Commander Aviz had a good feeling the temporal jump would be close, but he’d never imagined the true accuracy until now. As the ship doors dropped, the troops stormed out past him into a scene of chaos and smoke on the California beach. Gutteral screams of rage and gunfire filled his world, but he stood silently, taking in the Earth he thought he’d lost millenia ago. A smile overcame him momentarily. “I’m home again.”