<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=158161.msg7265871#msg7265871">Quote from: KaylaM on 23-11-2012, 07:32:23</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Elisa wasn’t that amused by Lily’s antics. The first time together for a team was not the time for flirting and distractions, especially with the newcomers such as herself and Graf. The last thing they needed was crossed signals or the like on a battlefield, considering that they still didn’t know each other that well and were going into a situation with more then a little uncertainty. For now, she was content to let it stand, however, the distaste was probably clear on her face.<br/><br/>She’d at least dressed passably fort the night; fatigue pants and a shirt, as well as a jacket kept her reasonably covered with her Mechwarrior togs and boots on underneath. Once inside she could strip off and have her vest on in moments, the result of years of practice. A part of her was genuinely surprised that Maho hadn’t thought to rug up more given the conditions. <em>Has she never been in the field before?</em> Elisa asked herself.<br/><br/>Moving over to Graf, she nodded to the newcomer, offering him a sip from her water bottle. “Just a thought here; your <em>Marauder</em> and my <em>Black Knight</em> are the same weight, same movement profile and have similar reaches on their main guns. Might be an idea for the pair of us to work as a team, coveing each other and the like. Besides, if anything tries to get too close to you, I have enough short-range firepower to deal with it.” She glanced at him. “Thoughts?”<br/><br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Graff jumped abit when Elisa came over to offer him up some of her water, he was so wrapped up in looking over the mechs after Lily left that Elisa coming by startled him.  This was his first non-academy command and wanted to show that he was up for the responsibility.  Still his command consisted of two mechs that had armor in name only, but were speed demons when it came time to move.  Then of the other two, one is more of an infighter without the speed needed to get in close to the faster/lighter mechs his unit would be tasked to take on most of the time.  His own mech had the ability to reach to make up for the lack of distance in the other's weaponry but not the speed to really keep up with them.  It's a conundrum to be sure.<br/><br/>The water was a welcome relief though and after he calmed down he gladly accepted a sip with a smile, "Thank you."  He listed to Elisa make quite a bit of sense comparing the Marauder and Black Knight.  "That's very true, the two mechs would compliment each other well.  I could definitely use someone with a bit of firepower covering my flank."  Just as soon as those words leave his mouth he realized his mistake, "Um, wait no...I didn't really mean it like that.  I trust Ranna, Hiro, and Mina to cover me, they are all great pilots I'm sure.  I'm worried that I won't be able to provide them the cover fire they need to do their job, but if we come up against something big the Spider and Locust aren't really able to deliver the knockout punch, ya know?"<br/><br/>Graff was sweating a bit, unit cohesion is a big part of a lance.  You have to know deep down that your lancemates have your six, and Graff fully does even if his comment didn't seem to say as much.  He looks into Elisa's eyes, huffs once and tries again.  "What I mean to say, is that I welcome any help you can provide and will try to keeping things off your back as well."  For any person who's seen their fair share of combat can tell that Graff is a little stressed out here, he's not out of he depth yet but might be putting too much pressure on himself.  Hopefully he can make it past the first 18 months and beyond.