Despite being in his 70's the Colonel looked trim and fit without recourse to biomechanical implants, no mean feat for an Earthsider but not really surprising for a Loony (the soubriquet was inevitable under the circumstances) where the very low gravity provided by the environmental controls was just sufficient to keep things in place without placing excessive strain on cardio vascular reserves.
The initial invasion by the Gerry's had set the scene for the anachronistic setting of Space Command's Moon Base and the defenses.
This being because the first invaders space vehicles bore an uncanny resemblance to WW2 German aircraft (hence the nickname Gerry in place of the unpronounceable language they used.)
The theory being that ancient attenuated yet still decipherable TV programs must have reached the aliens and misled them as to what modern military equipment was like. So why give them a helpful update when there still so many warbirds and replicas available for reuse, suitably re-equipped of course?
Firearms manufacturers had indulged their wildest dreams - despite Newtons Laws - and quickly found ways to make the most of this new horizon for death and destruction. The aliens used electromagnetic zipguns which were effective and nasty but oddly somewhat like the British 303 machine guns of the early War years they lacked carrying and penetration power compared to 20mm cannon and 50 cal machine guns.
Earth defenses caught on quick and the German 88 made a devastating come back as a moon and asteroid based flak gun. The initial invasion had started well for the aliens thanks to the element of surprise but before long they were being ripped to shreds by trigger happy earthmen and women who just revelled in the justice and enjoyment they meted out in a hail of lead and depleted uranium.
Those were the early years, the phony invasion as it was ironically referred to. The element of surprise had been largely wasted by the aliens bombing the various rust belts that were no longer manufacturing hubs. Their reconnaisance was worse than useless if indeed it had been used at all, they did plenty of damage and inflicted a short lived wave of terror but in the end it came back to bite them in whatever they used for arseholes.
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