians and their homes are to

be unharmed. Any commando

disobeying the rules of

engagement will be punished.

(It must be remembered we are

here to liberate these people.)

Equipment Details:

MURICC:

The Multi-Role Infantry Combat

Capsule or Death Scorpion MkIV

is the most powerful infantry

weapon developed so far.

The commando has a CAV

(Combat Action Visor) through

which he views the combat

area. Information is flashed up

around the visor through the

HUDWAS (Head Up Display

Weapon Aiming System). This

means the commando never

has to look down at the vehicle's

controls. Vision through the CAV