[b]"You know how to use that?"[/b]
[b]"Huh?"[/b] Galen looked up puzzled, he was getting a lot of attention from these experienced Guardians. [b]"I uh, think so. I read some papers on railgun mechanics in training. My company commander made all the AT guys read it."[/b] He began, unholstering his old weapons and placing his new weapons in their place, [b]"He kept on saying, 'that gun is the anti-tank gun of the future. In a year, we would all be lugging around infantry sized rail weapons.' I guess I'm the only once in my unit to use the stuff we read."[/b] His voice got quieter near the end, he was looking at the floor. [b]"Anyways,"[/b] He spoke up, looking up, [b]"I've already got a few ideas of how to-"[/b]

He was cut off when the ship suddenly lurched to the side. He grabbed the side of the table and couch to brace himself, knowing that if one shell hit them, there would be more coming. He remembered the storm of flak he saw out of the windows of his dropship before he died. It was kind of like a wild roller coaster, only scarier. The second shell hit the side of the ship, tearing the door out of the hull. There was a deafening roar as the ship decompressed, Galen saw his squad leader fly out of the hole where the door used to be.
[b]“EVERYONE OUT!"[/b]
By now the ship had equalized more, Galen quickly got up, ran towards the hole and leapt out. Remembering his HALO jump training, he splayed out his arms and legs in the correct manner, as he was in freefall. He then noticed he had no altimeter, or parachute. [b]"Cryptid! Altitude!"[/b] He yelled. That familiar robotic voice spoke up in his head, giving him his current altitude. He was sure he was at terminal velocity by now, and that he didn't have much time. [b]"I don't have a chute!"[/b]
[b]"Oh you'll be fine."[/b] She replied.
[b]"I- What?! Uh, okay!"[/b] He nervously said, looking back down at the approaching ground. Just before hitting the ground, he attempted the PLF technique. Turning himself upright, once his feet landed, he threw himself sideways, trying to distribute the shock of the landing between his feet, calf, thigh, hip, then back. Which didn't end very well, once he was on the floor, his feet and back were in pain. He grunted and did his best to keep himself silent, not wanting to give his position away. 
[b]"See, fine."[/b] Cryptid appeared in front of him,
[b]"I think my le-"[/b]
[b]"You have some pretty bad fractures your legs and ribs. Your suit absorbed much of the shock."[/b]
[b]"Shit, that's going to make my job a lot harder."[/b] Galen thought about rolling over to crawl, but opted against it at the time.
[b]"I can fix you."[/b] Cryptid replied. Before Galen could get a 'what' out, Cryptid floated upwards and a wide beam of light shot out from her eye, going over Galens body. He grit his teeth and felt needles all over his legs and side. Then, the feeling was gone. He slowly got up and stretched, testing his body.
[b]"Well... That was unpleasant."[/b] He muttered, [b]"Cryptid?"[/b] She appeared in front of him, [b]"Stay hidden, less chance of us being seen."[/b] She nodded and disappeared once more. Galen grabbed his SUROS Regime and took a few steps, almost into view of a Fallen patrol. Luckily he ducked behind a dead tree before they spotted him. They were on the hunt. In a few seconds, something had grabbed their attention, and they darted away. Galen peeked out and counted six of them as they were running. [b]"I'd rather not follow them..."[/b] He muttered, and he started to carefully walk in the other direction.
[b]"There is an ice storm thing coming soon. We should find shelter."[/b] Cryptid spoke up,
[b]"A blizzard?"[/b] Galen corrected,
[b]"Yeah, an ice storm."[/b] She said, Galen turned around when he heard faint gunfire where that Fallen patrol was heading too. [b]"I'm getting a message from Andromedai, I have her location."[/b] A navpoint appeared in Galen's heads up display, and he began to travel towards the beacon. 

...

A prone Galen peeked over a small hill, seeing the wreckage of the ship they came in. He saw a distinctly two armed figure near the ship, and a distinctly four armed figure standing near the two armed figure. Must be Andromedai and Kazik, he thought, judging by their non-hostile body language. He glanced down at his SUROS Regime to check its compass before opening his communications.
[b]"Friendly coming in from east north east."[/b] He spoke quietly, but just loud enough for Andromedai and Kazik to hear, once he was sure they were looking in his direction, he pulled out his flashlight and flashed it twice. He waited a second, then got up into a crouch started moving to them, careful not to kick anything or step on anything loud. Once he got to their position, he knelt down on one knee and put the buttstock of his SUROS Regime on his knee, resting the firearm. He gave a quick salute to Andromedai and nodded to Kazik, [b]"Galen Vassar, in one piece, ammo good."[/b]
After he gave that quick update to Andromedai, he moved behind a piece of wrecked shuttle keeping himself in cover. He shouldered his rifle to be at the ready in case any more hostiles came over, keeping his eyes on the horizon.