<div class="floatleft">(http://media.moddb.com/images/members/1/771/770163/anime-girl_011.jpg)</div><br/><strong>Name:</strong>Kyra Sayre<br/><strong>Location:</strong>XCOM Barrack Main Hall<br/><strong>Action:</strong>Addressing the Valkyries<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>All<br/><br/>Looking over the four ladies in front of her, Kyra formed a slight scowl across her face and shifted her stance with her arms crossed beneath her bust.<strong>"Not too bad, ladies. Looks like you're all loaded up and ready to go. Good."</strong>Her eyes scanned over each one of them. three out of the four seemed ready and prepared. The rookie, however, had shit-scared written all over her face. With a smirk, Commander Sayre locked eyes with her.<strong>"Stick with your teammates and you'll be fine."</strong>Kyra found herself in that rare mood where she actually cared about something other than causing ET brains to burst.<strong>"Let's move!"</strong><br/><br/>With a press of a button on the holo-console next to her, the floor the five of them stood on jerked to life. Gears shifted and hummed as the elevator lifted them to an upper level. The lights of the barracks and the lower hallways dimmed as they were surrounded on both sides by the earth's mantle. If it wasn't apparent by now, it would have sunk in that moment that they were fall below the surface of the Earth. Hidden away from any enemy attempts of detection.<strong>"A few of your fellow Valkyries have been reassigned if you're wondering why there's only the four of you."</strong>She turned bout-face as the earth above gave way. A bright heavenly glow fell upon the women as they reached the 1st level of XCOM's hidden base. To their very left they would have noticed the presence of Mission Control standing by their stations.<br/><br/>An army of women just like the Valkyries manning their consoles and communicating orders between their designated stations. In the very center of the room was the holographic image of Earth in its entirety revolving in a suspended space. If they payed more attention then they probably should, they would have noticed the hologram jerk to a section of the United States, where the area was magnified to reveal a section of the East Coast.<br/><br/><strong>"This way, ladies."</strong>The elevator came to a light stop and Commander Sayre marched forward into a hall which seemed to hum with the voice of a jet's engine. As they all walked forward, the command center was soon out of view. The hallway was brightly lit, and widened like a large holding cell. At the end of this hanger was a heavy metal door: almost two tons of carbon steel. To the right was the carrier revving it's undercarriage rotors. For something so big to purr so calmly, it set an example for how advanced XCOM's technology was. An unsettling fact considering the ET's completely overshadowed even their technology.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Big Sky</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121030020304/xcom/images/4/4d/XEU_Skyranger_schem_wings_out.png)</div></div><br/><br/><strong>"Open the hatch!"</strong>The commander stood to the side of the staircase leading towards the large jet carrier. With a gaseous breath, the back panel of the massive plane lowered and extended out like a ramp for the Valkyries. Inside were two rows of four single-seats for them to settle in during the trip.<strong>"You're shipping out to s suburb for your first mission, Valkyries. There's been reports of a small-scale abduction zone set up. Get in their and knock some heads. I'll be in direct contact with you throughout the entire mission."</strong>Stepping over towards the rookie, Saberhagen, the commander removed a small key from her left pocket.<strong>"There's a locker on the jet with XCOM's standard munitions. Get yourself armed and ready."</strong>