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His body was dumping adrenaline even before he'd even materialized in the Armoury. It might be nothing but routine but he was still fired up. This is what he trained for, this is what he lived, THIS, deep down at his core, THIS was what he was. He'd already started getting dressed. He followed the routine he was so used to. BDU's first, combat boots, followed by Duranium Greaves. So second nature he was barking at the Marines while he geared up.

On duty fire teams draw full assault loadout and ammunition. If the target is on a suicide mission and we have to go in likely the target will be holed up. Each fireteam will need a breaching kit. Off duty fire teams you're now Stood To.

He pulled on his vest and chestplate and strapped on his gloves. He grabbed his rifle cocked it and jammed his helmet on his head.

For those of you who don't know me. I am Captain Erik Gunnarson and I'm your new Marine XO. Get ready, if we go in I want this to be a high speed low drag operation.

he booted up his HUD and ran through the start up checks. He sighed with regret. No one shelled out for their soldiers quite the way Special Forces and Black Ops did. It was a shame to be working with substandard kit, but that was the job, Adapt and over come.

Fire Team Red to transporter room one with me. Fire Team Blue Go to transporter room two. If we go in, I want to go in with maximum force in a minimum amount of time. Remember, we're not cops, we're not there to make sure everyone gets home safely from the bar. We're Marines, defense of this ship is our first priority, we don't DO happy endings.

Commander Harper walked in.

OFFICER ON DECK!