INT. PALADIN - HANGAR

A standard-sized door slides open, revealing an empty hall. A helmeted head peeks around the corner, then comes fully into view. Echo One gestures for his five teammates to follow him in. Echo Team appears from around the door frame. Their armor is darker than what’s been seen previously, built for stealth. Their helmets are customized, form-fitting and dangerous-looking with full face shields and respirator apparatus. Various pieces of compact equipment are strapped to their chest and thigh plates.

They fan out as they enter the hanger, moving efficiently, covering all angles with their rifles. Serenity is visible about thirty yards away. Echo Team moves in a loose formation toward her, still covering all angles while keeping a close eye on the ship. Techs working on other ships make for the exits as the team passes.

Echo Five and Echo Six reach down to their left legs and remove a small boxy device with a cylindrical attachment. They snap the devices to the undersides of their rifles as they reach the twenty yard point. The Echos aim their rifles high, firing toward the support trusses just beneath the hangar ceiling. The small grapples entangle themselves in the trusses. With a whir from the rifles, the two Echoes are lifted off the deck, swinging gracefully toward Serenity’s roof. They land gently as the other four Echoes reach Serenity’s landing gear, all six men crouching to listen for a beat. The hangar is eerily silent. Echoes Five and Six release their lines and creep over to the topside airlock. Echo Five works the airlock and pops it open as quietly as possible. He quickly aims his rifle down the port then gives the clear sign. In one smooth motion, he drops down the tube into...

INT. SERENITY - FORE HALL

Echo Five lands softly, his rifle at the ready. He steps forward and Echo Six lands behind him. They creep forward, Six turning left toward the Galley, Five toward the Bridge. They pause.

EXT. PALADIN - HANGAR

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