will start Pregame  here soon.

Sarah arrived from her sailing and fishing excursion with Rivets. She'd let her hair down during the fun choosing a simple loose ponytail, however any look of that been swept away as her hair had been tied back in a severe bun, for the delta type operation she'd chosen combat fatigues in the Burian style. Her service pistol strapped prominently at her hip.

However she waited outside the actual command area, watching out of noticeable sight. Observing how things were run. Marrying two systems together required a deft hand and the more observations she could make the better.

SGT MAJ McDoona had already arrived wearing plain black clothes, and a light leather jacket that presumably hid his equipment. He sat patiently chewing a straw like someone who'd quit smoking years ago but never got out of the habit of having something to chew on.

    Garrat showed up in full delta night gear.   He hands Shadow three ...well they look like wrist bracers with data screens. "These are the ....Keys if you will to three maxed out hover bikes.  Missy says you will have to find your own standard issue pulse rifles for two of them, and something about the tutorial and instruction manual being on the bracers."

  Hack, and the Board  Complete  with  the High Chairman and LA-DS, enter.

  Beth  steps in with Orria,  and    they  move to the    Middle of the 'tower' , where the   Dusters  where  questioned , not long before.
 Two Banks of   screen had  been set up according to  Beth's  specs..  Orria  and Beth would Man one... the   exact same  set up would be  for Sam to man. while  Beth  hopped  between  both...with Beth's   set up being   the  'command', but allowing Sam's to do  all hers  could do.

  HAck  turned to the  drink stands  that  CU-DL had brought  down for  coffee and tea..or  could  drinks and water.We have  time   Yet.... we'll give  the others  a chance  to get here... Admiral Hennings is  setting up the Holomap, ,according to the Bura  map s  Cu-DL has for us..

Zob showed up with his gear and found a corner out of the way as he waited for things to get started, he had his sniper rifle with him this time, "Evening..." he said with a small wave as he took a bottle of water for himself.

 Sam walks into the room wearing her duty uniform, heads over to the middle of the tower as well, she smiles and nods to Beth and Orria. She will look at the setup and smile and then she will check everything out and see what she can and can't do. Once she has checked everything and knows what it does she will stand next too Beth waiting for everything to start.

 Sam will then see Zob, she has full control over herself, she will look at him and smile.

  the  prison, as it  were, was  built with   thinck rok and   well palced stone floors.

 none of the cells were occupied. and  there  were  12  Burian SEC stationed  around the   area. none were below the rank of LT.

 Hemsly and Brooks  dropped in, all in black envior suit s and light ...blacken boarding aromor

 Shoey, Supe, Hodden and Tucke r came  in, followed by  Robbins  and Hawkes

 Shoey Grinned,..Simms  woulda been here?.. but  4 or  5 Burian LAdies   have him trapped in  one of the Inns..., we  may have  to  resuce  him before the night's over..

 Two Burians  Steeped  In..One a Female  Green Angel LT, One  a  Native SGT. Admiral Hack greeted  both of them with a HAndshake, ..People?   This  is  LT Ni-Ji and her  SGT, Bloss.. he is  an archer. Theu will be part of the Burian  unit  coming aboard the  Hermes when we cast off.

Roy arrived, Larry at his side.  Roy was in what was, apparently, becoming the Delta Night uniform...envirosuit and light armor, in a indistinct swirl of dark greens and black, all non-reflective...with a large gear bag.  He grinned at Shadow...

"I keep getting frustrated with trying to second-guess what I'm going to need for a Delta Night, and having something useful left behind on the Hermes...so I've got damn near everything."  He set the bag down, with a few muffled clinks and clunks...but it was apparent the bag was deceptively heavy, and long enough to carry rifles, even possibly a couple of the Barretts with the barrels removed.

"No wishing I had a sniper rifle handy, or had opted for my Kalashnikov instead of a sniper rifle...never would have tried it if we weren't staying at the palace, too many chances for someone who doesn't need to know to find out just how much hardware I was traveling with."

  Shadow   walked in, he  and Shade  with Dusk and Lilit  bwehind  them.. the latter   were dressed in duty uniform,  Shadow and Shade  had    dark enviro suits,  they both only had  chest armor  on, light  boarding  , and black

 Shadow   saw the other s  and     walked over to   Roy,..Damn good  book?, Right up our alley... look at the  quote on page 19....

 Hack  frowned  as he watched  Shadow....you were reading?

 why  is everyone  saying hat, like its  something new?.. I read..Magazine..books...papers...

 people chuckle.

   Macon Come in  with   McFust and  the two mLTs..are we  ready Admiral?

 Hack nodded... for the most part, this is your  show.. you will be showing the   Burians and Sarah  who to run an op while we are here... Beth is goign to work screens  along with LT Robertson...with help from her..um...orderly... I will give you this  warning... I will step in  if i feel the mission is  handled   right..is that understood... this is about  finsihing what we started..not egos...

 ..there are some folks making thier way here...get started on the pregame, they'll get caught up...

   Garrat shrugs “Your a pilot Admiral, when you really think about it, how different is reading the maneuvers of your enemy from reading the words in a book.  Once you get to where you know words at a glance it’s all instinct.”
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Roy looked at the quote, a hint of a scowl creeping onto his face.  "Definitely thought-provoking material.  Let me know if you want to talk about it, I think I might have some insights that could be enlightening."

He looked at Macon with an expression that said he wasn't expecting much from the man.  "So, what are we looking at?"

Henry and Mila showed up.

Henry had his armour on and was carrying a shotgun, Mila had her harness.

 Maria,  Nagy  and  Robbins  entered, they were dressed  for night ops  Maria   said,..there are  only a few  more I see making thier  way here...

 Flores    walks in, dressing  in Black as well, she  has  an Aqra Bow on he r back that she  had   painted  with   streaks of  black....I'm here  for   driving and   Evac if needed..can do some over  watch  too

 McFust seemed overly  shocked to see Flores  , she looked at  Macon who just  shook his ehad as he  watched  Hennings  set up the  3-dhollow map.

Melia slipped into the room in her gear ready mostly stripped down to be less bulky, for speed and optimized for a more quiet mission. She slides into a seat next to Zob, fiddling with the sights on her carbine. She nudges him a bit, "hey you. How did Shadow's thing go?" she asks softly, hoping he'd seen her late text and didn't think she'd been snubbing him.

Orria had run over and hugged Melia, before darting off with all that youthful energy back to the comm center. She excitedly set to work putting the skills she practiced the night before to use.

Sarah slips into the room with the board finding space nearby, she fully realizes if prior to the Delta fleet's return was a crawl phase, then now was the walk phase, and when the fleet left they needed to be ready to run.

She watch Macon and the others get set, she also adds her own warning. "I am not inexperienced with these ops myself and will know if you are pulling a fast one on me. I just need to see it run from a command perspective."

She waves SGT MAJ McDoona over, "This is SGT MAJ McDoona, my SEC chief and to be the Burian fleets head of the lights out from an operational standpoint. He'll be working with you directly on behalf of the Burian fleet."

McDoona maintained an easy smile that somehow missed his eyes, like many well seasoned NCOs. He nods slightly to the assorted brass, "Aye gentlemen, I'm lookin forward ta workin witch ya." He says easily.

In reply to Melia Kristensen (msg # 15):

Zob looked over when Melia nudged him he smiled a bit, "It was interesting to say the least went to visit a few memorable sites" he did indeed get her message and held no ill against her for it.

 Sam sees Sarah walk in she will head over to her salute and say, Captain I have looked over Beth's setup it is very good and I will be able to reproduce it when we have a Burian Night Ma'am.

 Sam was a little nervous but she knew she would do well she has worked hard to get to this level, but she has learned so much from Beth.

In the palace hall the moved.  Stopped only once and nearly refused entry.  An officer aboard the Hermes vouched for them, before they were going to employ more aggressive tactic leaving the guard tied up in shrubs and sporting several bruises.  Jug noticed several officers of note go in one room.  Quietly she told her squad to stay and wait, Bog would go with her into the room.  Entering quietly and stealthfully the noticed Hack and others.  This was where they needed to be.  If only to make them notice they were there and ready she moved to be near Hack and in her best try a salute "Gavans are ready Admiral"

Karl walked in, dressed in casual attire, not dressed to get into the action but dressed down enough to be inconspicuous, either just another troop on shoreleave or maybe even a civilian.  "I'm just here for air support," he quipped, giving a wave to those around the room he recognized.

  Shadow looked at the   'keys' Garrat game him, he  held them up for the others to see  and placed them on  small table  near Beth where she had her Coffee and  smaller  Vidboards.we'll see how  debrief  shakes out.. those  who  can use them best,  will use them.

 Admiral HAck smiled  as he Saluted   Jug, welcome Jug..this is were you learn if you can take part in these types of  missions... I have little  doubt you can be  quiet enough?... but... can you maintain   discipline ? We know you can  fight...many ways to  fight..this is more quiet...more  deadly, for both sides.

 Hennings   looked up  as KArl  came in.always need  wheelmen... at the start  or  at the end.....

 Shadow snorts   as he watches the Map come  to life,sometimes in the middle.

 Lizzy followed Karl in she was dressed sexy casual, and stood by Karl and said,I can drive or do air support whatever you need, or a sexy distraction if needed.