ISBN: 9781699580615

Paperback, [PU: Independently Published], Space Force Grunts tells the story of soldiers conscripted to defend the Human Alliance, a civilisation that has spread over thousands of worlds … Plus…

Paperback, [PU: Independently Published], Space Force Grunts tells the story of soldiers conscripted to defend the Human Alliance, a civilisation that has spread over thousands of worlds after the invention of hyperspace flight. The space force soldiers are fighting an enemy they don't understand in a war they did not choose. Space Grunts is told mainly from the perspective of the rank and file of the Human Alliance ground forces, who face an eminent foe, commanding over far superior means. Space Force Grunts tells about the feelings and thoughts of these soldiers, reports their talks and the trials and tribulations they have to go through, as well as the little pranks they play to each other and their superiors.Space Force Grunts is a Science Fiction novel playing several generations into the future. After the human race has invented hyperspace flight, thousands of planets were colonised. Those new societies maintained their independence until the human race encountered an alien civilisation that also mastered space flight and hyperspace travel. Being so very different from the human race, those aliens were at first not even recognised as an eminent civilisation commanding over impressive, seemingly sheer unlimited means and a proficient use of advanced technologies. When the mistake was discovered, it was too late already for avoiding a clash of civilisations and a violent conflict had already started. The worlds settled by the human race gradually united ever more under the leadership of a centralising political movement. Conscription was introduced to provide for the newly re-created military forces' need for soldiers. People with sufficient means could purchase freedom from conscription and escape the draft. The funds obtained by the administration via that purchase of freedom were used to supply the military with materials means like weapons and to pay the soldiers who got drafted or joined voluntarily. The majority of those soldiers came from less well-to-do backgrounds and Space Force Grunts tells about their perspective of that war., Science Fiction, Science Fiction<