<div class="floatleft">(http://31.media.tumblr.com/7d93b7a317519b035c0fbd5df40edabf/tumblr_mu1298zPjz1svtk2fo1_500.jpg)</div><strong>'DJ' Robins</strong><br/><strong>Dropship Black Sun, Dalton<br/>Dalton; Planetside<br/>Duchy of Oriente<br/>5 February 3145</strong><br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Hiro, everyone in Recon; Open<br/><hr/><br/><em><strong>"Gheistwulf, Ronin.  The rest of Recon is on the line.  Starting patrol.  Ronin will be on point.  Shinigami will be right behind Ronin on overwatch.  The rest will keep us in their ECM bubbles and set the picket lines.  Let's do this.  The sooner we move, the sooner we get some."</strong></em><br/><br/>That was Hiro's voice over the speakers.  Though they obviously couldn't see, DJ nodded her head, confirming the details.  The four Mechs in the grouping started to spread out along various paths, keeping to a closed, encrypted frequency.  The<em>Ostscout</em>began moving to the left side, using it's higher speed and maneuverability to navigate the rougher terrain that direction.  The<em>Uziel</em>took to the right, circling around on the flatter terrain, quickly moving out of direct sight behind a large outcropping of rock.<br/><br/>That left just Hiro's<em>Spider</em>, the light, nimble, almost flimsy-looking mech, to take point.  DJ started to follow, taking the higher path of the landscape, her sensors on maximum alert as she set out to cover all three of her Lance-mates, keeping special care to watch the<em>Ronin</em>since it depended almost solely on speed and agility rather than armor and likely wouldn't come out of an ambush smelling like a rose.<br/><br/>Each of the Lance's members seemed to unconsciously keep themselves about a kilometer apart to provide maximum coverage while also protecting them from all being taken out in one volley of surprise attacks.  The distance wasn't so much that they wouldn't have time to come to the aid of one of their own, well, perhaps the<em>Uziel</em>would have trouble, the only unit lacking jumpjets.  Besides, she was up here, higher than the rest of them and able to provide covering fire if they ever needed it.  Out of the corner of her eye, she kept a tab on the temperature gauge, noting that while the<em>Shinigami</em>was running a few degrees hotter than usual, it was well within the parameters estimated by the techies for the planet's higher temperature.  While she was traveling up through the area, she nearly trampled what appeared to be a small camp that, from the looks of things, had been abandoned for months now.  Still, she called it in, opening up a channel to Hiro's<em>Ronin</em>,<strong>"Shinigami to Ronin, just found a small base camp about 0.8 kilometers due South of your position about 30 meters up the cliff-side.  Looks like someone's been here, but it appears the camp's been abandoned for months now.  Still, I suggest we watch our backs, over."</strong>