Drones

The guns can target objects in space, in orbit, in the air or on the ground.

These standardized bases are all over known human space.

Sensors pick up an incoming object.

Recon drones stand by to intercept and identify.

Drone two launched.

Base

At the edge of town stands a Galactic Star Base.

It is the reason there is a town here in the first place, without them the bugs would never have been driven off the planet.

Now they monitor the world and the system for bug attacks or other enemies.

A full array of weapons stands ready to repel any attack.

It is the first of three bases needed to fully defend this system.  The next two are budgeted for the next two years....

Silent Night

In the wilderness of the Old West...

...there was a saying....

...it's quiet.

Too quiet.

Something is frightening away the birds and the crickets.  Something ominous, perhaps?

Band

In a few hours a small band is scheduled to play a few tunes here.

With so little to do here, people live a simpler life.

Most are retired military, many had major injuries.

Sometimes a whole arm was replaced.

In many ways the replacement arm is is better than the original, but not really a reason to have an arm amputated.