Foreword

I’ve always loved Al Steiner’s Greenies/A Perfect World universe. Several years ago I asked Al permission to expand the universe to include the second and third of the Revolutionary Wars. That worked out pretty well and became Martian Justice and Martian Vengeance. Then he wrote Homebodies, which referred to a revolt by the WestHem/EastHem Jupiter colonies. That fascinated me and I began to wonder about writing a story about it. As I began to think it over, I decided instead to write a shorter story about a potential event in between the end of the Revolutionary Wars and the Martian defense of the Jupiter rebels. I figured this would be a good way to show the progress of Mars. Al agreed to my new story and provided some critical ideas and editing.