![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I came up with a kernel of a plot-a missing person story-but mostly I had ideas for what I wanted to do with a military story. When I made the decision to write military science fiction (I had been writing fantasy) I dusted off that document, and had the blueprint for what became Cappa base, where a lot of the action in Planetside takes place. What if instead of being hyper-competent professionals, the commanders had a little more ego? What if I ramped up the asshole factor on everybody involved a few notches? I typed a page of notes on it, set it aside, and didn't really think about it for a while. They shared missions sometimes, and of course everything worked out because the leaders of the organizations were experienced professionals, and we were all on the same side. The thing that made it odd was that none of the units worked for each other. There was a regular army division headquartered there, which I was part of, along with a special operations unit, an airfield run by the US Air Force, and a hospital run by Medical Command. Kandahar airfield had a weird command structure. ![]()
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