- Manbearpig0
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This story contains harsh language.
The first in a trilogy of stories set in an alternate version of the Halo universe. This was going to be an ongoing series, but I have not yet written a fourth chapter. And the first three have been finished for months. Still, I thought I'd bung them up on the Gallery forum, and if they prove popular enough I might continue with the series. If not, then meh.
I'll explain a little about the origins first: The GOMD (Gumpy Old Men Division) started out as a group on this very website, a sub-group of the UK Gamers for the older members. After a while, a short machinima series was made revolving around some of the members. The machinima was unsuccessful, but many other scripts and episodes were planned and never made. Then one day, I decided to make a story out of the three episodes that got made, but after a couple of weeks' of writing it had become too long for a single story, and so had split into three chapters, or episodes.
So here's the deal: Five members of the Royal Space Navy have been posted on a remote outpost right on the edge of civilised space during the war against the communist Galactic Liberation Front. However, the outpost is not very valuable, so the squad left there to guard it is composed of some of the most useless soldiers in the Space Navy's Army (In this future, the Army and other military organisations have been made part of the Navy for ease of transport). And with the growing threat of the communist aggressors, they have been issued with a sixth member of the team, which will be introduced in the second chapter.
That's about all the explaining I need to do. I'll leave it to you to follow the link and judge the story for yourself (I was going to post it here, but the profanity metre won't let me post it. There's not a great deal of cursing, just too much for these forums. However, don't be put off - the swearing is merely used to enhance comedic effect and emphasise the characters' frustration.)
http://forum.ukgnet.co.uk/fanfics-f53/the-return-of-the-gomd-t 772.html