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"Nothing. I don't think. I just do."

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"I'm just so damn sorry it had to be the Coalition..." He isn't really paying attention to your words anymore. "After eight years of fighting those hyenas, boiling cats for food and drinking piss in the mountains..."

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René Arnoux

"I'm just so damn sorry it had to be the Coalition..." He isn't really paying attention to your words anymore. "After eight years of fighting those hyenas, boiling cats for food and drinking piss in the mountains..."

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"I would have preferred if the right honourable King Guillaume returned to Revachol or even if that damn clown, Frissel, had risen from the grave and led us. Sadly that was not the case."

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"Nothing. I don't think. I just do."

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"Foreign powers cleaned up our mess and now they rule us." (Shake your head in shame.)

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"I'm sorry it had to be them." He looks down at his boots. "After eight years of fighting those hyenas, boiling cats for food and drinking piss in the mountains..."

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"I'm sorry it had to be them." He looks down at his boots. "After eight years of fighting those hyenas, boiling cats for food and drinking piss in the mountains..."

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"I would have preferred if the right honourable King Guillaume returned to Revachol or even if that damn clown, Frissel, had risen from the grave and led us. Sadly that was not the case."

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"Foreign powers cleaned up our mess and now they rule us." (Shake your head in shame.)

You

"That's how it should be. Soft socialists paving the way for the hard working class to take over."

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"Preposterous! Surely you don't mean it." He frowns. "I'm just sorry it had to be them. After eight years of fighting those commie hyenas, boiling cats for food and drinking my piss in the mountains..."

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"Preposterous! Surely you don't mean it." He frowns. "I'm just sorry it had to be them. After eight years of fighting those commie hyenas, boiling cats for food and drinking my piss in the mountains..."

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"I would have preferred if the right honourable King Guillaume returned to Revachol or even if that damn clown, Frissel, had risen from the grave and led us. Sadly that was not the case."

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"That's how it should be. Soft socialists paving the way for the hard working class to take over."

You

"Ah, that explains all the war damage."

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"Damn right, son. They laid the fire of hell on this city before they stormed it. And it worked, too." There is a strange gleam in his eyes.

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"Damn right, son. They laid the fire of hell on this city before they stormed it. And it worked, too." There is a strange gleam in his eyes.

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He approves of this radical approach. Knows it was necessary.

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"Is that why everything is so bombed out?"

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"Damn right, son. They laid the fire of hell on this city before they stormed it. And it worked, too." There is a strange gleam in his eyes.

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You

"Death Blow... sounds grim."

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"This here is blood ground, where Coalition boots first made landfall and cleaned those rabid dogs out. Most likely," he says, looking down at the soil, "we're playing pétanque on their mangled corpses."

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"Martinaise was used as one of the three footholds in Revachol during Operation Death Blow in '08. The other two are off in Stella Maris and the Delta." He points to the northeast.

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Shake your head and look down at the crater.

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"This here is blood ground, where Coalition boots first made landfall and cleaned those rabid dogs out. Most likely," he says, looking down at the soil, "we're playing pétanque on their mangled corpses."

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"Martinaise was used as one of the three footholds in Revachol during Operation Death Blow in '08. The other two are off in Stella Maris and the Delta." He points to the northeast.

You

"Why shell them here in Martinaise?"

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"Because this place is the damn Beachhead," he says, pointing to the bay. "Had to soften the commies up first."

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It was probably a bit more complicated than that.

René Arnoux

"Because this place is the damn Beachhead," he says, pointing to the bay. "Had to soften the commies up first."

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"The Beachhead?"

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"Why shell them here in Martinaise?"

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"They should have chosen a place away from people and buildings."

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"This place is the damn Beachhead, son," he says, pointing to the bay. "They had to soften the commies up first."

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It was probably a bit more complicated than that.

René Arnoux

"This place is the damn Beachhead, son," he says, pointing to the bay. "They had to soften the commies up first."

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"The Beachhead?"

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"They should have chosen a place away from people and buildings."

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"Wait, who are the 'communards', again?"

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"Commies, communists, socialists, anarchists -- call them what you like. They just chose the name to feel special." The carabineer frowns. "Senseless sentimentality."

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"Because that's what happens when communards hijack your country, execute your supreme leadership, and turn your capital into a slaughterhouse. You use heavy ordnance to clean up your home."

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"Commies, communists, socialists, anarchists -- call them what you like. They just chose the name to feel special." The carabineer frowns. "Senseless sentimentality."

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