He took a heroic stance and announced his first placement in the Star Military with pride. “Private Third Class Devlin Marsh of the oh-four-three-two, assigned to the NSS Grand Rose.” He stopped at the mention of the flagship and his mind went back to Nepleslia Core when Devlin first saw the sleek hull of the Grand Rose docked at Davis Station. He had met most of his platoon there, who had raised a collective brow at Devlin's aggressive introduction. All those faces. The redhead let his shoulders slump slightly and sighed, “I saw a couple of empty escape pods on my way here, but no, my journey was uneventful.” Devlin looked toward the yellow-tinged sky and raised his fist with renewed vigor. “The NMX have yet to witness my love and patriotism for Nepleslia!”