Editing Vic Montero (section)

== Battle of 2043.09.11 ==
Vic had returned as a guest lecturer at the Academy on tactics when the attack on Earth started.  Disobeying orders, he organized and led the academy flight squadrons in defense of Earth.  This was one of the few bright spots in the great tragedy.  The Academy squads lost over 60% of the pilot trainees, including one squadron that took out three of the heavy cruisers by crashing their fighters into the ship's engines, causing them to explode.  Vic, himself, accounted for more than a dozen of the escort fighters and one light cruiser, when he crashed his ship into it, beaming out at the last moment. 

When all was said and done, millions were dead, and Vic was again in the hot seat for his role in defending the Earth.  Particular with calling on the pilot-trainees to provide a defense of the planet and disobeying a series of commands