TX-70

Dear Sir,

I have been asked to send you correspondence outlining my observations as the Chief Scientist of the Medical Research Corps with respect to the usage of TX-70 on our combat troops. The following is, to the best of my knowledge, how its usage was and continues to be implemented.

At the beginning of the year, as you well know, the troops in the Northern half of the 5th Region were losing ground. Eurasian Alliance forces practically had us closed off from all means of resupply and were slowly making their way deep into our territory, wiping out all inhabitants of any cities or towns they crossed.

At the time our commanders were not so much concerned about our own civilian losses as our total and imminent defeat. That is when they started issuing TX-70 to combat troops. TX-70 is a powerful pain suppressant that, unlike other pain suppressants, maintains mental agility and focus. The drug also tends to heighten aggression and repress fear, which results in troops that not only do not feel pain, but have an unnatural blood lust. TX-70 was originally given to injured soldiers so they could remain in combat status despite serious injury. Use of the drug was good because it kept the hospitals empty and all resources focused on destroying the enemy.

Of course injured soldiers injected with TX-70 could only inflict minor damage on The Alliance, but spy reports came back telling how much fear these troops produced in their targets. The reports relayed stories of soldiers who, despite heavy injuries from machine gun fire and frag shrapnel, would attack the enemy even if it meant ripping them apart with their bare hands. When TX-70 was issued to healthy combat troops in the 101st Company for the conflict at Bravo Mountain, it's potential to impact the war became very evident.

The Company was instructed to advance through The Mine Flats. Since The Flats were a death trap, they had never before been considered a direction of attack. Regardless, the 101st ran over a mile through The Flats enduring heavy losses from frag mines. By the time they crossed, losses were nearly a third of the original force, with another third wounded so significantly they resembled the living dead. Still the company advanced in a surprise attack that caught the enemy totally off guard. The Alliance stronghold was in flames in a matter of hours, and all their nearby supply lines were cutoff within the next two days. The 101st Company had singlehandedly overcome defenses that had thwarted our troops for months.

Even though nearly the entire 101st Company was dead within a week due to their sustained injuries, the victory was so sweet that commanders ordered a more widespread use of TX-70. Soldiers who survived the conflict were transferred to new companies of drugged soldiers, as they were too aggressive to be among normal troops. Subsequent battles with these troops have yielded many victories. Unfortunately without a constant satiation of their heightened aggression, soldiers tend to engage in random bloodshed, and discontinuing the use of the drug causes insanity.

Of course our troops know nothing of the nature of this drug, even if they are injected with it. Knowledge of its use would cause an outcry if not mutiny. It is my hope that, now that the tide of the war has turned to our favor, the use of TX-70 can be discontinued. But alas this is a decision for you and the members of the War Ministry.

Please do not hesitate to contact me should you have any questions with regard to this issue, or would like to see more detailed information concerning the side effects of the drug. I thank you for your time.

Sincerely,

Captain Ibrahim Jordan
Chief Scientist, Medical Research Corps