Edwin couldn´t help himself not to feel excited about upcoming deployment. He felt his body preparing for the action, feeling the same sensation he always did when waiting. His neck hairs stood up, his heart beat faster than ever and he shivered a little
. There was a storm coming and Edwin was going to greet it with opened arms.
Not only his body was prepared, but also his equipment was as in state of full readiness. Wearing his old shabby armor and with highly modded sniper rifle at hand, he was prepared for everything reapers could throw at him.

Edwin nervously counted every second until his deployment, trying to ease his nerves, but it didn´t help very much. Only reliable way to calm himself would be cigarette or two, but smoking was kind of unpractical with helmet, not to mention that they were prohibited on most of starships. He could only wait and hope that waiting will not drive him mad.
The moment when the ship settled down and enemies started to fire was like waking call to Edwin. He became another person. His nerves had calmed down and he finally felt relied. Only when he was under fire and his life was on an edge, Edwin felt truly alive. Felt home.
He headed weapon towards the enemies, took a short look through his scope and shot. First cannibal had fallen down with his head pierced. Few seconds later and second cannibal fallowed, shot coming right through his eye. Edwin haven´t thought about any of his shots, shooting was more like a muscle reflex than intention to him.
He wanted to line up few another shots, but the situation became too dire. He decided to dash for cover instead, hiding behind couple of crates. "What´s the plan, boss?" he asked, surprisingly spiteless.