<div class="floatleft">(http://www.infinitelibraries.com/images/vanya.jpg)</div>Location: Artos<br/><br/>"Aff." Ivan accelerated to cruising speed as he navigated his 'Mech out of the hangar and took up position as ordered. He left his scanners on passive, relying for now on IR signature, passive radio reflection, movement detection and assorted other means to determine location of his starmates and the enemy. The first few minutes, he was admittedly concentrating more on keeping his Orion in line - it had been a long while since he had been synced, and never with this kind of (outdated) technology; as a result, he had to get used to how to operate a 'Mech all over again. He kept the channel closed, though - simulated enemies or not, arbitrary transmissions were a good way to give location away. Did these things have any form of tightbeam comms, anyway? Until he figured out all those details, it was better to remain on the safe side, and limit doing anything that might make detection easier.