1st Lieutenant Dylan "Hero" Nicholson was in the training room on the orbital station. He had headphones in his ears and was listening to scream, an odd choice, as he threw combinations at a heavy bag. He noticed a couple of other soldiers enter they appeared to be pilots like him and they began doing weight training. Finishing his next few combinations Dylan decided to go see what division they were from. Walking over he took his headphones out and approached the two men. One was doing a bench press and the other was spotting him. Raising his hand to the one spotting Dylan began to speak "Hey im first lieutenant Nicholson. I run escorts for the patton in my mech rose. I don't think ive seen you guys around before mind if I ask what division your from?" he asked in a friendly voice. 
The guy benching grunted then racked the bar sitting up and staring at Dylan with a look of disdain. Laughing to his friend he said in a sarcastic voice "Since when are kids allowed to pilot mechs." who quickly replied "Apparently recently" then he cast a glare at Dylan and said "We are both from Bonecrusher platoon. Also we are seasoned veterans so until you have some combat time get the hell outta here before we teach you a lesson."
Smiling Dylan retorted to this insult "Hey guys no offense meant, but if you want we could take this to the sim and see who comes out on top."
"Your on little punk one on one bring what you got."
"Lets do it" Dyan finished before heading to the simulation room with the two men.

[b][ Two Hours Later][/b]

Stepping out of the sim room Dylan was chuckling to himself. [I]"They put up a good fight, but in the end their arrogance lost them the day. They were really good though maybe they'll respect me-"[/I] his thoughts were interrupted by one of the men walking past and running into him deliberately making him stumble a bit. Dylan heard a voice behind him "So that's where you've been. Ive been looking for you for a while now, seems like your making friends already Hero." Dylan turned to find a friend of his from another platoon behind him. 
"Hey Brick hows it going?" Dylan said using the man's nickname.
"Thought you wouldn't know. You better get prepped little buddy, the shit has hit the fan in Poland and they're deploying your unit."
"Really!? thanks for the heads up ill be in the barracks and armory getting prepped if you need me." Dylan said before turning and walking off. Brick just shook his head at his young friends enthusiasm.

[b][Ten minutes Later][/b]

Dylan stood with in the armory putting his gear on. He wore an advanced pilots suit meant to offer some ballistic protection, but mainly meant to help the pilot deal with temperature conditions of both extreme hot and cold. He reached into his locker and pulled out his sidearm. It was a forty caliber semi automatic, given to him by Rosalie just before she had left him, Dylan gave a sad smile looking at it then holstered the weapon. He also pulled out a basic combat machete and strapped it to his back where it wouldn't interfere. Closing the locker Dylan checked the time and realized he was ready much quicker than he expected. He also realized that most of the lockers had infantrymen getting prepped. Dylan smiled to a pretty recon trooper as he passed noticing the cross on her exo suit that signified her as a medic.

Next he headed to the engineering department to watch the mechs getting prepped. Sitting down he watched as they prepped his mech "Rose". A voice with a somewhat Mexican accent came from hi left "She is a beauty isn't she. Your a lucky man to be her pilot, and just so you know I [I]personally[/I] did all the maintenance on her." a Hispanic engineer stood there speaking to him. 
"Carlos! hey man long time no see!" Dylan said jumping up to go shake the engineer's hand.
"Hey buddy I missed you to. So I heard your getting deployed soon, go kick some ass down there." 
"Yeah sure no problem man." Dylan replied laughing.
"Hey look Dylan, I saw the roses on the mech. I know most people don't get it, but come on man she left you've got to move on." Carlos said placing a hand on Dylan's shoulder.
Nodding his head Dylan replied "If only it were that easy. Anyway I got to go get prepped and get my head in the game man i'm gunna see some action soon. Its great seeing you again though ill catch you for some drinks when I get back!" Dylan replied beginning to walk off.
"Sounds good! Take care of yourself down there!" Carlos called out after him.
Walking back to the barracks Dylan sat down on his bed and put his headphones in. He started listening to music as he got in the right mindset for the battle he knew was coming. As he sat there he took out his sidearm and took it apart and began to clean it. Soon the message arrived to report to the Patton, and Dylan was the first to arrive for briefing sitting down waiting for it to begin.