We materialize on a wooded hillside and I have to adjust my footing immediately. It’s dark, but the area is lit up by a burning building about fifty meters ahead. I flick on the underslung flashlight on my rifle’s rail. “Athezra, Cdebaat, take point. K’lak, rearguard.” “Aye, Captain,” Chief Athezra confirms. He raises his rifle and moves ahead of us with the Tellarite. I count to five and follow, moving to cover their advance. Tess has her minigun slung and is covering with her pistol, and Biri and I have our rifles held across our chests as we move from cover to cover. “On it, Eleya!” “When?”