The soldiers all stood in a white room. Four of them had came to the base on a shuttle from Earth. One was already here when they arrived. In the last two hours of being here there had been almost no chattering between the soldiers. Eventually a door that had seemed no different then the wall around it opened up revealing an admiral of the Earth's Space Defense. "Aten-hut!"<br/><br/>A rather tall and burly man who was leaning on the wall instantly snapped into attention, saluting the officer. His red hair was cut in a high and tight fashion and his eyes seemed very concentrated on the moment. He was more then six foot six, and easily weighed more than than two-fifty. He was decorated in the American Marine Corps uniform.