<strong>Jumpship <em>Citadel</em><br/>Pirate Jump Point</strong><br/><br/>If there was one thing on Elisa’s mind right now, it was guilt.<br/><br/>She had opted out of the mission for personal reasons, ones that she had felt would pose a risk not only to herself but to the entire team. She’d made her reasons clear to Perkins before the op had started, and had left it up to him if he wanted to communicate those to the rest of the team. Her logic was simple; with how she was feeling at that point, she ran the risk of doing something brash or stupid that would not only get herself killed, but also those around her.<br/><br/>In short, the same thing she’d bagged Shadowborn out for earlier. And that would look just fantastic if she survived and had Perkins and Walter rip her head off for the same thing she’d laid into one of theirs for. On the balance of it, it had seemed like the right thing to do.<br/><br/>For a moment, her mind had been at ease about her decision. Then she’d heard how the battle had gone down, and she’d been staggered. Two of the team were missing, presumed dead. While she’d never really known Hiro, Elisa had taken something of a shine to Yamina. The plucky little<em>Locust</em>pilot had shared a lot in common with her, rising from a poor background and fighting for a living, and she’d considered her something approaching a friend.<br/><br/>And now they were both gone. A part of Elisa hoped they were alive, and the other half hoped they were dead, simply because she dreaded what the Cappelans would do with them if they were captured.<br/><br/><em>I’m sorry, Little Bit</em><br/><br/>She only hoped that she could face up to her colleagues and resume her place on the team afterwards. Watching from the<em>Citadel’s</em>observation deck, she silently waited for the dropship to return.<br/><br/>