A Small Colonial War — Robert Frezza

A FEW GOOD MEN -- AGAINST A PLANET!

IN THE 22D CENTURY, WHEN THE JAPANESE RULED AN INTERSTELLAR EMPIRE FROM THE EARTH, AN IMPERIAL TASK GROUP WAS DISPATCHED TO PUT DOWN WITH MINIMUM BLOODSHED THE THREE-WAY COLONIAL REVOLT ON A FACTORY WORLD THE REBELS CALLED SUID AFRIKA.

INTERSTELLAR WARFARE IS EXPENSIVE, SO THE TASK GROUP WAS CONSIDERABLY UNDERGUNNED, A MIX OF ORBITING GROUND-ATTACK CRAFT, LIGHT INFANTRY, AND LOGISTICS UNITS. AND ITS QUALITY VARIED, FROM THE SUPERSHARP TROOPS OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL ANTON VERESHCHAGIN'S 1ST BATTALION, 35TH IMPERIAL INFANTRY (RIFLE), TO THE INEPT -SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE TASK GROUP STAFF.

AT FIRST, AND AS USUAL, THE FIGHTING ALL WENT THE IMPIS' WAY. THEN THE CRAFTY BOERS FOUND A WAY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AN ADMIRAL'S STUPIDITY. ALL TOO SOON, THE WAR CAME DOWN TO A
SINGLE BATTALION AGAINST A WORLD...