Project DIVE

2554

In Orbit of Mars

POV: Sam Vickers

"How are you feeling Vickers?" the nurse asked me.

"I feel like crap. You know I hate cryo." I replied.

The others members of my team started coming out of their cryo pods. I grabbed my bodysuit from the rack next my pod and put it Major walked in. He cleared his throat and spoke,

"Today you and Alpha team will be doing a training dive down to Mars."

By now the entire team had dressed out. "Now get down to the armory and prepare to dive!" the Major ordered.

Everyone ran out of the room and into the armory. I ran in and started putting on my armor. The Heads-Up-Display activated when I put the helmet on. Thrusters, check. Shields, check. I walked over to the airlock and looked down at Mars.

"Gather 'round people." Samson said. Everyone walked over to the holo-table. I looked at the table.

"In this training exercise we will be dropping into this valley." Samson pointed to said valley. "From there we will move along this ridge to this 'enemy' camp. This is to prove that we can use stealth and not just surprise factor. Alpha team will approach from this ridge and together we will pin the 'enemy' in. Now prepare to dive!"

Everyone lined up at the two airlocks; three Divers per airlock. A countdown appeared in my HUD. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, DIVE! The air locks opened and I jumped out first. I angled myself downwards and started picking up speed. As I closed in on 1500 feet the thrusters activated. I landed softly on the ground.