The link goes to a short story collection of the five stories, but the details you've posted are I believe all in the first one. I think you might be looking for Beacon 23, by Hugh Howey. We stand with you, and when your time comes and you fall, you will join us.to stand with the next soldier who holds the line.not alone. We are here, your brothers who also stood and died, holding the line against an enemy who was overwhelming. And the Spartan turned to him and said, "Brother, you do not stand alone. At that moment, the ghosts he'd been afraid of became more visible and concrete. And as the enemy approached, and he got the word that he was to fight and die, he felt despair that he would die alone. He would feel a presence, a movement in the corner of his eye. It's been a long time since I read this, but this soldier had grown afraid that his station was haunted. The assault was going to hit them before they could be evacuated and they were given orders to fight and hold out for as long as they could, but there could be no relief as the ships would be dealing the enemy that got through. They were coming in large numbers and faster than expected. After a long time alone, he detected the advancing enemy. In this story, on one station, one of the crew had a fall and died, leaving one man alone. The plan was that if they detected the enemy, they'd send the warning and a ship would evacuate them. They were heavily armed and mostly automated with just a couple of men manning them. But it had been a near thing so a number of warning stations were set up in deep space so that humanity would have a warning. Humans had fought a war with an alien race and it ended without resolution.
I wish I could remember the name of this short story, because it is unbelievably emotionally strong.
First post and apologies for the formatting but I'm on mobile.
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