<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 1.35em;"><strong>1st Lt Ari Redfern</strong></span><br/><br/>Ari kept her eyes on the tall Marine after Lt. Simmons strode into the room to address the Captain.  She knew Simmons' history--it was a damned shame about his crew. Having lost her second on a mission, she had an idea of what he was going through, 'you'd think the man would want upgraded body armor compared the oh, the no body armor that previous gate jumpers had worn.'  she thought ironically.  Though she did have to admit the pelvic thing was "out there."  'Hey,' she thought, 'whatever could possible help if not them, then future jumpers.' She gave a mental shrug.  As the Lt. questioned the Captain she wondered, 'whats with all the questioning of superiors?'  In the Air Force she came from, Lts. didn't object to the flight suits assigned them, even if they made them look like comic book freaks, they said, 'yes, sir,' and 'thank you ma'am' and put them on top of the rest of the pile of regs.  Things sure worked differently here, her eyebrows pulled together to form a slight V as she puzzled this out to herself.