Esailia had just walked up to the helicopter, giving a nod of greeting to Kensington before she spoke into her advanced headset "Read you, pilot. Report on status, and someone get my fire squad on their comms, get them to report in!"

In the vehicle bay, one of the techies flagged Edward down, tapping his headset. Edward had been directing and helping with getting the extra arrmor onto the ATCV, but he did notice the waving hand in his direction. Nodding, he wiped his hand off on his jump suit before flipping his radio on "Test 1 3. Test 1 3. Private Edward of the firesquad reporting in. modifications almost complete, we'll be wheels out ready in less than an hour."

Just before Naida and Nathanial, fully geared, were leaving, one of the supply officers caught them "Message just came in, someone on the mission is calling on the comm. Your CO wants a report on your status." The pair looked at each other, and tapped their own headsets on "Yo, Sargent Nathanial and private Naida here, just leaving the lovely supply officer with our gear. We're heading to the vehicle bay to drop off our secondary kits, ETA to chopper ten minutes or less or your money back."