So remember when I said I needed some more background on the Hammond Empire as a whole? Yeah, this would be the story to do that. I wanted to do this story originally as a "join the Militia" type that we see all over the Titanfall FFN page. Then I realized no one ever talks about the other side, the IMC or Hammond. So here it is, the other side. With a title change, of course.

It is 2178, and Humanity has colonized the stars. Earth holds a grip on this 'Frontier', keeping a tab on Humanity. That is, until Hammond Robotics and their subsidiary the Interstellar Mining Corporation took control of it from a weakened Earth. The IMC ran the Frontier ruthlessly, cutting and leaving planets dry with no regard to the settlers. Many planets were destroyed, and up until then, no one dared speak out. That is, until the creation of the Militia. The Militia was a group of space pirates, farmers, criminals, and others the IMC deemed as a 'terrorist'. The tension eventually came to a head, and the Titan War began. The Militia was winning at first, until the IMC deployed their newest weapon, the Titan. Titans were metal behemoths capable of decimating entire battalions with ease. With these, the IMC forced the Militia to retreat for months. Eventually, the Militia started to deploy Titans, but it had little effect. It wasn't until the destruction of the IMC refueling port, the only access the IMC fleets had to the Frontier, did the Militia start winning. The Militia thought they were victorious, the IMC was at its breaking point. The IMC fell back to their core planets, and the Militia were ready to destroy the IMC. That is, until Hammond Robotics, who had been watching from the Core, jumped into the fight. Hammond, with almost unlimited resources and units, absorbed the IMC into their forces and began fighting the Militia. The fight soon went back to the starting lines from the Titan War starting frontlines. The fight seemed to stalemate, until the attrition was too much for the Militia. They were steadily pushed back, and many were wondering if the fight was over. Only then, did the Militia resort to their more inhumane tactics…

After the IMC had left the planets that were destroyed, the survivors usually just continued to work. They found ways around the lack of mineable resources, using solar and hydroelectric means. Those planets were now dubbed the 'unaligned' planets. These were the settlers who were now farmers, working the land and selling the food grown to either the Militia or Hammond. They weren't valuable planets anymore, but many saw themselves as the New Frontier. These planets were peaceful, unbothered by the war raging on in the Old Frontier, as it was now called. The peace was, however, shattered. The Militia, fueled by rage that they were losing the war, turned to the New Frontier for soldiers. They occupied planets, forced people into their military, it was the IMC all over again. The New Frontier tried to fight, until they realized that they couldn't stop the Militia. It took a lot of arguing, and the New Frontier decided to swallow their pride and forget their history. They called for Hammond, they needed their help.

The fight rages on some planets in the New Frontier, most planets only agreed to call Hammond because of the massive fear that the Militia would come for them next. Hammond agreed, promising to deal with the Militia on both the Old and New Frontier. Many planets thanked them, very few were aggressive against Hammond, and the rest were neutral. Hammond also promised to give the New Frontier their freedom after the war had concluded. The New Frontier was now the next battleground. The Titan War had moved to the Frontier War. And our story begins, on a planet that has yet to be introduced to the conflict…

Planet Hyrt (pronounced hurt)- Unaligned

Dawn had broke over the skyline of the planet. The world was just awakening, and the inhabitants of Hyrt were just getting ready for the day. But for one person, the day had already begun.

Samantha Welder was a farmer on the planet. She worked long days on the farm, growing wheat and corn in abundance. She would start her day at precisely 4 am. She worked on the farm till noon, then would go have lunch with her friends, return to finish any other jobs, have dinner, they go to bed at around 7ish. Repeat that, and you have her life since graduating high school in a nutshell, which was only a year ago. Life was pleasant on Hyrt, the Hammond military was keen on following the guidelines set by the New Frontier Republic. They would not invade or relocate to a planet unless the Militia were present. Hammond had followed it down to the letter. The Militia had been destroying NFR Planets for some time, and Samantha knew they would come to Hyrt eventually. Thankfully, it wasn't going to be today. She returned to farming, thinking about where she was going to have lunch at today.

12 pm: Downtown area, 15 minutes…

Sam walked into the diner, and scanned the place for her friends. She saw them sitting in a booth near the back. She walked over to them, saying her hellos to them. They all discussed simple things, what had happened last night, some random trivia, why the author was so bad at writing about the simple things of everyday as the said person furiously types up the story on an IPad at 10pm at night.

(Wait when did I add that?)

Amongst it all, there was an elephant in the room. On NFR Planets, every conversation had this problem.

"So, when do you guys think the Militia will come?" Micah asked.

"Oh, hopefully never. Hammond gives them a good thrashing whenever they fight." Todd responded, with Jenny agreeing. "What do you think, Sam?"

"I hope they never come, but they probably will. The Militia have their ways at sneaking out of Hammond's grasp."

They all mumbled varying degrees of agreement. Suddenly, the lights went out in the diner.

"Aww man, you think the hydro dam is down again?" Todd asked, the hydro dam had a tendency to break down.

"No, they fixed it yesterday. And it never breaks two days in a row."

Sam looked out the window, watching people wonder what was happening. Outside, people were roaming the streets. Suddenly, she saw a people running away from something. She heard a low droning noise, and then everything went south.

A long brrrrrrrrtttt was heard, and holes opened up on the street outside. Many people fell, instantly killed by whatever it was. Sam and the others ducked down, and people inside the diner started panicking. A jet flew over, then another, and another, and many more until multiple spaceships flew over the downtown area. There were many types, like the whole fleet was hastily put together, but everyone knew who it was.

The Militia had arrived.

Alright, can't wait to see how this goes. If it is anything like how I usually write, we'll burn out at around Ch7. But we'll see. Read and Review!