"Extra medical equipment would be a good idea, yeah," Blade replied to Ken. "Let's hope we won't need it, but if we do, then better to have it there. And yes, you'll be fully kitted up for combat. The ground crew will be uploading missiles and rocket pods to your heli as we speak". 
Nodding to underline his statement, he turned back to the briefing screen. 
"That 'bout does it fer the Q&A session. Final things ta note, people, before I dismiss y'all to begin prep. We'll be splittin' inta groups again. Ken, y'all will provide overwatch an' rapid response. Captain, yer fire team will investigate th' Crawlers as a priority, an' then move based on anything ya uncover, or anythin' the GEAR teams encounter. As we've had a few drop-outs, accidents an' transfers followin' trainin', we're operatin' with reduced numbers fer the meantime until we receive new pilots. So, we'll be down ta three teams a' two GEARs an' one team a' three fer the larger objective of th' centrally placed residential area. Everyone'll be tooled up fer general purpose engagements and max mobility, since we'll be spread out. Each duo of GEARs will investigate one a th' three landmarks I mentioned. As our numbers and GEARs have gone a bit all over the place, I've tried ta balance out the team, but like I said; we gotta make do. So; Team one will be myself, Mike an' Kuraiko. Team two will be Myrina and Arcade. Team Three will be Adrian and Aiden. This sorta makes a balance of scout an' GP GEARs in each unit... sorta... but it should work anyway, what with equipment swapouts an' such. Anyhew, Team One has the residential area, as it largest and most built-up. Team Two the irrigation facility and Team Three the Copper Mine. All the relevant details for each site have been uploaded to your PADDs. The procedure for the mission will be to recon each site, an' as soon as y'all encounter anythin', break away and raise the rest of us to converge on yer position to engage in full. If y'all are overmatched from the get-go, Ken'll back y'all up so ya can withdraw, an' the [I]Claw[/i] will be on hand to provide long-range missile support an' all, but as stated earlier: we won't have overwatch from satellite, nor normal radio comms, only LOS comms. So, any fire support will be on a delay, and kinda laggin' behind. Most of our heavy weapons will be 'organic'."
"Once we identify the correct site, we neutralize or engage as much of the opposin' force as poss, and then the Captain can move in under cover fire, secure an' extract the hostages, while we cover th' extraction and then take care of any remainin' forces. Our job will be ta give 'em fire support an' heavy weapons cover as they perform th' extraction too".
He checked the time index on the screen. Under three and a half hours until launch.
"All right, y'all have yer orders. Go get yerselves ready; RV in the Hangar for final checks in two hours from now, then launch at 16:00 hours precisely. Amelia, stick behind so's you an' I can discuss th' tactical sitch an' our options in event of SHTF and th' like. Rest of y'all, dismissed!"