<strong>Dark Star Dropship</strong><div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/ef/Damian_Harper.jpg)</div><br/><br/><div style="text-align: justify;">Damian reached for what he correctly assumed were records and reports on the pilots Allia offered more details on. His eyes skimmed the text as she continued to make a case for the lighter support. The former clanner agreed, as he had before, but only really because the recruits they had found did not always fit into the structure they were trying to maintain. They needed to regain some versatility, and these pilots would give them just that. Like a true clanner, he would have preferred to see a Warrior or two take up Recon responsibilities, but he was ready to take whatever they could get, and air support was something that had been sorely lacking in the catastrophe that put them in the situation they now found themselves in. Granted, two fighters would hardly have made a difference in that particular situation, but they needed to take what they could get.<br/><br/><strong>"If lieutenant Rowe vouches for them, I say we give them a chance. The dip in maintenance costs alone will reduce pressure on our engineering crew to juryrig where necessary,"</strong> he put the datapad down and slipped it towards his commander. <strong>"Their supplies are stretched thin with us purchasing only just enough to be able to operate safely. Getting a stockpile on essentials will get some of the chiefs off my back and the engineers doing their jobs,"</strong> he explained as leaned back in his seat again. It was clear he still preferred competence over the promise of a 'Mech, which is why he had immediately turned down the potential recruits Allia had mentioned last. They had no margin for error, so they needed, at the very least, experience. If not that, then they needed to avoid loose cannons and gung-ho specialists like the black plague. The choice was Kari's in the end, though, so it was up to her to make the call.</div>