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1st Platoon, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion of the 1st Regiment

Terran Space Force

Commanding Officer                            Lieutenant Commander Shawn ‘Calvin’ Hobbs

Executive Officer                            Captain Paul ‘Night’ Train

Space Force

Space Force Leader                            Sergeant Major ‘Master Chief’ Ryan O’Leary

Squad ‘A’ Leader                            Gunnery Sergeant Patrick ‘The Wall’ Dantone

Fire Team ‘1’ Leader                            Staff Sergeant Park ‘Wraith’ Ji-woo

Laserman                                          Sergeant Nicholas ‘The Kid’ Tomaselli

Laserman                                          Sergeant Margaret ‘Witch’ Andrews

Laserman                                          Sergeant Adeline “Addie” Graham

Laserman                                          Corporal James ‘Speedy’ Swift

Fire Team ‘2’ Leader                             Sergeant John ‘Mr.’ Jones

Laserman                                          Sergeant Jamal ‘Bad Twin’ Gordon

Laserman                                          Sergeant Austin ‘Good Twin’ Gordon

Laserman                                           Corporal Irina ‘Spook’ Rozhkov

Laserman                                           Sergeant Darrin ‘Homey’ Lancaster

Fire Team ‘3’ Leader                             Sergeant Kostyantyn ‘Shank’ Tereshchenko

Laserman                                           Sergeant Ismail Al-Sabani

Laserman                                           Sergeant Paul ‘Missionary’ Hiley

Laserman                                           Corporal Pat ‘Ostrich’ Burke             

Medic                                                         Corporal Michael ‘Gooch’ Higuchi

Ground Force

Ground Force Leader                            Master Gunnery Sergeant Bill Hendrick

Squad ‘B’ Leader                             Gunnery Sergeant Bob ‘Mongo’ Bryant

Fire Team ‘1’ Leader                            Staff Sergeant Alka ‘Z-Man’ Zoromski

Laserman                                          Sergean
t
George ‘Floppy’ Nelson

Laserman                                          Corporal Steve ‘Range’ Holm             

Laserman                                          Corporal Patrick ‘Tanker’ Harris

Laserman                                          Corporal Riley ‘Scratch’ Dunn

Fire Team ‘2’ Leader                            Sergeant John ‘Black Cat’ Rowntree

Laserman                                          Sergeant Rajesh ‘Mouse’ Patel

Laserman                                           Corporal ‘Bob’ Bobellisssissolliss

Laserman                                          Corporal ‘Doug’ Dugelllisssollisssesss

Laserman                                          Corporal Sergio ‘Garcia’ Lopez

Fire Team ‘3’ Leader                            Staff Sergeant Rainer ‘Hoofer’ Koppenhoefer

Sniper                                                         Sergeant Rick ‘Happy’ Day

Spotter                                           Sergeant Milissa ‘Milly’ Story

Ninja                                                        Sergeant Hattori ‘Yokaze’ Hanzo

Medic                                                        Sergeant Burt ‘Yank’ Yankiver

Space Fighter Squadron-1

CO                            Lieutenant Commander Shawn ‘Calvin’ Hobbs

XO                            Lieutenant Commander Sarah ‘Lights’ Brighton

Pilot                            Lieutenant Carl ‘Guns’ Simpson

Pilot                            Lieutenant Bryan ‘Hooty’ Hooten

Pilot                            Lieutenant Samuel ‘Sammy’ Jakande

Pilot                            Lieutenant Hans ‘Schnitzel’ Hohenstaufen

Pilot                            Lieutenant ‘Tex’ Teksssellisssiniss

Pilot                            Lieutenant John ‘Mack’ McCarter

Pilot                            Lieutenant Danny L. ‘Brick’ Walling

Pilot                            Lieutenant Jiang ‘Tooth’ Fang

Pilot                            Lieutenant Pete ‘Rock’ Ayre

Pilot                            Lieutenant Pablo ‘Bob’ Acosta

Pilot                            Lieutenant Jeff ‘Canuck’ Canada

Pilot                            Lieutenant Tatyana ‘Khan’ Khanilov

Pilot                            Lieutenant Kenneth ‘Primo’ Miller

Pilot                            Lieutenant Denise ‘Frenchie’ Michel

Pilot                            Lieutenant Miguel ‘Ghost’ Carvalho

Pilot                            Lieutenant William “Vincenzo” Santiago

Pilot                            Lieutenant Phil ‘Oscar’ Meyer

NFO                            Lieutenant Tobias ‘Toby’ Eppler

NFO                            Lieutenant Neil ‘Trouble’ Watson

NFO                            Lieutenant Vernon ‘Collie’ Shepherd

NFO                            Lieutenant Dan ‘K-Mart’ Knaus

NFO                            Lieutenant ‘Olly’ Ollisssellissess

NFO                            Lieutenant Faith ‘Bore’ Ibori

NFO                            Lieutenant Erika ‘Jones’ Smith

NFO                            Lieutenant Mark ‘Chomper’ Melanson

NFO                            Lieutenant Sasaki ‘Supidi’ Akio

NFO                            Lieutenant Gwon ‘Happy’ Min-jun

NFO                            Lieutenant Larry ‘Grocer’ Albertson

NFO                            Lieutenant Keith ‘Pool’ Dodd

NFO                            Lieutenant Hakan ‘Mays’ Yilmaz

NFO                            Lieutenant Ira ‘Rocket’ Hensley

NFO                            Lieutenant Ali Ahmed ‘Sandy’ Al-Amri

NFO                            Lieutenant Reyne ‘Rafe’ Rafaeli

NFO                            Lieutenant Aharsi ‘Swammi’ Goswami

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“The control rod only lets me take two other people,” said Captain Nightsong. “We really don’t want to take any more at one time, anyway, because the room where we’re going is very small, and no one wants to transport into a wall. Since we can’t go in with enough people to make a difference at the start, we should go in with just a small group, so there is less of a chance of them seeing us. They may have some kind of monitor or sensor which lets them know how many people are around; three is a lot less suspicious than 10. While three could be friends going for a walk, they’re going to know 10 people are conspirators up to no good.”

“I agree,” said Calvin. “Okay, here’s the plan. I’m going to jump in first with Captain Nightsong and K-Mart because he has the most experience with the Sila. We will take a quick look to make sure everything is still the way Captain Nightsong remembers, then we’ll come back and get the rest of the platoon.”

“Do you really think that’s wise, sir?” asked Master Chief.

“What do you mean?”

“I mean every time you go somewhere without me, you always seem to get into some sort of trouble that I have to pull you out of. Wouldn’t it be smarter and save us all a lot of time and trouble if I just went with you now?”

“I’ll be fine, Master Chief,” said Calvin. “Captain Nightsong has been here before and knows the lay of the land. We’ll just take a quick look and be back to get everyone else. That way, we’ll also know whether we can wear our suits or not.”

“You know sir, I’ve been thinking,” said Master Chief after a pause.

“Damn,” said Calvin. “Master Chief’s been thinking? Now I
am
scared.”

“That’s really funny, sir,” Master Chief replied. “Seriously, though, what if the damn Psiclopes got it all wrong? What if I’m actually the hero, and you’re just one of my sidekicks? Have you ever thought of that? I seem to have to save the day all the time; wouldn’t that make me the hero? Perhaps you should let me lead this one. I’ve got a bad feeling about it.”

“Now Master Chief, if you were the hero, you’d have to go to all the press conferences and do all the media interviews. Is that what you want? To be in front of the cameras all the time?”

“Screw that,” said Master Chief. “Okay, you win. You can go, but please be careful for a change, won’t you?”

“I will,” said Calvin with a smile.

“Don’t worry about it,” said Captain Nightsong. “He’ll be with me. What could go wrong?”

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