Cadet of the Empire – 6

Think you’re young, with money and no worries, confident that the whole world is in your pocket? Time to come back down to earth: it’s your turn to pay the bill. The homeland calls—and it’s not a request. Forget about girls, parties, and daddy’s money. From now on, your walls are the barracks, and your loved ones are fellow soldiers. The empire isn’t interested in your desires: it issues orders. It doesn’t care whether you dreamed of being its shield or not. So quietly grab your rifle, strap on your armor, and prepare for a gray, nobody-needs-it death somewhere on yet another godforsaken planet, among the same failures as you. P.S. Don’t forget: now your life belongs to the Russian Empire. And dying for it is far from the worst possible outcome. That’s the way it is, cadet Vasilkov…