Yeah, I know, the last one was short, but it was more an extended prologue to this one than anything.
Disclaimer: I don't own Vandread.
#1: This week in the empire
A propaganda newsreel fires up inside a large amphitheater lined with dozens of hard wooden chairs. The noise of the crowed died as the words "THIS WEEK IN THE EMPIRE!" scrolled across the screen. Fire swallowed the words and the image panned back. Buildings were burning in a city, fire everywhere, devouring the city eagerly. A narrator's voice started, informing the crowd of what they were looking at.
"Destruction strikes the outer rim world of Gorconack as the "Scourge" continues it's genocidal campaign against the human race." A picture of a quadruped creature appeared and rotated in place. It was covered in a brownish hair, an electric blue horn atop its flat face. Razor sharp fangs glistened, accompanied by retractable claws on all feet. "This is the most common scourge encountered on the battle field, able to jump several stories, and claw through steel if given enough time. It's horn is capable of launching strange energy pulses that are devastating to most know materials. There is believed to be other creatures that make up the scourge, but none such creatures have actually been seen." The image changed to a large structure, and then panned out show a city engulfed in flames, occasional explosions chaining throughout the city. "Twelve years ago, on this planet, named Alpha 5, the scourge was discovered. This city was home to a resistant faction, unwilling to accept the benefits of the empire, and was found in this state when a military effort was being launched to quell their resistance. Military personal were able extract a few remaining personnel not slaughtered, and they provided a good deal of what we now know of these creatures. Shortly after the extraction, large warships entered the Alpha system, and discharged large numbers of ground forces, and destroying any human civilization from the planet, and immediately began adding the planet to their unknown forces." The image shifted to a group of humans in the empire military uniforms, holding a variety of different weapons. They began combating a larger group of "Scourge" as the narrator continued. "Thanks to empire military personal and technology, we have managed to avoid high casualty situations in our dealings with this new threat." The army people cut down the enemy, with only one casualty, and 2 others injured. The screen faded as the single feather of the military flashed on the screen."