Edmund collected his thoughts just before going through the doorway to the briefing room, settling on what exactly it was he wanted to say to his squad and what information he wished to divulge. As he stepped into the room he greeted his soldiers with a confident smile on his face that hid the dark thoughts in his mind, "<span style="color: red">Morning, men. Or whatever the fuck you want to call it. I'm sure some of you have come to notice that our lovely cruise to the front lines has come to a stop for the time being. We're making a routine refueling stop in an uncharted system on our way to help out our friends in the 25th to get those Grey bastards off a planet.</span>" Edmund took a moment to look around at his squad to see their reactions and took note that there were a handful of faces missing from the crowd.<i><span style="color: red">Probably still eating or waking up. Could infract them for that, but I don't think I'll be an asshole today.</span></i>His eyes settled on Hannah, huddled up in the corner and seemingly avoided by the rest of the squad, "<span style="color: red">Why don't you join the rest of us, soldier. No need to hide from us, we're not Greys here. If we were I don't think I'd get through that doorway without smacking my face into the frame.</span>" Edmund widened his false smile a bit and gave Hannah a moment to respond before he continued with his briefing.<br/><br/>"<span style="color: red">The system that we are in has a few points of interest that we should all know about. The star we are currently orbiting is a Red Dwarf and it has a single planet in the habitable area that does appear to have life on it. However all scans so far have confirmed that life on the planet appears to be largely bio luminescent plant life. In layman's terms that means they glow, which has been making scans for technological development on the planet pretty damn difficult. The planet has many moons around it and scans of the moons are still ongoing. Should an emergency arise where we are required to evacuate the habitable planet does appear to have a breathable atmosphere.</span>" Edmund scanned the room again as he spoke, noticing a few soldiers were simply not paying attention at all and that many of them were rookies. He mentally shook his head at them, being misinformed can easily get a soldier killed. "<span style="color: red">Besides the habitable planet there are four Gas Giants in the system which are incredibly rich in hydrogen, those of you that have tangled with the Greys in space may realize the risk here, but I'll explain it for the rookies. Those Grey fucks seem to have quite the hard-on for setting up major bases just underneath the top clouds of Gas Giants, making them nearly impossible to detect unless you're right on top of them, and then pouring out completely unannounced and wreaking havoc on any ships in the system. I'm not going to sugar coat this, if we come under Grey attack from mining facilities in even one of those Gas Giants we do not have the means to defend ourselves. These ships are carriers, not destroyers. However this does mean that we have plenty of refueling options and there have been no prior reports of Grey activity in this local area, so we should be fine.</span>"<br/><br/>Edmund ran the fingers of his mostly-human hand through his hair, giving away some of his stress despite the attempts to cover it up, "<span style="color: red">We should only be in-system for a few days before we make the final jump to rendezvous with the 25th, so enjoy the peace while you have it. It may not seem very nice right now but this ship is like heaven compared to the battlefield. Got it, men?</span>" He paused for a response from his men, "<span style="color: red">Dismissed.</span>" As soon as he finished speaking Edmund noticed that some of the soldiers got up and left immediately, like children after a recess bell has rung. He also noticed with some contempt that they seemed to be rookies, and were the same ones that hadn't been paying much attention during the briefing. This time he visibly shook his head and spoke under his breath, "<span style="color: red">They aren't going to last very long with that attitude.</span>" He sighed and leaned his back against the wall.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>