«Then some bright lad in the General
Assembly decided that we ought to field an army of footsoldiers to guard the
portal planets of the nearer collapsars.
This led to the Elite Conscription
Act of 1996 and the most cutely conscripted army in the history of warfare.»
Scene no 35:
The elite force (Cherilea Toys, 6 different space figures - plastic astronauts)
ready to establish a base in a distant planet beyond the borders of the galaxy.
Behind them, their round starship (Modern Toys, Space Patrol X-17, lithographed
tinplate, battery operated with bump and go action and flashing lights) in
front of an alien landscape (Editions Touret, the plain from the paper cutting
kit Apollo sur la Lune)
The text: From the military science fiction novel The
Forever War by Joe Haldeman.
