[quote]"Okay team," he called out on the squadron-wide channel. "Y'all heard th' man. Safe weapons and stand down - the exercise is over. Form up on me, and let's head to the field HQ for debrief. Well done, everyone." [/quote]
Mike sighed in relief as he took Prowler out of training mode, instantaneously the mech seemed to echo mike. muscle bundles relaxed, armor read 100% and the batteries read their real charge of 85%. for some reason mike would never understand, the training mode always read 10% lower then real level. the hitches on prowler's left side dissipated and fluidity returned to the GEAR. holstering and sheathing his weapons, prowler stood, and strode from the forest, hands empty. 

"Aye sir, Prowler moving to your position" he said, voice clear, but obviously disappointed at his performance. in all mike was surprised they did as well as they did, their gears, while better quality then most of the opposition in the training, had no heavy, or foot mobile support, and as such were at a disadvantage despite their power. sure their gears could do monsterous damage to the enemy, but a few RPG's would destroy them, say nothing about a modern tank. they did good, but mike still felt like he didn't quite do his best.