"We were discussing the first battle the Initiative here threw us into, and I mentioned that the transports here were some of the scariest people I'd seen in a fight," Osprey says with a smile. "He said I clearly hadn't seen you in action."

He nods to the scattered wreckage of targets downrange from the commander. "I see what he was referring to. You're a from-the-front sort of leader, aren't you?"