With the Botam Army advancing on them and the battle lost, the situation is desperate, Pilot Sergeant Two Zuri Onai is ordered to retreat for evacuation off the planet.

But when her drone spots a wounded Techno soldier behind the Botam forces, abandoned by his command, is there anything she can do, even if she wanted to?

Follow orders, save herself, and get the heck out of Dodge, or . . . do what? She’s an Air Force drone pilot, not Army infantry.

When the barbarians are at the gate, every person in uniform will have to make a decision that could very well be the difference between life and death.

What would you do?

At 9,000 words, this is a novelette, not a full novel.