<div class="floatleft">(http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j77/wulfjaeger/___protector_of_time____by_vincentxyooj-d5lw1gq_zps59496fa9.png)</div><br/>Allia glowed internally as she heard Kari support her plans.  This had really been the first time since she'd been in the unit where she'd been in a position to really effect change and offer opinions.  The fact that both Kari trusted and supported her ideas was rather overwhelming.<br/>The fact that she was actively trying to sell it to Damian as he sat to listen to her brief played even more to her ego than she had hoped.<br/><br/>There was something about the moments that she and Damian had shared.  She felt different about their relationship and there was a new found respect for the man that she knew many of the crew didn't have.  They had connected on a level she'd never connected with anyone on before and she felt that subconsiously were on the same level.<br/><br/><em>"Just scratch those hover vehicles off the list. I know they would be ideal to support Recon, but the maintenance on those finicky vehicles will wreck our budget within a month. The slightest speck of dust up the wrong exhaust and they are grounded for a day, I approve of it. I will change our recruitment focus; define it so we lure in more decent light and medium warriors"</em><br/><br/>Allia watched Damian as he reviewed her plan.  She didn't realize it, but she had been sitting on the edge of her seat until he started talking.  Once he did speak though, her face lit up with a grin.  Her eyes sparkled as he all but signed off on her plan to reorganize the unit.  To offer up a new change to the composition of some units was one thing, to approve of a full reorganization of the unit and trust her judgement on a way forward was much more than what she'd expected.<br/><br/>"The hovers were a suggestion only.  We need to look at what we can get, not what we want."  She dialed back her enthusiasm as much as she could to keep the professional candor.  "If we work this right, it should cut down on our maintenance issues a bit and hopefully highlight our skills for low intensity jobs which should get us back into the game as soon as possible rather than looking for high intensity fights."<br/><br/>Allia pulled another sheet from her stack of notes and scribbles.  "There's one last issue I had and I'm sure Damian has already seen this.  Replacing the plates for Gheistwulf is going to cost us a bit.  He took a pretty solid beating, much like everyone did.  But we all know the stealth armor plates are more expensive."  She looked down at the table for a moment before looking back to Damian and Kari.  "If we are going to go with this set up, we're going to need the Ghost.  I know it seems rather selfish, but I wanted to know how we were going to prioritize our meager budget."