Dr. Wafel Zinraal's Diary, 29 October

After we routed the Shivans at the Battle of Flypaper Fields, the remnants of their Second Hell Roc Brigade turned to hit-and-run operations against our caravans. Damned mess they can make of things, but today, they made the mistake of picking a fight with our ace Gyrostalker pilot Smythe out on the Scyllian Way. Crushed three of them like bugs under its feet, he did, no contest. And that was just in the first minute. Probably put that man in for a commendation...

On the upside

I realize I bitch a lot in this space, but there are good things we're doing here. (Whether they're cost-effective is another question, but it's a hell of a lot better than the zero positive impact I saw from my last deployment.)

One of my guys is helping set up a fire department from scratch.

Another team taught a bunch of people how to not blow up their wells.

We've distributed some 20,000 malaria-busting bed nets.

And