When these women return from war with torn ligaments, traumatic brain injuries, or reproductive damage (e.g., from IED blasts), the Veterans Affairs systems in most countries are ill-equipped to treat them. Female-specific injuries are often dismissed as “pre-existing” or “hormonal.”
The deal had been cut in a room with mahogany walls and crystal glasses. The enemy, the K’Hir, wanted "young strategic minds" as part of the reparations. A euphemism for brain-draining the Compact’s most promising tactical prodigies. The Compact’s diplomats, eager to end the war’s bleeding, agreed. They stamped Kaelen’s name on a list. She wasn't a soldier anymore. She was cargo . 18 female war lousy deal top
