I have so many plot questions.

How do they sell this process to civilians? Do they have fake veterans who talk about being in livesuits and having "come back"? Do they have fake livesuits that can come off so they have real veterans?

Why would you manufacture a lie about this when people probably aren't signing up for the benefits package when there's a planet and civilization-destroying war going on?

Why would they let livesuit soldiers have access to scanning machines? Why would the scanning machines not lie?

Maybe I'm cynical, but I kind of figure if you're in the middle of this intergalactic war that is destroying planets, probably people are going to be a bit more gung-ho on war?

There is a mention of a scientist who defected and the crux of the story hangs on the anti-war sentiments of the protagonist's wife, and I feel like the story wants you to believe that both of these things are because of the livesuit lies. There is a lot of "I'm not sure why we're here" and "what is command doing" in the background that makes it possible to believe that this is foreshadowing for some other larger corruption going on, but this story isn't about that either.