The Lesson: A Tale of the Triceraton Marines

Script: Peter Laird Pencils: Peter Laird Inks: Ryan Brown Lettering: Steve Lavigne


 * Major characters: Triceratons
 * Originally published in: Grunts
 * Cover date: November, 1987
 * Page count: 10

Synopsis
In the Triceraton Marine barracks, an overzealous marine is told a story by his Sergeant, who's missing one of his horns. He had been dropped on an enemy mammal planet, and encountered a single soldier from the other side, who threw down his gun and instead reached for his knife. During the brutal fight, the mammal rushed toward the Triceraton, only to be impaled on one of his horn, which broke off by the force. The Triceraton managed to recover after some time, and discovered that his entire platoon had been killed, along with the opposing side. He finisihed the story by telling how he turned his broken horn into the hanle of his knife, as a lesson never to underestimate the enemy.