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           AbouthalfofalltheMimickillshumanityhadevermadecouldbeattributedtobattleshersquadhadfoughtin.Inlessthanthreeyears,they’dslaughteredasmanyMimicsasthewholeUDFputtogetherhadinthetwentyyearsbefore.Ritawasasaviordescendedfromonhightohelpturntheoddsinthisendless,losingbattle.

           That’swhattheysaid,anyway.

           Weallfiguredshewaspartofsomepropagandasquadtheywereusingtomakeinroadsintoenemyterritory.Afrontforsomesecretweaponornewstrategythatreallydeservedthecredit.Sixtypercentofsoldiersweremen.Thatfigureshotupto85percentwhenyoustartedtalkingabouttheJacketjockeyswhowereoutbleedingonthefrontlines.Aftertwentyyearsfightinganenemywhoseidentitywedidn’tevenknow,losinggrounddaybyday,wegruntsdidn’tneedanothermuscle-boundsaviorwhogruntedandsweatandhadhamburgerforbrainsjustlikewedid.Yeah,ifitweremecallingtheshotsintheGeneralStaffOffice,I’dhavepickedawomantoo.

           WherevertheU.S.SpecOpsweredeployed,moralesoared.TheUDFhadbeenbeatentothecliff’sedge,buttheywerefinallyabletostartmovingbackfromthebrink.AfterfinishingthewarinNorthAmerica,theymovedontoEuropeandthenNorthAfrica.Nowthey’dcometoJapan,wheretheenemywasknockingonthedoorofthemainislandofHonshu.

           TheAmericanscalledRitatheFullMetalBitch,orsometimesjustQueenBitch.Whennoonewaslistening,wecalledherMadWargarita.

           Rita’sJacketwasasredastherisingsun.