An American tourist in Russia
At the dawn of the 21st Century, oligarchs of Venus invented the deadliest weapon in history: Ultra Violence. After six weeks of chemical brainwashing, Ultra Violence turned young men and boys into a new race of super soldiers. They destroyed their enemies with ease, but at an awful price. Nearly all the soldiers went mad… See Ultra Violence Main Page here.
Briggs is almost universally described as a bully. Usually more choice words are used, just in low whispers – even if he’s not in the room. The man isn’t hot tempered, but it’s best not to tempt fate. Nowadays in the escalating blood bath on the tropical south pole of Venus, Briggs is having the time of his life. Who would have thought that lowlife thug in the capitol ring city would one day grow up to be a warlord?
As stocky 18-year-old cursed with premature baldness and a dull mind, Hanson didn’t have much going for him before he was drafted. With little education to speak of and no family connections, the boy seemed destined to disappear down a mineshaft, probably die in one like his father did. The Venusian Defense Corps changed all that. Hanson liked the black uniform and the Spartan aesthetics of military life didn’t bother him. Now he was part of something special and bigger than himself. He was part of something important.
Encased in body armor, packed like sardines with the rest of his platoon, all hurtling to the ground in a black coffin, military life doesn’t seem like so much fun anymore. But this doesn’t bother Hanson much either. Nothing really does. A simple mind has its benefits.