Knossos nodded and stepped back as the final couple of seconds ticked away. “Yes, team leader.” He turned to the rest of the soldiers clustered around them. “You heard the man! Get tactical, we’re taking the centre. I want to hear comms all the time, especially from inside those apartments.” Knossos and Athena went to the edge of the forcefield keeping them in the spawn area and got ready to run.

Kjartan laughed maniacally, bashing his shield again. “No retreat! No surrender!” The drop troops who had elected to support the berserker were assembled in tight formation behind him, and for good reason.

The clock reached zero, and a loud klaxon sounded. The forcefield vanished, and their shields flared up to show they were active. “Let’s go!” Knossos shouted, and they all surged forward as one.