The Russian Invasion of the Colony of South Australia was
not Captain Darlings first encounter with the Imperial Russian Army, he had
fought alongside them during the Second Great Martian Invasion of Earth with
the 3rd Steam Powered Armoured Brigade comprising men from the British, French
and Russian Empires in the Crimean theatre of operations during 1875. It was during this period of
Darling's life that he acquired his fondness of vodka and caviar. He got on
well with the Russian warriors of the Brigade and preferred their company to
that of the French,he was heared to have said:
"You know where you stand with simple
Russian folk but how can you trust a Frenchman who scoffs frogs legs and washes
it down with red wine that would be best used to strip paint from a privy
door!"
The 3rd Steam Powered Armoured Brigade fought
continuously against the Martian invaders until their defeat in 1876 and was looked upon
as an elite force with a prestigious reputation.
There is only one known picture of the good Captain from
that era it is of poor quality and is below. He was photographed by the wreckage of a Martian Scout Tripod Machine in the company of a Russian staff office called Colonel Ovsiannikov who is on his left and another unknown junior officer carrying a Russian standard to his right.
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