The War united us in many ways. In other ways it fractured us anew. The great alliances became further estranged from each other, while the nations within them became closer brothers. War’s End saw us arrayed as if for the final battle that Earth would ever see. Thank God the Lunar Treaties held. Thank God we loved our home more than we hated each other. I was there. I know how close matters became. It was balanced on the edge of a knife.