<div class="floatleft">(http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j77/wulfjaeger/___protector_of_time____by_vincentxyooj-d5lw1gq_zps59496fa9.png)</div><strong>Allia Rowe<br/>Dropship Black Sun, Inbound Dalton<br/>Dalton System<br/>Duchy of Oriente<br/>5 February 3145</strong><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>Allia stood at front of the room with Damien standing a few feet behind her.  With Kari off planet coordinating with the Dalton government to make sure they had the support of the Hussars and the planetary intelligence, it fell on Allia and Damien to run the Company's day to day ops.  Now they were a little over an hour from touching down on the ground and the tension of so many weeks in space was starting to effect people.  Finally ready to address the crew, she stepped closer.  "Ok, as you've all noticed, we've been inbound to Dalton for the last couple of days.  Even though we came in at a pirate point, it's still taking us a couple of days to maintain gravitational turn and to get things ready."  Allia looked around the room at the unit arrayed before her.  She didn't like being 'in charge' but she knew it was what Kari had been training her for as the Strike Commander.<br/><br/>"We'll be on the ground in a little over an hour.  This is not a hot drop, but since we've been in space for almost three weeks without break, I'm issuing a drop order."  Allia pressed a button the small hand held keyboard.  The lights dimmed and the holo projection filled the air in front of her as she walked around.<br/><br/><br/>(http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j77/wulfjaeger/DaltonCapital_zpsa5007f1e.jpg)<br/><br/>"The large white spot in the middle of this picture just north of the lake is Castleton, the capital city.  The last report of raiders was from the north west.  We're going to set up a patrol area to acquaint ourselves with the area, and give the newbies a chance to run with the unit as a whole.  Allia pressed another button as the image zoomed in to a region just west of the city.<br/><br/>(http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j77/wulfjaeger/PatrolPath_zps435475e7.jpg)<br/><br/>"As you can see, there is a small village west of the city and a volcano to the north west.  We'll set up a patrol route that runs us up to the Volcano, down along the second lake through some flat land and back up towards the initial drop point.  Recon will set picket lines five kilometers to the right of Command and Strike and no more than ten kilometers ahead."  Allia stepped back, turning the holoprojector off before she turned back to the unit.  "Any questions?"