...The Story behind Death of a Hero...
...How did the whole thing begin?...
More information in the Overview and in the David Hunter Literature Section

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"That was six months ago, the single event that changed the course of my life forever, changed the face of our lives forever, every single one of us. They called the First World War the war to end all wars, and they called the Second the greatest sacrifice of human resources the world should ever see. Of course, much of that seems irrelevant now. Here we stand, the last vestiges of the human race, under the onslaught of an opponent that should never have come into being.
Millions of fighting men have already been slaughtered; many more will be before this war ends, and many are conscripted everyday into the vast war machine that stands as the final line between our civilisation and the enemy. At least a billion soldiers stand here with me on this very front line, charged with one task, to fight until we can fight no more, either through death or through glory.
The United Nations has taken command of our fighting forces, and has created an additional 13 companies of fighting troops – the David Hunters. They are formed from the remnants of all western fighting forces. Most of us have never seen a war, yet somehow these soldiers seem to be the veterans of a thousand campaigns. Either way, the enemy draws ever closer. By dusk, I’ll be dead, and the Clones will swarm over this installation as if it were simply nothing more than a speed bump, regardless of the army we have arranged to meet them. There can be no mercy, no retreat, no surrender. Today we fight – fight until we die."

Old Backstory;

It's February 2004. A privately owned genetics testing laboratory somewhere remote in the United States is testing it's latest gene replication and bio-preservation techniques on a previously unidentified strain of sub-human, known as 'David'. The strain is known to be highly dangerous, the only species on this planet with an irritation rating of 5. Mosquito's don't even come close. The strain is also of the very stupid temperament, and has a unique want for destruction and weaponry.
A nearby governmental facility is currently manufacturing new military technology that will revolutionise the way we fight. Their new weapons systems and anti-gravatical technologies make for a vast improvement on previous designs.
At the end of February, two unmodified forms of the 'David' strain escaped into the desert. They were ignored, as it was not believed that they could survive the harsh desert climate for very long without supplies of food or water. Three days after their disappearance, it was noted that a miniature version of the cloning device had been misplaced by a member of the staff.
On a daring raid, twenty-seven individuals resembling the 'David' strain break into the governmental facility in search of food and water. During their raid, twenty-one of them are killed by armed security guards, however one individual managed to gain access to the armoury, gaining high-tech weapons systems and anti-grav technology. A few of the survivors returned to the Genetics lab where they had been kept for the duration of their lives. They unleashed the full potential of their new found weaponry and it is doubtful whether any of the scientists survived the attack. The laboratory was totalled save for the vault, and the experiments were set free into the world. The cloning technologies were not confirmed to have been destroyed.
Government officials discover of the insurrection and raise a national alarm. Over thirty-thousand weapons prototypes are missing, as well as designs for a new inter-stellar transport based on the anti-grav technology. Over three months Later, the United States stands down. There has been no evidence to suggest that any of the arms or equipment survived the destruction of either of the desert installations. In Autumn 2004, millions of David clones swarm amass into every major city, military facility or political structure in the United States. The country is in complete turmoil, the Armed Forces are unable to stem the tide of seemingly identical assailants, clones pour from every underground orifice to be imagined. The last standing city is New York, and troops that had previously been stationed elsewhere pour into a defensive that will last for a great many years.
The United States is declared part of the new Clone Empire. Only a last vestige of hope remains in the besieged city of New York. Wave after enormous wave of foot slogging clone infantry regiments swarms over the entire of North and South America. Every nation falls under their blood encrusted flag. Within two weeks the entire continents are completely covered minus NY city. Wave after wave of clones barrage the shores of East Asia and Western Africa an Europe in a wide variety of sea and air vessels.
Clones flood into all three continents rapidly.
The United Nations forms 13 emergency military divisions known as the United Nations David Hunters (UNDH) These 13 divisions are all controlled by the Company Commander Primero of the 11th company, and are lead into battle by their own respective Primeros.
After three months of bitter warfare, the UNDH halts the advance of the clone forces in December 2004. Shortly after, all space installations fall under heavy attack from small boarding craft and minor ordnance.
It is then surmised that the entire clone army is under the direct command of an entity known only as ‘The Brain’. It is believed that the Brain is the result of a genetic mutation resulting in a one off intelligence with unlimited psychic potential.
The war for the salvation of all humanity has begun.