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A battle weary Clone Commander stands in the smoke-filled urban landscape and watches as a Republic Gunship lifts off, carrying over two dozen wounded troopers. It is in these moments after the chaos of battle, amid the wreckage and suffering, that the true toll of war presents itself.

I have a rendezvous with Death
At some disputed barricade,
When Spring comes back with rustling shade
And apple-blossoms fill the air—
I have a rendezvous with Death
When Spring brings back blue days and fair.

It may be he shall take my hand
And lead me into his dark land
And close my eyes and quench my breath—
It may be I shall pass him still.
I have a rendezvous with Death
On some scarred slope of battered hill,
When Spring comes round again this year
And the first meadow-flowers appear.

God knows 'twere better to be deep
Pillowed in silk and scented down,
Where love throbs out in blissful sleep,
Pulse nigh to pulse, and breath to breath,
Where hushed awakenings are dear...
But I've a rendezvous with Death
At midnight in some flaming town,
When Spring trips north again this year,
And I to my pledged word am true,
I shall not fail that rendezvous.

- Alan Seeger, Poet (1888-1916)

"The traditional Mandalorian crest, frequently mistaken for a Bantha Skull, bears a striking resemblance to the skull of a male mythosaur. But in truth, the symbol was actually adopted in reverence to a legendary Mandalorian combat-training master." (Source: "History of the Mandalorians," Star Wars Insider #80)

A Hayabusa Spartan moves through a chaotic battlefield, searching for the squad of Elites he has been tasked with eliminating.

Photo Notes
This is the rare Orange Hayabusa action figure from the McFarlane toys Halo 3 line.