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"Two years ago you were nothing; two years ago you lived a normal teenaged life destined to work behind an office desk, but here you all stand as humanity's finest soldiers, as humanity's creation. Humanity's greatest accomplishment and yet, 'still human', still merely flesh and blood." The Commander said as he stood in front of the crowd of men and women standing motionless saluting him. "In just two years you have been taught every tactical battle advantage that has ever existed and you have preformed them without hesitation to bitter perfection." The commander began to smirk but tried to hide his pride away from his platoon. He started to sway into an unsettling stance. He knew that the soldiers in front of him were some of the greatest he had ever laid eyes on but he knew this at a costs, the costs of knowing over the next month a quarter of them will be dead within a heartbeat. "However," he said as he coughed and returned to his speech. "You still have many more tests to overcome, in fact I don't expect all of you to survive them either" he regretfully announced as he watched a strike of sudden concern flood the platoon's faces. He glanced down upon the "fearless" men and women to see for the first time that they were nervous, that they were all struck off guard by his remark, all except two, his favorite trainee, Kyle Rayburn. However the other he noticed was concerning to think of was Ryan Closs, he was the strangest trainee of the platoon and preferred not to answer to anyone even his assigned Capitan.
The Commander remained silent as he collected his thoughts and confusion spread amongst the crowd. "What you will face in on the battlefield is an experience that is terrifying and gruesome" he steadily said as many of the men scuffled to remain in salute. "But whatever you face, always remember not to give up no matter how impossible the situation seems... You aren't just the finniest in the eyes of humanity, you are the greatest men and women that I have ever seen and that's something to be proud of. Now at ease and get some rest. Morning starts at 0300 and it's going to be a long day." The men and women then one by one left towards their private quarters and the commander departed back to the barracks.