From: tlsbtn@ix.netcom.com (Trisha Lynn Sebastian)
She yells over to Magami, "Hey, maybe you should post
your C-ko side story prologue so Ifurita knows exactly
what he's dealing with, huh?"

Well, the only C-ko based "side story" I've got at the moment is
Promise, but here's a piece I've added recently...

Back at home, C-ko tuned to the nation's favorite animated paramilitary
magical girls TV show, Marine Moon.  C-ko must have seen the entire
series about three times now, but she didn't remember the episodes and
so each was a new delight as it cycled back around.  This afternoon they
were rerunning the origin episode.

"But mother, I do not wish to become a royal marine", the princess
wailed.

"It is a family tradition dear" The queen explained for the thousandth
time, while shoving her daughter onto the shuttle.

The shuttle quickly arrived at the "Lunar Naval Academy for Girls",
where the princess was greeted by Luna the cat, whose rank was indicated
by both her forehead stripes and the name on her flea collar as
"Sergeant".

The story of Marine Moon's first day at the academy unfolded, until it
was time for "Marine Moon will be right back".

The first commercial advertised a familiar product, but there was
something different about it.  "One, one, two, three, four" C-ko counted
on her fingers.  Yes!, it was new, she had to go, she knew who to take
and who else?  She knew the pain of isolation, it was time to end it.

Back on the TV, Marine Moon was sleeping through another of Sergeant
Luna's lectures.

"And so, with our new doctrine of Operational Maneuver From Orbit(OMFO),
we do not bother to build up an elaborate infrastructure on the planet,
but simply drop in the Marines where they are needed and support them
directly from the fleet in orbit." 

Marine Mars pinched Marine Moon awake "Yeow!"

"Yes, Marine Moon, you have some comment to make about the fleet's
mission during OMFO?" Sergeant Luna inquired.

Thinking quickly, Marine Moon tried to quote Mahan as best she
could. "It is to move as one, in one massive stroke, seek out and
destroy the opposing naval forces!"

"That's very imaginative" Luna noted.  "Naturally, if the fleet did pull
a Halsey Maneuver during OMFO, the Marines would be left scattered in
small packets without mutual support, reinforcement, fire support or
resupply.  Now drop and give me twenty."

"Waaaahhh!" Marine Moon wailed.