<div class="floatright">(https://78.media.tumblr.com/62840fd894605907995ed331bf16a6ee/tumblr_mn3kylaOlF1s06oiso1_500.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Angelo 'Angel' Angelino  (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=283333.msg13939074#msg13939074)<br/><strong>Vehicle:</strong>Warrior H-7C VTOL "Double Angel"<br/><strong>Location and time:</strong>Landing Zone<br/><strong>Warning:</strong>-<br/><strong>Tagged:</strong>Open<br/><hr/><br/>"Roger that," Angel replied to the commander's order.  "Comm open and full disclosure."  The Double Angel was showing him nothing but green lights and he was ready to go.  After such a long time wandering around the drop ship, it felt good to be back in the cockpit.<br/><br/>"Angelo is my first name, Hon," he replied to the tech's transmission.  "It's Mr Angelino or just Angel.  Don't worry, I'm a lot harder to offend than that.   I'll give you a head's up when I'm on my way back.  If you've never been in a chopper before, don't worry.  I'll keep the ride smooth as silk for you."<br/><br/>The dropship doors were opening and he applied power to the rotor.  He was through them before they were ever fully open.<br/><br/>"Vixen ground, this is Double Angel.  I am clear of the bay and heading for the blue.  We've got clear skies, so visibility is unlimited and it looks like we have a six knot wind from the south east.  Compass is reading eleven degrees off true north.  Initial assessment of terrain is that the dropship has a clear field of fire out to fifteen hundred meters before there is any appreciable cover.  We appear to be relatively isolated.  I'm not seeing anything noteworthy within sensor range.  Heading out on a wider sweep that will include but will not draw any specific attention to the location Alpha."<br/><br/>Angel continued to transmit information that he deemed relevant, terrain features, an assessment of the relative gravity based on his the Warrior was responding to the controls.  Gravity played a significant role in combat.  Higher gravity would shorter the range or ballistic weapons, while leaving energy weapons unaffected.  The opposite was equally true.  It could mean the difference between a hit and a miss at longer ranges.<br/><br/>He  began a circular sweep of the area.   He swung well wide of the compound on the way out.  When the time came, he flew close enough to see whether the site was still abandoned without making it look like the compound held any major interest to him.  Anyone observing him would thing he was doing nothing more than a routine scouting mission.  His secondary objective was to verify the presence of the Clan scout mechs  that were supposed to be in the area.  Most mechs could easily close a 30 km gap in an hour; scout mechs could do it in a fraction of that time.  He needed an idea as to their current location, speed and direction of travel.  That would let everyone know whether the dropship would be in danger if the mechs headed out on their mission.  He was high enough that he'd be out of weapons range but he'd certainly be able to identify the mechs unless they were cloaked in heavy trees.<br/><br/>He kept a close eye on his clock.  fuel wasn't an issue but time was.  The mechs could only advance as quickly as the slowest vehicle and that meant the King Crab would set the pace.  Even so, he needed to be able to get back to the drop ship, pick up his passenger and get back to the compound at about the same time the mechs were arriving.<br/><br/>All they had to do then was take out a turret, get inside, secure the information, activate the Hatchetman and get back to the dropship.<br/><br/>Nothing to it.<br/><br/><br/><br/>