Re: Status Update
During that time period, under doc's care, the non lethal wounds fade (1 point a hour under Doc's care, otherwise 1 point per two hours.) She takes a look at Althea's injury and patches that up as well.
Wu does an impressive job covering up tracks and trails and missleading false trails as he goes.
The Bravos, lead the Combine AWAY from where their pick is planned to happen. No point in making the pick up any hotter, this soon when no one was coming to get them til 'later'.
A hour into the hiking, they hear an explosion off in the distance. A few minutes theres another explosion. That's bound to slow pursuit a bit, Althea things smugly to herself.
Doc offers Althea her SMG, citing that she's a pretty crap shot with it anyhow. Althea has another clip of the HE Explosive rounds to ruin this SMG with too, but it beats getting over run if things get ugly. She can decide to use the SMG herself or pass it over to doc with the explosive rounds.
Wu has enough time to fiddle with the power packs and substitute the full pack he has, for the mostly spent one in his Rifle to level off his ammo.
It's a pretty long and tedious morning. Where Claymore keeps suggesting to have Wu climb up in a tree to snipe pursuit. Wu knows the wintergreens in the area are crap trees to try and climb, and offer little cover... or leverage to shoot from, the top and has said so.
Claymore thinks the asian is chicken and keeps bringing it up. Wu doesnt bother to explain it to him around the eighth time he brings it up and decides to ignore him like doc and Boomer.
Lunch is a few energy bars that the Bravos bought along for emergencies like this, and water from melted snow. You cant really make a fire without risking giving your position away so you essentially huddle up back, to back, to back, to back. It helps to share body heat and keeps eyes in a 360 arc where your holed up.
Every so often a VTOL flies over signaling that ... maybe.. they're still looking for you.
There a short pause before your next mission. Time now is currently a little after one. You should be contemplating breaking camp and a short hike to the pick up point soon. It's not far, but travel will be slow, you want to be careful, and you definitely dont want to be late, and be stuck out here for another night and day.