Blade waved casually to Oliver as the tiger called over to him, giving a small smile at his comment. "I'll take my chances, man," he called back. "They ain't managed it yet, among all the other damn things that've tried". 
Venessa and Winter rolled up next, not too far after one another, and the fox stood up as the buxom snow leopard addressed him from ground level. "We'll get ta th' bottom of it one way or another. An' the engineerin' crew on the [i]Claw[/i] is top notch. I'm sure they'll have yer pal there runnin' like a dream in no time flat. An' y'all are right too - a nice cold drink does sound pretty good ta unwind about now too" he tilted his head with a grin and a knowing smile as she took a sip from her hip flask. "Ah reckon there might be somethin' tucked away in mah personal supplies I can share around".
Winter turned up a few moments later and introduced herself, and the fox scrambled down the back of his GEAR, using the built-in handholds to reach ground level, before nodding and throwing a casual salute to the vixen. 
"And nice ta meet you too. I was very impressed with yer performance on th' field. I'd heard about y'all before, and I'm glad ya decided to take up the offer to join. Hopefully though, when we get out in th' field, things oughta be a lot less, uh... 'restricted'".