<div class="floatleft">(http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j77/wulfjaeger/Ghost_zpsc7908c1a.jpg)</div><br/>Seeing Charybdis break through the trees was a warming sight, forcing Allia to smile a bit.  After watching lance mates and other members of the Company torn down by the Jade Falcon's relentless onslaught, to know some of the people she'd grown to like among the company were still alive.  She scanned the field looking for the route to the drop ship.  The ring of craggy hills had served as a valuable operational point of defense for the unit.  The high rocks made assaulting the Dropship from its flanks unlikely and created a single avenue of fire for any incoming hostiles.  It also kept aerospace attack down due to the reduced radar signature and high attack angle they would need to use.  Allia felt quite proud it had been her team that had found the landing sight, she just wished they were here to see the plan unfold.  The fact that the escape plan had to unfold this way was not lost on her.<br/><br/>Knowing she had Damian and Kari along her flanks, Allia turned back towards the hills. Pushing Gheistwulf towards the valley she hoped the extensive damage would hold on long enough to make it.<strong><em>"Mak... a beeline w......s killed. I....igh..e ri..., b... ...ggest .....head ...e ....th .....circl.....und ....clif......ere. It ...l a....ano.... fi....ten min.... our retr...., .... we....ll h....e gre...r cov..... d th...ene... ....ll .... be expe.... us ....mo...li... ...at,"</em></strong>Allia growled to herself as she realized the comms were getting worse as they moved.  She didn't know if the Falcons were jamming them or if her systems were drastically getting worse.  Unable to truly make out what Damian was suggesting, Allia stuck with the plan, driving the point of their small group, hoping to hook up with other units on the way back.  The dense forest would break slightly at the opening to the valley, but Allia figured she had enough power left to make a dash between the rocks if there was any threat.  The flicker of her command controls and her sensors drove her frustration higher and higher, being unable to distinguish sensor ghosts from actual mechs.  Her HUD indicated that her stealth armor was still active, albeit degraded, she hoped any surprise she had in that arena would give her the chance to reach the treeline accosted.<br/><br/>Allia had a feeling that Damian wanted to take another route, to give them cover.  Recalling the route in her head, she knew Gheistwulf would never survive the heavy terrain regardless of the advantage, and the priority was getting everyone they could off the planet.  She moved slowly, PPC and Laser ready and cycled, looking for that Jade Green paint job breaking through the trees.