Blackshot Battalion

"Blackshot Battalion" presents a vision of near-future America where corporate techno-feudalism has

replaced democratic governance, told through the lens of mercenary firefighters navigating both literal

and metaphorical fires. The story explores themes of historical revisionism, corporate control, and the

erosion of collective memory while examining how truth becomes malleable in the hands of those who

control information systems.

Then the crew was running, sprinting as fast as they could under the bulk of gear they carried on their persons. It was only seventy-five, maybe a hundred yards to the dozer-line cut across the ridgeline yesterday and as one the crew surged upwards toward it.