Planet: Unknown

Sergeant Knolls had been with the 481st Catachan regiment for a little over 3 years, in that time he had advanced through the ranks very quick, there wasn't really anything special about him other then the fact he somehow managed to stay alive where others seemed to die. At just over 24 years of age Knolls was in command of 29 Guardsmen or roughly 3 squads. He and his group would be out on extended patrol, ohh how he hated patrols, you would think someone who did it so much would at least find something he liked about it, but nothing about being in the field made him smile. I mean after all there were bugs, the smell of diesel from the Chimera's, the long walks, the bugs. Yea the bugs were probably the worst part of patrols, they managed to always mess things up, even when things were normal (though that was always few and far between) the bugs seemed to piss him off. Knolls checked his gear to make sure he had everything he would need.

Las-Pistol- Check

3 reloads-Checks

Chain Sword-Check

2 Frag grenades-Check

1 Med-Kit- Check

Combat Knife-Check

Lucky Charm- Check

Knolls had all his gear he needed, he would have to go to the armory and sign out a set of NVG's he never traveled without them, they always came in handy, in fact Just two patrol prior they saved the life of three of his guardsmen, he always had them and preached to his men to make sure they grabbed a set, though they always didn't listen to him, none the less he would inform his squad leaders to make sure they grabbed a few extra sets. Knolls looked at the picture of Beth sitting on his dresser, it had been a little over 8 months since he had last saw her, he remember her face and how she was crying the day he left for this awful world.

"Don't worry baby, half way back to you, 7 more months and we rotate out. Ill be home before you know it." He said to the picture as if she could hear him.

Just then a knock at the door came.

"Yes", replied Knolls.

"Sir, the Chimera's are fueled and ready, we should be ready to leave within the hour." Replied Corporal Smith the only women in his unit and his second in command.

"Understood Corporal, I will be there in 15, make sure you grab a few sets of NVG's for the men." Said Knolls.

"Already done sir." She replied.

Knolls smiled he should of known she would take care of it. Knolls picked up the picture and kissed it lightly. "Soon my love, very soon". He set the picture back down and walked out of his room, yea the Bugs were always bad and always pissed him off.