I have played the part of a pawn in plenty enough war games that I know I will die if they make me serve as a tanker if all hell breaks loose. I have kinda accepted this. I might grumble, whine, bitch, moan, and complain, but somewhere in my spine I know I will do it if my country asks me to do it. Such is the life of a conscript. I am just a number, an asset, a unit of fuel to pour into the flames of war. Yeah, sure, I will be "fallen" and not "used up", but for a conscription-based military, it barely makes any difference. I find these genetically modified creatures spineless. Why should they deserve any more freedom than I, a citizen of a relatively rich democratic western country with universal conscription?

Well written. The beginning was confusing, with a name like "Tiger", but I got through it, and enjoyed the story very much. It caused an emotional response in me. So, good work, well done.

I see that it caused a response...

I too have been a part of those same war games and would have done my part to be sure - even though what I served on was nothing more than a left over relic of WWII and a total sitting duck for any child with a slingshot.

History is interesting panzer. If a population (and I am thinking of ancient Rome) has a love of their country from top to bottom then the country will stand as one. When those in charge cease to care about the country and only care to their own needs then things collapse from the inside out. An army will not stand if it believes their lives are simply being wasted.

I would not want to currently be in the military - where airplanes are not flying because they do not have parts for them. And yet our President can vacation in Hawaii flying himself and his family over in separate aircraft wasting those tax dollars so desperately needed elsewhere - living like royalty while...

I will stop there. For them I would not lay down my life.

V.

I too, did time in the armed forces, to this day I will put my life on the line for the country that I love because my Oath of Service was to my country, not all the Corporations that control the Corporation known as The United States of America. The Corporations and Banking Cartels can go to hell!

Very good story my dear... It is also one that needs to be added to with maybe more back story along the way.

HUGGGGGGZ

thank you so very much Fem... it would be fun to do so - that's for sure...

V.

You are welcome dear one.

so very true... the same training that has gotten millions and millions and millions killed...

V.

magnets! use magnets! stick them all over your head!

now get to it!

V.

Such a neat bit of sci-fi! It's incredible how you can fit so much content and emotion into so few words. I admire your control of language in that way.

*chuckles... and I admire the way you can write music that moves me the way it does...

thank you...

V.

I've got to read this again...maybe a couple times.... Must the bourbon, or not enough of it. LOL

*laughs...

I've been thinking about you...

V.

Thank you, I appreciate that...............

You gave this the perfect combination of chuckles and nervous tension, the best way to get through a difficult life-and-death 'situation.' I agree with Panzer about having an emotional response to it; what disturbed me the most is the idea of a mobile weapon in which one part of the operating team is protected and the other is left to 'dangle' with only its wits and determination to keep it safe. Were I in the same room with anyone who initially proposed such a weapons platform, I would gleefully punch him in the gut repeatedly until he'd vomited everything he'd eaten for a week. Then I'd pose a single question. "If you were sitting on a tank's shoulder and my fists were bullets, would you still think this was a good idea???"

*ahem* Sorry. Emotional response, indeed.

*soft, warm, peaceful hugs*

Awesome story. Carry on.

now you got me to laughing... all of that is way too true... and one of the points of the story how something living/breathing/thinking but created by science and taken over for 'military' purposes would be treated as 'just' one more piece of expendable equipment. Science does not create things out of love.

*hugs a bunch...

V.

Well for one thing, all those better senses are worthless when you put a tin can over their heads, so I can understand them 'riding' their mounts.

And 'using' critters to save humans is far from new (ask coal miners why they loved the tweet of a canary.)

And since the 'men' were being used as cannon fodder, is it any surprise the furs were too? Though to be honest, the furs could duck/cover/run and hide much better than the tin cans.

When your life might end at any time, rules matter little; and a little teasing can go a long way.

so very true...

V.

*chuckles... see there - you made me smile. I'm glad you liked it.

V.

I loved all the different characters' personalities, it made it a very entertaining read.

Very awesome story, very fun <3

*smiles so very big... thank you Coinsettia, that was much appreciated...

V.

Nice turn around at the end. Was getting all sad and stuff until the bunny 'fessed up.

*smiles...

thank you...

V.