Larissa Schmitt, 19 years old, left the academy, where she is studying arts, one of her passions. She was exhausted, there are a lot of things she has to do in that academy, which is one of Rheinlands best. Only the best students of Rheinland get the privilege to go there. She was proud to be one of these students, even though her parents didn’t like to see her studying arts, which is an unimportant subject for them, however they support their daughter. Her parents are supportes of the Kanzler and his Military and were proud that her first daughter, Vivien, joined the Rheinwehr and has started her advancement through the ranks. Larissa always hated the Military and especially the Kanzler, but she hides it because it would get her into trouble.
She was a bit depressed that day, it was a rough day for her, but the sunny day could cheer her up a bit. It made her forget the whole pressure she had in her life. She smiled, lighted up a cigarette and started to walk home. While she walked down the streets she noticed a poster of the Rheinland Military Recruitment Center. She laughed when she read it
“Join the Rheinland Military and serve the allmighty Kanzler”
The Koenigstein, one of Rheinlands most famous battleships was on that poster. Larissa recognized some of the higher ranked persons on the poster. She only knew Guntram Koehler and Alec Voelkel, for her only some random guys who order people arround. In fact she really hated them...
“Join the allmighty Military and die like a mindless dog”
She mumbled, in front of the poster, that sentence should be there in her opinion. The “allmighty” Kanzler, for her the worst person that ever existed. He is the reason why Rheinland is falling apart, but Larissa cant do something about it, she is alone. She noticed she is wasting her time in staring at that poster and continued to walk home.
It was a nice modern appartment, which her parents bought her so she can have a good place to rest. She noticed she got a message on her neural net account, thats rare because she doesn’t have a lot of friends. It was a message from her parents.
“Dear Larissa,
We are going to celebrate your sisters promotion in the Military,
she is going to visit us in one week, so it would be nice if you could come too...
In love
<div align="right] Mom and Dad”
She sighed after she has read the lines, a party for her sisters promotion. It was a huge shock for her when her sister joined the Military and now she has to meet her again. She thought about it for some minutes, then she wrote the reply that she will come too. It’s her family after all, but she knows it will be an emotional meeting.
She turned on some music and relaxed on her couch, thinking of the upcomming travel to Planet Baden-Baden, where her family lives. She worried too much and fell asleep after some time...
Larissa was waiting on the landing platforms with her luggage. She waited for the ship, which will bring her to Baden-Baden. It came after some minutes with a fighter escort of the Rheinland Military, which is only the case for these luxuary transport ships. She entered the ship with the other passengers and placed herself on a seat. The travel could begin, hopefully it would be a safe travel. Rheinland is not safe these days, Hessians, Bundschuh, Unioners and more unlawfuls hiding behind every corner. The Military is most of the time busy with the war, while the Police is clearly outnumbered when they face the enemies inside Rheinland.
Larissa sat nervously in her seat, she didn't know she will never come back to Nuremberg. The upcomming meeting will change her entire life.
She had the hope that her sister has not turned into the normally brainless soldier, ready to fulfull the foolish orders and die a useless death.
The transport landed on planet Baden-Baden after 2 hours of travelling time, without problems. When Larissa left the ship, she was greeted by the warm Stuttgart sun and the beautiful Baden-Baden beaches.
'I missed this place, a shame the academy has to be on Nuremberg...'
She rent a car and drove to her family's house, a big building, which her father built with the money he earned with his own business. Her father always wanted his family to have a good comfortable life and he managed to make this possible. She stood there in front of the door, memories from her childhood came into her mind. They were good memories.
It took her 1 minute before she knocked on the door.
Her mother opened the door and suddenly the whole house was filled with laughter, her parents were very happy to see her again. Her sister would arrive tomorrow, so she had some time left to prepare for the meeting. Larissa looked into some of the old picture albums with pictures of herself and her sister. It was a shock for her when she left the family and joined the military. She took the last hours of the day to visit old places, where she has spent good times in her life...
Larissa woke up early in the moring and checked her messages on the neural net account. This moring she got an interesting message from one of her friends. He is working as reporter, focusing on finding evidence of the wrong behaviour of the Rheinland Military. His message was a really interesting one. It showed some pictures of an Military operation in the omega systems against hessians, mainly unarmored mining ships without defenders. The hessians got shot down without mercy, their escape pods were turned into dust. About 75 hessians lost their lives in that operation. The present Rheinland Military pilots were listed in that message, Larissas sister was on that list too...
A shock. She couldn't believe it, her sister took part in the assasination of several defenseless persons. This message was a strong boost for Larissas hate towards the Rheinland Military and all its supporters. She felt ashamed for being a Rheinland citizen, living in fear of the own government and military. She had to face her sister with that message to see how she reacts to see if she is a hopeless case. Larissa also made her decision to leave Rheinland as soon as possible, but she was not sure where she should go for now.
She could hear some noises from outside, sounded like ship engines, it was her sisters wraith landing on the family's own landing platforms. Larissa sighed and went downstairs where her parents were already waiting for Vivien to enter the house. She was quite nervous, she had no idea what will happen when she asks her sister about that situation she has read about some moments ago. Her parents were happy when her sister finally entered. They congratulated her for her promotion as did Larissa. She didn't show any signs of hatred towards Vivien or the Rheinland Military when her parents were nearby, she played it very well and made it look like they were a happy family. The parents were always asking how the life is for Vivien in the military and always got positive answers. She told them that is a nice life even though sometimes dangerous. All that stuff was only propaganda in Larissas ears, she knew what her sister did and she believed it was not the only thing she did.
It became evening and the parents went to bed, Larissa took the moment and talked with Vivien about the omega story. She didn't want to get her parents involved in this.
Larissa: Vivien, I saw a report about the Rheinland Military killing defenseless hessians in the omega systems, it said you were present there and took part and murdered them. Were you really there?
Vivien seemed surprised about that question and it took her some time before she answered...
Vivien: Yes, I was...
Larissa: Why the hell did you do such a horrible thing?
Vivien: It was an order and the hessians are a danger for Rheinland, we have to stop them at all costs.
Larissa knew she would get an answer like this. So it was true that her sister has turned into the standard Rheinland soldier without an own mind...
Larissa: I knew this would happen to you, I didn't want to believe it but it seems I have to. I hoped this would never happen, but the Military turned you into a monster. I am ashamed to be your sister.
Vivien: But Larissa...
Larissa: No, enough of this, get out of my eyes.
These were Larissas last words before she went back into ther room. Her sister was sad, maybe she realised how she has changed...