There was a slight creek before everything was bright white. Jake started blinking rapidly until he could see better. "Wake up Marines!I know it was a short trip but that's no reason To cry!" the colonel said in a joking tone. Will got up and let out a heavy sigh. "How Long was it?" Will asked with with an annoyed tone. "long enough to make you wine" said Colonel Gilligan. Jake's vision finally came to. He turned to see tall muscular admiral with his hat in his hands and a cigar in his mouth. "all men to the briefing room." the colonel said walking into the west wing toward the briefing room. Jake took out his basic marine camo shirt and pants. he hurried to get them on and continued to the briefing room. "head count! Line up men!" the colonel yelled. All the marines ran and quickly got in line. the colonel walked up to the start of the line and went from man to man saying their name and then whispering check to himself. "alright all are here, get in your squads and listen up!"all the men got in their squads of six then sat down at a table and turned to the screen where the would brief the mission. "we are going in to secure a mysterious artifact, command is being an ass and they wont tell me what it is or what it does. i want Jacks squad at the entrances if they see trouble outside. Zak's squad will enter with my squad and we will converge toward the artifact. while Redbburn waits in the ship for extraction. Any questions?" one hand raised. "Sir, who is in your squad?" asked Reddburn. Reddburn was an excellent pilot, all the men thought we were lucky to have her. Jake had a special thing for her. "Jake Wolf, Will Jones, Derek DeJuno, Robert Albony, and Carry Foster. No further questions?" no one rose their hand "Good. Get dressed marines. Report to the hangar when your done." the marines ran to the armory. even though Jake had been on this ship before, the size and complexity always seemed to stun him. Even the name 'U.S.S Alert' was great. it was magnificent. He continued running through the ship and into the armory where he equipped himself with standard issue armor and a pulse rifle. he loaded his pistol clips and secured the name on his vest 'Jake A. Wolf'. He continued toward the hangar. when he got there he saw all the squads lined up in their lines going into their drop-ships. he joined colonel Gilligan in his lined and then his squad hustled into the drop-ship. "Ready Reddburn?" colonel asked Reddburn loudly from his seat. Reddburn looked back and gave a thumbs up "All systems go! Drop off in 5...4...3...2...1"