Editing Leonal Drizzt (section)

===Serving Onboard USS Drestier===
Leonal joined the Combat Engineering squad ‘Backbreakers’ and, after one minor mission which had nothing to do with using his given skills, was accepted whole-heartedly into the Unit. Because he hadn’t been a bloodied Marine from the time he joined, he had been watched closely to make sure all the psychological tests he had taken hadn’t been mistaken, and the Squad CO and CCE of the Drestier had made very sure to run him (and the squad) through multiple exorcizes to make sure his technical skills weren’t lacking. 

It was during these first few months that he was given the moniker ‘Spider’, for his small size and dexterity. He was quickly identified as the ‘crawl man’, the Marine who crawled around the smallest of the corridors to place charges and etc.

This ability served him well in what would be his first major action. Several Starfleet ships were captured during a [[Xenolithe]] invasion and, if left alone, the Xenolithe would have stripped them down for parts to build their own awesome war machines. This could not be allowed to happen, so the Drestier was sent ahead of the battle-group in order to land Marines and destroy the Galaxy Class Vessel USS Pinochet, as no striking force large enough to take her back could be in place before she was long out of range. The Backbreakers managed to get on board the ship and set the charges, but not before loosing half their strength to the Xenolithe in the resulting attack. It was Drizzt’s first taste of the horror that was war, and the danger that was Combat Engineering. 

He continued to serve with distinction during the Xenolithe conflict, though the Backbreakers were under-strength. They spent their remaining days in conflict doing what could be considered the very basics of the CE’s job, clearing landing zones and repairing necessary equipment while under heavy fire. Spider quickly proved that he was able to keep a cool head under fire and that he was tactically brilliant. These distinctions would serve him well, for not long after the end of the Xenolithe conflict, he was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant and transferred to another Roger-Young class ‘Gator Freighter’ to be the XCE (Squad XO) of a Combat Engineering squad, the Fallen Angels.