Background
CVM-743 aka Grumps
It has been a while now, but I still see flashes of the moment when I try to sleep.
The grenade flying slowly through the air and my brothers waiting to advance after it, little did they know that the fuse was short, too short.
I should have known, I should have checked, I should not have done it. But I did.
There is no escaping it now, the republic might have seen it as one of many blows from the Seperatists, but I can’t let anyone know the truth if I wish to somehow honor and repay them.
But I can’t put my self in that position anymore, I see them and freeze or freak out. Thank the force we have helmets or I would have been found out ages ago.
They saw me as a hero, the sole survivor of a precision attack, with my squad gone they gave me a choice to deploy elsewhere. I chose the artillery.
I had lots of well sounding reasons as to why, but in reality I can’t stand to see my brothers close.
I can’t stand to think; what if it would happen again?
-”Grumps, you there? Droids at coordinates 3352x 46346y need fire to suppress that area.”
CVM – 743 flinches from his introspection and steers the turret towards the zone that is soon to receive his sorrow.
-”Acknowledged” He mumbles in a low voice.
He fires the Artillery piece, the plasma flies high into the air and confirms a direct hit in the intended area.
“Grumps” he sighs mentally, they seemed to think I am in a poor mood all the time, so the name stuck.
In a way I suppose they are correct, I am angry, but not at anyone else.
Motivation