<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/c/cf/SNBurn.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Michelle Gardner  (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=283333.msg13938150#msg13938150)<br/><strong>Vehicle:</strong>-<br/><strong>Location and time:</strong>Outreach, embarking day<br/><strong>Warning:</strong>-<br/><strong>Tagged:</strong>everyone<br/><hr/><br/>She lets them all discuss things and she waits until there are several questions at once for her to answer, it feels so different to be the one standing up by the map explaining rather than sitting in the back looking at it from the perspective of a Raven pilot. It is a sobering thought to know they are all counting on her, on her to get all the intel they need, to make sure there are jobs lined up, and to make sure they all come back in one piece.<br/><br/>“Let me answer all your questions in no particular order. The area is not in the immediate combat zone, mostly because so far no one has deemed it worthy to fight over. The many rice patties, orchards and rivers make it unimportant in the eyes of the defenders who have chosen to protect the industrial areas and the port more. And it seems the Clanners only strike directly at the forces arrayed before them even going out of their way to hit civilian targets. How long this will last or if it is even a deliberate strategy we cannot say. But they seem more interested in proving themselves against the Draconis forces.”<br/><br/>The map is zoomed out even more to show the nearest Draconis forces who are stationed at an industrial complex some 120km (75miles roughly) away. The compound<br/><br/>“So far the battlelines have been reasonably stable, or as reasonably stables as they are likely to get. The defenders are slowly giving ground, which should be no greater surprise to anyone. That seem to be the way it goes everywhere, the Clans have far superiour tech and the element of surprise. We are still reeling so .. anyway I am going off on a tangent. Our arrival might have them send units to deal with us, so honestly I cannot say if they will come sniffing at us or not. Last recon report showed that the Clan have not placed any mines but that information is now almost two weeks old, hopefully as we arrive we can get more accurate information.”<br/><br/>She nods at the various ideas for taking out the turrets, all of them good. It is telling how each pilot thinks they should handle them, from fooling them to blowing them up while soaking the incoming damage.<br/><br/>“Night fighting is an interesting thought, do you all think you can handle that extra challenge? As for the riverbed, unknown. I do not think sending our tanks around in unknown terrain like that. If they get stuck we will have them on the wrong side of the compound and facing a possible counter attack. I am sorry Nathaniel, I think it is best if we keep the tanks behind as long range support and have them cover the heavy mechs if they come under fire as we retreat back to the dropship. Specifically our King Crab as it is the slowest. As for enemy forces we can expect.”<br/><br/>Another pause and she reaches to fill a cup with water to wet her mouth before continuing.<br/><br/>“They seem to favour fast and hard hitting mechs, Dragonflies for scouting and Vultures for the main hitting force. And let us not forget their far superiour battle armours with what is being called Elementals being a serious risk to any of our mechs even the heavies and assaults.”<br/><br/>