I think I will take spot E9. I'll specify in my post as well, but I am going in with the omni-rifle loaded with railgun rounds. I am also planning on moving forward to E7 with the shield barrier up.
As the team loaded out to the launch bays Zim did one more check over his equipment. Statuses were all green. He had made a point to get started ahead of everyone else, with the assault pack equipped it made movement a little more cumbersome than he was used to. Once he was in position, he asked over the comms, "Permission to begin pre-assault armaments prep?" They were still on a ship, floating in the middle of space, traveling at theoretical speeds incomprehensible to his feeble mind. It just seemed like a good idea to check before he started charging up energy weapons. Once he was given permission from bridge control he initiated the charge sequence for wave surger as well as the shield generator so that both would be ready for use once the operation began. He checked the load out on the assault pack's Omni-rifle. Of the three types of ammunition it could utilize, Zim brought along Kinetic rounds and EMP rounds. He put the kinetic rounds in first.
Once everything was set for Black Star, Zim did a double check of himself. He was already in his plug-suit of course, with his space helmet on, in case of a seal breach. He checked over the provisions to make sure that he had enough to keep himself alive for a day or two in the event of a drift off. The last thing he checked for was for Katya's hair tie that she had lent him. He looked at it, tied on over the top of the plug suit's skin tight surface, its faded color still providing contrast to the dark, mono-colored plug suit. Something in the color brought Zim back into his memories. His mind wandered to his first interaction with the Cruxi. He was lucky to have survived at all, but especially in the conditions that he was in. There was little doubt in Zim's mind that if he found himself in a drift situation again he wouldn't survive, not this time. The indicator light came on to show that Wave Surger was ready for use, bringing Zim's focus back into the cockpit of his Frame Werk.
Just in time, too, as the announcement came that they were about to drop out of hyperspace to begin the assault. "Alright partner," Zim said to Black Star, "We got some new toys to play with, let's show them off out there, alright?" Then the securing clamps released, the gates opened, and Black Star stepped out into the dead silence of space. The simulators had helped remind him of just how quiet it was. When you can hear the sound of your own blood sloshing through your veins, you know that it is quiet. Zim immediately deployed the shield barrier as he landed in E9, once everyone else was in position he moved forward to E7, eager to the put the shield to the test and allow his compatriots some cover as they moved into position. Zim missed Elora's scanners as he noticed the new unknowns taking their places.