"Right everyone. Form up on the obstacle course and the first two finishers only have to spend a half hour at the shooting range, the rest get an hour," there were several cheers, "And they also get to face me in combat training," Torch grinned, there were a few smiles but mostly groans, "Well what are you waiting for? I want you through those beams and across the course, NOW!"

Everyone quickly jumped up through the beams that were the first obstacle on the obstacle course. Then they were through a mock battleground course and into the crawl under the netting. Zariel fell slightly behind, as did Knoff, who was too winded trying to talk at the same time, and Grade who wasn't really trying.

Next up they quickly clambered onto a low wall and swung onto a stepping platform where they proceeded to climb a ladder up to an even higher stepping platform. Ryan was pulling ahead, along with Garius, and Tempest close behind. When they reached the top they rappelled down into a water-logged trench and over that into a last sprint across open ground to the finish. In the open sprint Tempest pulled just ahead of Ryan, finishing first with Ryan right on his heels and Garius three seconds later, followed closely by the rest of the pack, with Grade and Knoff bringing up the rear.

"Right everyone!" Torch shouted out, "Two minutes to prep your guns and get to the firing range!"
"Give us a sec," Zariel said, out of breath.
"What was that?" Reynolds asked threateningly.
"Nothing sir," Zariel jumped, quickly unslinging his needle rifle and wandering over to the firing range.
Once everyone was in position, Torch took note of the time and shouted, "Open fire!"

Targets suddenly popped up down range, everyone fired, most missing their targets.
"That's not the way," Reynolds shouted out, drawing his bolt pistol.
A target came up down range and Reynolds fired, missing the target.
"Oh that's how it's done," Ryan laughed sarcastically from the other end of the firing pit.
Reynolds turned and fired directly at Ryan. The shot embedded into the bulkhead right above him. Ryan went silent.
"Carry on," Reynolds said.
The targets started popping up randomly all over the place and everyone continued firing.

After an hour Torch called everyone to cease fire.
"Hey what gives," Ryan said, "You said us two," Ryan indicated himself and Tempest, "Only had to do a half hour of shooting."
"Yeah," Tempest said.
"Well I was gonna drop the sparring with me part, but instead you can face off against me and the commissar here at the same time … by your lonesome," Torch said, grinning.
Ryan's jaw dropped, "How do you expect me to do that?"
"You want to take on Nova too?" Torch asked.
"No sir," Ryan said quickly.
"Then get your ass into the ring," Torch snapped.
"Yes sir," Ryan quickly jogged off, Torch and Reynolds walking behind and everyone else behind them.

It wasn't even a fight, Ryan was knocked out before he could even land a blow on either of them. Tempest faired better though, knocking out Reynolds, satisfying as it must have been, before Torch managed to knock him down.
"Now everyone, split up and start fighting!" Torch shouted.

Everyone immediately partnered up and began sparring with each other. The results were rather sporadic but there were no severe injuries.
When Torch called it quits he then dismissed everyone to get something to eat and a good night's sleep, since they would be reaching their destination soon.