High above, five sleek transport vessels, unique to the Praetoriani Order, sliced through the stratosphere at Mach 10, their normal cruising speed for quick deployment. Each vessel was shaped with the predatory elegance of an eagle's beak at the front, the cockpit nestled above, within the "eyes" of the avian design.
Their hulls, a dark, burnished alloy, shimmered faintly against the nascent light. Within their reinforced bays, internal inertial dampeners effortlessly offset the crushing G-forces, ensuring the sixty Spartans within each vessel remained utterly unaffected, poised and ready.
