Timothy went through the same pre-combat ritual as he always did, taking his combat laptop apart piece by piece in his head. It always seemed to calm him however he never seemed to get to the reassembly stage, which always seemed to irk him.<br/>He was snapped out of his reverie by the pilot calling the 30 second warning.<br/>"<em>Here we go.</em>" he thought to himself.<br/>He started his last minute equipment checks. His combat laptop was fully charged and stowed in his backpack, his pistol and knife were sheathed on either leg. Finally his rifle. Fully loaded, breach cleared, cleaned and fully prepared. As the dropship touchd down he prepared himself to take his position in the centre of the group covering the pointmen and smartgunner.<br/>Then the ramp dropped.