Kristie hesitated as she began to lick her lips. As sore and cracked as they were now, wettening them more so they could freeze again would do more harm than good enough if the short term soothing was a godsend. It bothered her, but spending 11 months in the desert shithole of Afghanistan with the 82nd was possibly more Hell and home to her than her hometown of Seattle. It finally sunk in that she could feel her legs again, but her toes remained MIA and worst case were KIA. She would never voice such concerns, as General Shepard always called her a 'good little soldier'. Never say no, never questions orders and never complains. If Kristie didn't have a childhood, the drunken rumors spreading around 'the compound' regarding her assembly at Area 51 would likely have legit credit.<br/><br/>"<strong>Well ...</strong>" Kristie finally croaked, surpressing a wet cough as she just knew the flu had caught on to her. "<strong>I spotted a small basement access hatch on the East side of the house on my perimeter sweep an hour ago. I doubt it has moved since then, and it wasn't guarded but I couldn't see a lock on the thermals. Could be a possibly entry. Beyond that, the roof on the North side has a lot of drift snow piling up and if we're careful and light, we could make roof entry and blow our way in from the skylight.</strong>" Kristie coughed again, as she poked Eric's PDA with the thermal scan map from an orbiting satellite. "<strong>I think our best bet is that basement acesss, the front door is too exposed and we'll have to take out those perimeter patrols, I counted 3 overall, before we go in. Its definitely gonna get loud.</strong>" Kristie couldn't remember on hand where the patrols were, but she knew they were counter-clockwise around the house and crossed in front of her a Taple at their OP(Observation post) every 15 minutes, which meant they were moving slow. Their circle pattern wasn't far from the house, and Kristie was confident they might have gone inside.<br/><br/>"<strong>Audio suggests they are Middle Eastern, their access suggest Pakistani but thats not 100%. I wouldn't doubt they are feeling the chill more so than us, their gear isn't top notch...no winter lining. I'm surprised they haven't gotten frost bite yet. I only saw 2 patrols in rotation, that means our grand total is 6 outside and 9 inside. Easy as pie boss.</strong>" Kristie was cocky, maybe too cocky, but it served her well from the position of ASL. "<strong>But we are running out of time, if those shooters who took out Cod Fish are in a hurry they might be here within 15 mike, I doubt we wanna be here when they show up, expecting Trout unaware and find out his ass is grass along with his buddies.</strong>"