As SICON struggles to confront the Bug threat on Pluto, a single Marauder trooper stands defiant on a lonely ridge. Her squad rushing toward the LZ with arachnids hard on their heels, she has chosen to remain behind to buy just a little more time...
AU of "Requiem". Lt. Razak survives the attack by the Water Tiger, however, with him out of the picture, the Roughnecks have to act without their CO. Meanwhile, the war with the Bugs turns complicated as a new player inserts itself into the war... Rated T to be safe.