[i]Okay ROLL OUT, its time to launch, you gotta get going while I shut down everything in my garage, report to the zone that I told you after you kill those chumps,.I wont wish you luck because its stupid, fair travels![/i]
Ryder spat out what was left of his cigar and began turning off the lights as the pilots got into their frames, the slow but hum of the machines started to whir up as the garage door opened and the flood of orange light covered the hangar from the light of the setting sun in the southern wastelands. All 6 of the frames took off at roughly the same speed, as to acommodate the slower CVFs, but they would be at the destination soon.

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At the Ethus silo, 26 very pissed off pilots began to snarl obcenities at the lack of valuables at the abandoned plant. There was no Ethus, the place had been stripped bare, the place was a network of oil rig steel frames and huge empty silos and crates, surrounding huge piles of scrap metal.
They were all in their frames in standby mode while they tried to make sense of the situation
Pilot 22: Where in the crap is all the Ethus? Did we get bad information again?
Pilot 20: I doubt it, you know what texas is like, another low down group of assholes could have taken it a couple hours ago
Pilot 13: Well lets make use of the shit thats here, scrap metal can catch a decent sum if we sell it in Utah
Pilot 21: yeah thats a great idea, lets drop all 28 of our weapons so we can lug massive handfulls of scrap to the midwest, makes me wonder why YOU aren't the leader!
Pilot 2: The boss isnt around right now, so all you answer to me, and I say we keep fucking looking, Ethus can be hard to find when it crystallises but its still very valuable.
Pilot 4: Crystals? I thought Ethus was like electricity
Pilot 20: Funny how you all have so much knowledge on Ethus but cant find any.

The pilots continued to bicker as the 6 pilots drew nearer, they were about 10 mins away...