// Battle of Arras // Alpha Eridani Star System // 21 DEC 2569, 0524 Local Time First Lieutenant Freeman counted down from ten, closing his eyes as he prepared for what a normal person would consider to be suicide. The whine of a fifteen-five filling his ears, the UCC artillery perched over twenty kilometers away had their position zeroed in and weren’t letting up. “Did you get the SOBs position?” he shouted over the distant explosions and gunfire “Just called it in, sir” responded McKay. “Target confirmed 3/1 Bravo, payload away.” the sound of the FDC commander coming over SQUADCOM.