"I'm very honored to accept that knowledge," Lan said. Then she followed Lock's gaze to the man walking up to the group whom I assumed to be another member of the team.

“So this is The Red Lancers? Remember this day well boys, because this is the day you stop being individual soldiers. Instead you are now part of a vital team. Vital because our success could very well mean the difference between this dome’s survival and utter destruction," Lock said proudly and surely. Lan looked around her once more at the group that she would be spending so much time with.

It truly was a melting pot. With metalhead walking up, Mr. Cool on the couch and the uptight doctor on top of Lock the giant and little Lana, they seemed to have nothing in common.

How will such a dysfunctional group be able to save Aequitas? she wondered.

"When will we begin our training?" she asked the Commander, eager to learn from someone as seemingly experienced as him.