JiangXi's Trials: Hell's Backyard

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Jason "Hiccup" Clark looked nervously around him, stepping off the ship onto the drab-looking station, with nameless, faceless, and emotionless recruits disembarking the ship all around him.
He proceeded into the hallway to the staging area, where the same, nameless, faceless, emotionless recruits geared up for the drop into what may very well be the last few days of their lives.
As Jason walked down the seemingly endless hallway to the staging area, he looked out a nearby window, into space. He imagined his family, his life, and everything he ever did. He was slowly drifting away from reality, until another recruit pushed into him.
"Hey! Watch it," the recruit exclaimed, "Some of us want to survive this!"
Jason was suddenly struck back into reality, uttered a simple "Sorry!", and continued into the staging area.
Once there, he looked among the crowd. No one he knew. "Amazing," he thought, "Looks like I'm running solo."
He proceeded to get his gear, and was quite happy with his sniper rifle-looking weapon. Looking at his rucksack filled with gear, he checked everything. Ammo, knife, poncho, compass, everything he needed was in his rucksack. He though twice about strapping this rucksack to his body. As a precaution, he had his rifle and pistol in easy to reach places, a pistol magazine in his pocket, and a sniper magazine in the other. He figured he would have to use his pistol more often, since his sniper wouldn't be much use against a charging Stalker. After suiting up, he awaited further instruction.

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