At the pilot's suggestion, Esailia did hook up her PADD to the chopper's gun cam, and what she saw did not make her happy. open space and no dust clouds to block possible sniper shots. She flipped to Kensington's frequency once more "Pilot, when you land, get as close as you can to the crawler. My squad will hot hop and you can get back into the air. If we see signs of infantry inside, you'll be the first to know." The feline captain kept the comm open as she started scanning the outside of the crawler's hull while, in another window, she brought up the usual blueprints for the huge vehicles.

"I don't like our choices. It's either up the front ladders, or in through a roof hatch. I doubt we can get one of the cargo doors to lower from the outside. Both the other options can be easily covered by a single soldier. How's your aim, Kensington?"

Esailia waited for an answer, then swapped to local comms for her squad "Wynn, get up those stairs as quick as you can, White and I will be right on your tail. Breach the moment White taps your back, and get inside as fast as you can. Tight quarters might not be the best, but it's hell of a lot better than having our brains blown out by sniper fire." Her soldiers nodded, cocking weapons and checking their gear as per usual operating procedure. The feline swapped to the ATCV's channel "Edward, your time will come if the chopper comes under fire, we will need you to come up and cover us and any civvies we find. In the meantime, get to a safe spot, and get your hacking kit set up." Edward had been driving over the bumpy behind the GEARs, but slowed to a stop out of sight of the crawlers and threw out a quick "Yes, Ma'am!" before scrambling into the back of the ATCV to prep his station.

Flipping to the overall comms, she reported in "Fire squad is moving in. We will head for crew and passenger quarters first. Find any survivors we can. Then to the bridge to find out what happened. Esailia out." She cut out, slipped her PADD into its secured position in her vest, before grabbing up her rifle to check herself. With all three ready, she once more clicked the pilot's comm on "Ready for drop off."