The SOEIV (Single occupant exo atmospheric insertion vehicle) hurtled through the lower atmosphere of reach, underbelly glowing orange with a smoky trail in tow as it angled itself towards New Alexandria. Plasma bolts streaked through the sky, narrowly missing the pod, as it closed in on the city, suddenly, just as the chute was deployed, a bolt of plasma ricocheted off of the side of the pod, taking out one of the chute panels, sending the pod spinning into an ONI site not authorised for troop landings. The chute detached from the pod and span off into the aether, not visible to the troop inside, who was being treated like cotton candy in a spinner. This was his first drop and he didn't think they were supposed to go like this at all, they were supposed to be rough, but not so rough it felt like his blood was gathered in the front of his body but not the back. There was a giant jolt and an almighty crunch as metal and concrete met, with one of the two having speed as an advantage the pod burrowed its way through meters thick concrete, rattling the whole way down until it dropped into the facilities experimental test room.
