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Katrina gathered her pre-prepped equipment and she made sure that everything was in order before leaving her quarters. As she came out of the shaded interior of her quarters she was instantly met with the tropical heat. It was something she was used to – that doesn’t mean she likes it. She noticed some of the Europeans looking at her baffled as to how she could wear such covered clothing; in fact, they were baffled by the very notion of wearing long sleeves and pants in the tropics. The Europeans have only spent mere days at Matupi Headquarters and already she was hearing people complain about the heat. There were those that were used to it, the French being one of the many people who’ve grown accustomed to the heat from their time in Indochina along side the British and their colonies in Asia – the most prominent being the British Raj.

When she finally got to the rally point, they were given the final briefing. It was straightforward enough, giving them instructions, supplying gathered intelligence, and reminding them of the true objective. While they were there to take the Bagan temples, their main objective was to gather field test results from their experimental weapons. Her current concern would be how the Europeans, many of whom are new to tropical climates, would react to the extremes of Jungle warfare. The majority of the people in Squad-914 have never been in a jungle, let alone fought in one. Her train of thought was once again derailed by her memories of the Japanese, though she has never fought the Italians, Germans, and Spaniards, she could almost see them as inconsequential when compared to fighting the Japanese in the jungles and tropics. Out of the three European allies that the Japanese have in the area, she knows the Spaniards the best, her people fought against the Spanish colonization of the Philippines for over three hundred years.

The Spanish occupation was nothing short of oppressive. They slaughtered many native warriors, enslaved the remaining population, put down rebellions, and eradicated much of the culture that Filipinos used to practice. Even the name of the country, [i]'Philippines'[/i], is a name given to them by their Spanish conquerors. Katrina could only imagine what the Spain of today could do. She could almost imagine her homeland being a Spanish colony again after the war, ruined by some sort of power struggle in Asia among the Axis. She keeps fighting, safe in the knowledge that the Filipino resistance would fight to prevent this from happening. As long as the fight for independence continues in the Philippines she will also continue to fight, after all, she has a promise to keep.