What are the Wildcards?
The Wildcards are the United States Marine Corps Space Aviator Cavalry, 58th Squadron. They are a group of young Space Marines, fresh out of the academy, who have been assigned to the front lines of the war against the enemy (known only as ‘Chigs’). Their current assignment is aboard the SCVN U.S.S. Saratoga. What are the Chigs? The Chigs received their name because they allegedly look like Earth chigoe (which are small, six-legged flea. Also called a chigger or sand flea). The Chigs are an alien race, who, according to reports, decimated the two Earth colonies Vesta and Tellus, thus beginning the galactic war in which the 58th currently find themselves fighting. Chigs appear humanoid, though they are rarely (if ever) seen sans their armored environment suits. Contact with human-breathable atmospheres apparently causes Chigs to dissolve, as does exposure to regular water. Chigs have also apparently allied themselves with the A.I.’s; however the true nature of this alliance is yet unkno
