Chapter 263: - Huanen

"It's useless. Completely, utterly useless."

If Bryer and his Golden squad were examples of what could be produced into the meat grinder of the human military by the academic might of the Earth orbiting academy, then Lianna and Connor were examples of what happened when students were taken before they could fully be moulded into an ideal soldier.

They were fine. Nothing more, nothing less. That was what Gus had thought upon seeing their performance within the firing range. But, for what he wanted from them within his specialised group, fine was far from good enough. Nothing stood out about them, and no matter how much Gus thought about it he could not think of any kind of niche for them to fulfill. Whereas everyone else was able to find something for them to use, those two had nothing.