Alexandria Skye

Most people preferred drop ships, what with freedom of movement and a false sense of security, but Alexandria, she likes a little bit more faster entrance, one only a drop pod could provide, though what she really wanted was to be a smaller target for anti-air guns. As she was descending from the atmosphere at hundreds of miles per hour, she went over the details of her assignment in her head. She had been assigned to lead a special recon team as squad leader. The squad would be positioned a few miles south of where the majority of the fighting was taking place. She wouldn't be part of the main action, but that suited her just fine. She always did enjoy finger triggered laser messaging to fist to face confrontation anyway. Her job was to survey the battlefield and provide her allies both on the ground and in space with Intel on how the fighting was going. It wasn't a glamorous job, but someone has to do it. Along with the her ODST comrades there was also a drop pod containing a communications relay. She knew she had to defend it at all costs. Without the relay, it would make communicating with the command ship that much more difficult. 

After a few minutes of falling, her drop pod smashed into the ground. Thankfully she and the drop pod landed in one piece. Seeing as she was the first to be deployed, she emerged from the pod, waiting for the rest of her squad and the relay to land. One by one the ODSTs landed and emerged from their drop pods. The communication relay fell last. The squad scrambled to secure the drop zone. Alexandria scouted around with her Sniper pulse rifle to see if the coast was clear.