Articles by Eralam

We didn’t always get along. When we were little, the creche mothers said we fought and bickered constantly. They spent countless hours trying to get us to stop tormenting one another, until one day, they found something that worked. You were three, I was four, and I had just pulled your...

The following is an account from a turbolaser gunner on a Star Destroyer. For the sake of anonymity, the account has been edited to remove names, dates, and locations. Otherwise, it is presented wholly without edits. Reader discretion is advised. They had no names. Or at least, none that we...

The following is from an interview with an interrogator working with indigenous forces to quell a brutal three-way civil war. For the sake of anonymity, names, locations, and other identifying information was removed. Otherwise, it is presented in its entirety, wholly unedited. Reader discretion...

The idea of a body of laws to govern war seems like a contradictory notion at first. After all, the whole point of war is death on an industrial scale. Why wouldn't you want to use any and all means necessary to defeat your opponent? Isn't that the whole point? In a word, no. Historically, wars...

The following is an interview with an experienced combat medic who has served in numerous campaigns across the galaxy, in a variety of capacities. For the sake of anonymity, names, locations, and other identifying information have been removed. Otherwise, it is wholly unedited. Reader discretion...

Today's subject is the survivor of one of the more successful ethnic cleansings to date. Less than a thousand of his people are thought to have made it offworld, scattered among the stars. For all practical intents and purposes, his people have ceased to exist. As always, names and other...