MonkiNut

As I sat in the staging area of the ship, I looked around at all of the faces of the people surrounding me.  Some were putting on their camouflaged face paint, some tightened up the straps on their gear, and some were even playing cards.  We were all here for the same reason though.  We were waiting for an announcement.  In the back of my mind, I knew the announcement was coming somehow, but I couldn’t tell them that.  I just sat and tried to memorize their faces. Then it came. “All hands, set condition 1-Alpha for AAV launch.” That was it.  The words from the loudspeaker echoed in my mind over and over again.  I had heard t