The Great Collective, government representative of Earth, was at the end of their rope. In the assembly situated on Armstrong, the capitol nation of the Moon, they could feel the pressure bearing down on them by so many ambassadors and envoys of their devastated nations, all of them crying out for the blood of the squids.

Stupid men did not run the Great Collective. They were the best of the best, the elite among intellectuals on Earth, and they finally stepped forward to present a retaliation plan.

As an old and honored saying went, “better late than never.” The Great Collective waited until the deafening, roaring noise of the assembly died down. They stood, nine men in all, with two women approaching the speakers for their proposal. It would be a very difficult sell.

Their proposed final solution to the squid race for Invasion Day was titled Program Experiment Final, a written doctrine consisting of enlisting a platoon of war criminals for military service.

Experiment Final was a second act to the first act, Program Experiment GL-Two-Seven, which succeeded in the second Moon War due to the forced service of the infamous war criminal, Captain Shepard Garlock.

Many nation councilmen immediately rose to their feet, hollering indignantly, crying out against the proposition- claiming it was unethical and immoral to both legal purposes and common sense. One of them added that the very doctrine was an insult to all good men everywhere. Another replied quite flippantly, “What good men?”

When demanded a repercussion to his errant outburst, the man shot back, “There are only cowards left among us… No, you listen to me! The greatest evil man can commit is no longer the conventional taboo of taking a life without reason, pillaging or demolishing one's livelihood, or initiating global conflict. The greatest evil man can commit is the indifference to all of these depraved acts. Look to your fellow colleagues, you representatives of human civilization's annihilation. Indifference is now the condemned reality for all of us!”

The Great Collective rallied furiously behind this person, insisting his words rang true in the interest of humanity. In spite of the fury and disgust of the other nations, they stood strong and defended their points. For six weeks, they argued tirelessly for the fate of their home planet. When the final week passed, they reached a conclusion- a compromise in place of Program Experiment Final, named Operation Last Resort. The new Project doctrine was reinforced with new rules, the cardinal rule strictly stating that only two military criminals in space-lock shall be released and permitted to enter strict military wardog training in order to save Earth.

Among the representatives, Captain Garlock received the news in stark horror, as he was bestowed command of prisoner recruitment and training prior to commencing Program Last Resort...and unleashing the savages of war on the world at large.