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Rico, now Acting Sergeant, euthanizes a mortally wounded Rasczak after a Tanker Bug bites off his legs, and after a Bug stabs Dizzy in the torso, she dies in Rico’s arms as they are rescued by Carmen and Zander. The distress call ends up being a trap and the Arachnids swarm the outpost. The Roughnecks respond to a distress call from Planet “P”, where they discover an outpost that has been devastated by Bugs. Rico is promoted to corporal and eventually reciprocates Dizzy’s love for him. Jean Rasczak, Rico’s former high school teacher. Rico, Ace and Dizzy are reassigned to the ‘Roughnecks’, commanded by Lt. Rico is severely wounded in the leg and mistakenly classified KIA, causing Carmen to believe he is dead. The first strike on Klendathu is a disaster, with hundreds of thousands of casualties. Rico rescinds his resignation and remains with the Infantry as an invasion force is deployed to Klendathu. He resigns and calls his parents, but the call is cut off when an asteroid, supposedly launched by the Arachnids, obliterates Buenos Aires, killing his family and millions of others. Following a live-fire training incident that kills one of Rico’s squad and causes another to quit out of guilt, he is demoted and flogged. He later receives a Dear John letter from Carmen, as she desires a career with the fleet and now serves under Rico’s high school sports rival, Zander Barcalow. Rico is promoted to squad leader and befriends Ace Levy. Rico enlists in the Mobile Infantry expecting to be with Carmen, but is surprised to find Dizzy, who deliberately transferred to his squad to be near him.Īt Mobile Infantry training, Career Sgt.
Carmen becomes a spaceship pilot assigned to the Rodger Young, while mentally gifted psychic Carl joins Military Intelligence. They enlist in the Federal Service after graduation. Fellow student Isabel “Dizzy” Flores is in love with Rico, but he does not reciprocate. John “Johnny” Rico, his girlfriend Carmen Ibanez and best friend Carl Jenkins attend high school in Buenos Aires. In the federation, citizenship is a privilege earned by serving through such activities as military service, granting them opportunities prohibited to basic civilians. The bugs appear to be little more than killing machines, though there are suggestions that they were provoked by the intrusion of humans into their habitats. While colonizing new planets, humans have encountered an insectoid species known as Arachnids or “Bugs”, with their home being the distant world Klendathu. In the 23rd century, Earth has become a space-faring federation.