On the flight deck...

You gathered your gear from the barracks and headed to the mess hall. Timms sits there in silence, mulling over his gruel and corn bread. You guys can hear the chatter from the regulars. All of them acting like kids at school. These are Chulak defenders. They never go past the wall and you can hear them arguing amongst themselves about how many enemies they’d kill and what they’d take for trophies. You know better. You’re going into the wild. This isn’t a platoon this is a squad, a shorthanded squad at that. Kib was out to have a kid, lucky bastard. Timms mentioned something about some greenhorn coming on with your unit after you’re already deployed in the field. Kib was supposedly bringing him in.

As your group finishes up their grub and gathers their packs, you follow Timms out of the mess to one of the lifts. Off to the flight deck you go your first real Oorak drop. You’ve heard that you will fall into one of two categories, one that gets sick and throws up all over himself or the guy with an iron stomach.

The lift takes your group up the side of the mountain and as it slowly makes its way up, Timms speaks up for the first time since morning roll call.

“Okay, couple things you need to know. Grimlings are small natives. They are not sided with us or the enemy and are considered non-combatants. We cannot attack them unless fired upon. Understood? You’ll know who they are. They look like small black, furry gnomes. Uglier though.”

The lift stops at level two and continues its ascent to your destination. As it goes up you can see into one of the cave openings where the wyrmguard is prepping their flyers to go out. The wyrmguard is one of the advantages Chulak has over the Doranians.

“Lobbers are giant spider-like beasties, very nasty, very annoying in large numbers. We will make sure to stay clear of any nests. That is one fight we will not win. Orders say that while we’re out looking for 1st Alpha, that we keep our eyes and ears open for intel about any Doranian movement there. Our pick-up point will be three miles to the east of the three sisters.”

The lift stops and you exit onto the flight deck. You see several Oorak being prepped for flight. Timms leads you across the cave to your ride.

“I hope you don’t puke on yourselves, this is going to be a bit bumpy.”