As Jack embarked into the drop pod, he took a minute to reflect on the events of the last 6 months. The loss of BT had hit him hard, but the constant action and fighting on the frontier provided him some degree of respite from the pain.
'Never gets old, eh?' His thoughts were suddenly interrupted by his good friend Jimmy. Originally from a small mining world, Jimmy had a knack for anything dangerous; causing him to instantly fit in amongst the Marauders.
'Yeah!' Jack laughed as they strapped themselves to the seats of their pod. The voice of Sarah Briggs, the leader of the SRS core echoed into their helmets, informing them of their mission.
They would insert 8 klicks South of their final objective: an IMC facility that had supposedly managed to replicate the Militia's vanguard titan chassis. If this was true, then Jack and Jimmy would have to destroy this prototype before it managed to reach operational capacity, or the militia would face a huge setback in the war.
With a violent shudder, their drop pod was placed into the orbital insertion tube and locked into place. A countdown signalled the approaching descent.
'Here we go..." Jimmy was positively beside himself with excitement. Jack had done this so many times before that the insertions barely chemically affected his brain. However, he still felt what everyone felt in the pit of their stomach. He certainly couldn't pretend it wasn't a little exciting.
The pod exploded out of the bottom of the ship, silently drifting towards the planet until a sharp jerk signalled entrance to the atmosphere and the beginning of their mission.