- House of Hawks - CHAPTER EIGHTEEN – PART III Camp Calder The sleek little VIP shuttle had made a quick stop, docking at the orbiting station Indimo just long enough to pick up two candidates: a tacnav, Major Jed Ringer; and a sergeant out of the Corps, Benjamin Pell. After greetings and congratulations, the five newest recruits got busy exchanging every bit of information, fact or rumored, that any of them had heard about the upcoming indoctrination. Very little was known about the training of the Marked, and everything from some sort of genetic transformation to twelve months of cruel isolation and mind manipulation or brainwashing was postulated. Most of the suggested curriculum was outrageous and ridiculous, but it did allow for a great deal of nervous laughter. At one point their excited banter had even woken Eldger, the major opening one eye and clearing his throat before readjusting his position and going back to sleep. The only thing they all agreed upon, however, was that some would-be members of the Marked had indeed died during training, a thought that darkened the mood and silenced the five Humans as the shuttle sped on toward a secluded base on the planet Luna-tae, the location of the Marked indoctrination and training complex.
