Lighting Strike Lives Longer

By the outbreak of the First Blizzarian War Lighting had reached the rank of lieutenant. He fought on the Western Atmos Front and in January 1876 won the Iron Sky Cross.

After the war Lighting remained in the Atmosian Army and in 1879 he was appointed an instructor at the Infantry School in Vapos. In October 1884 he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel and began teaching at the War Academy.