War Stories

"Not every war story is told about the war…"

- Back cover line

War Stories is a collection of tales, written by Seth Hoover, centered around the five remaining soldiers of a scouting platoon as they deal with the aftereffects of the Stark Hyperspace War, in 44 BBY. Each individual story focuses around one soldier from platoon D-9 and their personal struggles several years after the Fourth Battle of Qotile, the battle took the lives of the majority of the platoon.

Wounded

 * Story at Wounded

A wounded soldier retreats to the rear booths of a club on Coronet, Corellia, to contemplate the day he received his injury. As the soldier thinks back to that day, a woman approaches him with a proposition, company for the evening. The soldier has to decline her request, retelling the story of his last mission, a battle that resulted in the death of most of his platoon. This story deals with the physical and emotional struggles of a wounded war veteran as he longs for company but knows their will be judgment passed on him because of his condition.


 * Dramatis personae


 * Labon Sweef, wounded soldier
 * Elayna, female club patron
 * Rex Ordana, platoon leader
 * Krill Mayth, weapons specialist
 * Rim Perth Granode, weapons specialist
 * Tesh Vohore, pirate

Development
War Stories started as a project to tell a different side of war, the emotional and physical difficulties soldiers must overcome after the war is over, a subject the author felt was rarely touched in Star Wars canon. The initial inspiration came after remembering a moment in Karen Traviss’  Republic Commandos: Triple Zero, when the character named Corr describes his injuries due to the war and the psychological affects it had. Seeing that there was little fan-fiction touching this subject, the author decided to write his own stories.

Halfway through development, the author decided to incorporate the stories into his already established fanon character, Tesh Vohore, after deciding to revise the storyline. Doing so, the author wrote the stories as a spring board into the his new project and prepare readers for the new storyline he plans to release either later on in the year, 2011, or early next year, 2012.

Disclaimer
This work aims to not conflict with canon, as established by Lucasfilm, Ltd. As with all War Stories works, all terms copyrighted by Lucasfilm, Ltd. are their sole intellectual property, and the author does not seek to infringe on those copyrights. All comments should be left on the author's talk page or on the War Stories talk page. Also, edits to the anthology should be confined to spelling and grammar corrections. This work contains sci-fi action violence, some implied sexuality, and scenes that may not be appropriate for children. User discretion is advised.