Meh, nothing here is really worthy of my standards. Like, I'm an ODST but...does that mean that I want to kill? No, but it means that I want to defend the city at all costs, even to the cost of my own life. But would it all be worth it? Everything that I've built up for this moment, I don't want to sacrifice it all. I'm here because of my training, my skills, and my wits. I don't want to lose it, but I don't want to lose the city, either. These two things combat each other like a brother and sister would combat over who would get the last of something, like a pizza, or a cup of ice cream. I've also made some pretty close relationships with some of the ODSTs in my squad, I don't want to lose them, and they don't want to lose me. Dropping into hell with them is like busting through the school doors with your friends, and I don't want that to end. We've had our fair share of quarrels and hardships, but in the end...it's almost already fine with them.
Well, it's almost time to drop, I should start wrapping this up. Anyways, the moral of this is that no matter who you're with, whether it be you're with a tough customer and you're bound to end up in situations you may not be prepared for, or that you're side by side with your buddy, sneaking silently, you'll just have to trust the people by your side, and you'll be fine.
LOCATION: ODST DROP STATION
TIME: 1800 HOURS
DATE: JULY 9TH, 2552
There were five in the squad. Daniel Harper, Alice Castle, Nathaniel Wright, Kai Parker, and Megan Ellis, the leader being Nathaniel Wright, or Nate for short.
"God, I can't stand the Covenant and their slipspace ruptures, it's almost...almost as if..." Kai paused, searching for the right words.
"Trouble thinking of comparisons, Kai?" Alice jaunted at Kai. Nathaniel sat at the table, pondering their drop locations, until an idea sparked in him.
"Got it," he muttered. He started pinpointing areas and positions the team could coordinate to get to, it would be a rough ride, but maybe lady luck would be on their side today.
"Alright team, form up. We got some talking to do," the team did a slight run to the table and Nathan stood there, bent and both hands on the edges of the tables.
He then continued, "I want Kai and Alice to meet up after the drop, try to control your drop pod enough to land here," he pointed at the outskirts of the city, surrounded by buildings that would hopefully give enough cover to get them less exposed to the squad of Grunts and the Brutes seen near the towering buildings, "once you land there, meet up and try to regroup with us, only use your COM when the area is calm and less packed, and use the VISR to meet up. Megan and Daniel you two drop together here," he pointed at the large monument in the middle of the city, large and enough to cover them, "there you will have two heavy weapons, an M41 SPNKr Rocket Launcher and an SRS99-AM sniper rifle, I'll drop at the edge of town, near you four where we can regroup. Sound like a plan?" Nathaniel asked, the entire group responded with nods.
Nathaniel took some SPNKrs and snipers and put them in both Megan and Daniel's pods, he gave Kai and Alice M7S Caseless SMGs and M6C/SOCOMs, or silenced magnums, and the standard loadout for him as well. All four got into the pod, and Nathaniel walked around the pods, knocking on them for the OK signal, all four knocked back. He got into his own pod and shut it, two quick, high pitched beeps went off, signaling the pod was shut, and Nathaniel pulled the hatch for his pod, the drop occurred, and they were falling from heaven to hell.