[hr][center][color=f7976a]Aboard Imperial transport Divini Muneris, Inside Main Hangar Bay[/color][/center][hr] When the sirens were wailing to mark the 1 hour until deployment Richard was ready for battle he had almost 2 hours of sleep as he could not stop thinking of what would happen the second the boots were on the ground. He was placed in the 5th row right next to Nick, their autocannon lying on the ground beside them, they had been blessed with the task of carrying this and operating this machine of death he thought that if they got set up they would be able to help their brothers in arms to get to a better position as they threw rounds down range to keep the enemy away. Even though Command did not tell them what enemies they would be facing he expected it to be Xenos as he had heard stories of the Xeno scum swarming this system, he hoped that he would get to show those Xenos that the human race is the only one that should be allowed in this galaxy [b]"Listen up, we are going to make our way into this lander in an orderly fashion - our autocannon team to the rear, followed by medics and vox-troopers - the remaining squads of the platoon following in after us."[/b] Taking a look around him he could see some of the younger people in the lines starting to either straightening themselves out to not look like they are about to enter a mental breakdown from the stress of participating in a deployment this early in their life or he would see some of them just sink down in the floor trying to not be seen so that they could stand in the back of their squad [i][color=00aeef]"Well Nick what do you say, time to mow down whatever is in front of us?"[/color][/i] he said to his brother in arms as they were walking in line towards the lander, he was quite nervous but he decided that he would talk to people to calm his nerves as that usually helped in the mines back on his home planet. [b]"Alright! Check your gear, stow your feelings, and follow me."[/b] the veteran sergeant said to the squad to make sure that everything was in order, [i][color=00aeef]"Lasgun, check... Rangefinder, check... Flak vest, check... Extra Ammo, check... Krak Grenade, check..."[/color][/i] Richard had finished listing of his kit and everything seemed to be there but he saw that some youngster feeling around like he had lost something, [i][color=00aeef]"Hey what did you lose? if its the bayonet you could just take mine I don't really need it, I highly doubt I will get in to close combat with whatever is down there."[/color][/i] The youngster looked up at him with thankful eyes and accepted the bayonet that Richard had offered to give to him, he seemed a lot calmer now and if the veteran sergeant would yell at someone for losing their bayonet today he wouldn't let it be some spinky youngster. after some time they got on the lander and sat down, he saw this really quite small kid that was looked like he was about to explode from how much he was shaking, as Richard stepped around him he decided to rough up his hair and tell him [color=00aeef]"Kid, as long as you stay behind me and Nick here you should be mostly fine we wont mind as long as you hold our flanks"[/color] it didn't seem to calm him down but he nodded and half smiled at him, it looked fake but Richard didn't mind. Richard decided to sit down in his assigned position and strap up so that he wouldn't be thrown around in the lander as it was going to the surface, he noticed that the lighting in the lander was red and he wondered if it would change to green as they were let out of the lander to start fighting whatever was down there