Assessing One's Foe is a short story about an Elite's brief encounter with Orbital Drop Shock Trooper James O'Neill. Voro 'Marakamee raised his plasma rifle and fired two shots into the human soldier's back, sending him sprawling to the ground. He was fairly disappointed with its actions, as it made no attempt to fight back and merely ran away. Pathetic, he thought. He stepped over its corpse, now painted a deep red, and fired upon the human position on the small hill.