M-0018 was confused, he had been reprimanded for performing his tasks as a soldier and sent to the outpost. Had he not followed the correct medical procedures? Had he failed his squad in someway? If so why was he not executed for his conducts. This new Empire was odd to him, but he is sworn to it.

M-0018 did not understand his squad. They would spend hours talking, he had to pay all the more attention as to not miss any orders or vital information. He did not want to seem week. 

They sometimes make quiet coughs as he enters a room. He would ask them about this. They did not seem to understand. They smile and say they don't know what he means. M-0018 believes it is endemic, a weakness of the mind. He will test them for lung-rot and larvae bores in case.

Sometimes the squad doesn't seem to understand his duty. On a patrol, a trooper was impaled by an aberrant. M-0018 cannot waste valuable medicine on a soldier that cannot return to full fighting strength . Medicine is for those who can be saved. His pains are a weakness in the mind. His screams are a weakness of the mind. M-0018 ignores them. The squad does not. They are weak. They do not understand. It is a waste of ammunition to end a the life of the grievously wounded, he was told. It is a waste of medicine to heal the grievously wounded, he was taught. His new squad cannot understand.

M-0018's equipment is generic and has been replaced many times. He can no longer distinguish between his equipment from his body, as both are required for his tasks.

His new squad has conflicting doctrines and beliefs. They are inefficient. Orders are given in unfamiliar tones and with unfamiliar style. M-0018 struggles to adapt. But he will not fail. He will not be weak. The squad needs him. He can protect them. He can save them to fight another day. If they die it is his duty, in the absence of a quartermaster, to ensure their equipment is distributed or stored properly and that the body is placed where it will not decay and spread contaminated air, or impede the efforts of the Empire.

Now he is alone.Returned after a patrol. Dismissed and debriefed by the sergeant, after the Holocron message. He stood in the empty hall awaiting new orders. The others have left, perhaps under orders he was not aware of. Still he waits.