<div class="floatleft">(http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/10800000/Gaspard-Ulliel-gaspard-ulliel-10804113-576-698.jpg)</div><strong>Hector Skorzinni</strong><br/><strong>On the ship, in space</strong><br/><strong>Tagged: Everyone</strong><br/><hr/><br/><strong>Dropship <em>Black Star</em>, attached to its Jumpship<br/>Callison System<br/>Republic Remnant<br/>21 January 3145</strong><br/><br/>The man next to him seemed a good enough guy. He wasn’t acting superior or anything as of yet which for a mech pilot was saying a lot. Hector liked that he had a slew of questions to ask which probably meant he had been with the company for a while. Looking down to DJ she gave a little wave back and he smiled. Well at least she was friendly from a distance he thought. It was good that they had come on at the same time. If there was hazing to be had they could tag up and strike back in a proper new recruits way. Things like that were easier if you weren’t on your own. All the questions were good and legit so Hector kept his mouth shut until he noticed no one asking a few important matters. Well important to him anyway. Seeing that the Chief was about to start he filed them away for later and took in the next set of information.<br/><br/>Hector didn’t like the sound of the environment already. His Gunslinger was a massive heat generator at medium and short range. His heat sinks could handle the load under normal situations but if they got into it heavy he would have to watch his readouts closely. Thankfully the idea was going to be to try and draw them into open fields which would allow his Gauss Rifles to do their thing well. The pirates were doing classic smash and grab on the cities and Hector knew it was going to be next to impossible to stop them from raiding. They would need to locate escape routes and bases to cut them off or gut them at the source. Pirates usually had a lot of nasty tricks when it came to base defense though and he hoped that they would catch them on the field instead.<br/><br/>The chief said that what the locals didn’t know wouldn’t hurt them and instantly Hector liked the military man more. Its better to ask forgiveness than ask permission after all. He also made a point to let them all know that pirates have no qualm with using civilians as shields if need be, a fact that Hector had seen first hand before and still left a bad taste in his mouth. Collateral damage was a fact of combat but keeping it to an acceptable level was the key. Seeing that the three leaders had made their presentations he leaned up in his seat to be seen better and spoke.<br/><em><br/>Do the locals have any of their own mechs and if so will we be working in conjunction with them or as an independent force? Also will we be utilizing the Dark Stars facilities or those provided by the planet?</em><br/><br/>Repairs were always utmost on Hectors mind as Long Tom was all he had to his name and was the staple for a sustained fighting force. He gave a quick look around to see how the others felt about his questions hoping he hadn’t asked stupid ones. His experiences had been with far less organized groups where such questions were more like friendly reminders.<br/>