“A soldier once killed a STAR.”— Viktor
They tell a story in resistance bars, quiet, the way people pray. A soldier once killed a STAR.
STARs are bulletproof. STARs punch through walls. Nations build their armies around the fact that you cannot fight one, and then one man with no powers, no artifact and no explanation put one in the ground.
That man is on the crew. Viktor doesn't talk about how he did it, and the reason is simpler than the crew thinks. He doesn't know. Something happened when he got close. Something flickered.
The Chronicle
I
No Record
Every file that mentions him opens with the same warning. People who document him tend to disappear. Most of those files do not survive printing.
II
The Work
What is known: he has never failed a mission. What is unknown: everything else. He is the kind of man wars produce and then forget to bury.
III
The Choice
He is still here and still working. He has not decided whose side he is on, only what he is willing to do.
He is the kind of man wars produce and then forget to bury.
Viktor