Hackett remained silent throughout the conversation, she was focusing on Ashleigh's gear. Derrick was carrying a bit to much, but that didn't matter if he could get himself down on the ground, as Utem showed up she noted he too had a bit to much, but again, didn't doubt he could get down. But to the conversations she was distant at best, she didn't really want to shoot anyone down or come off as cold right now, but this was pre-mission and flirty stuff and fun were of no use to anyone if they wanted to live, HALO jumps were hard to say the very least. "<strong>Alright, now that your all here, I'm going to give you all... a quick explanation of the junk your wearing and what to do before jumping, and when you jump, and when you land.</strong>" Anna stood up fully and spread her legs out, putting the thick black helmet on her head and clipping the oxygen mask so it was hanging off the right side of her helmet.<br/><br/>"<strong>First off, you should all be wearing a full body suit of Nomex and polyester. You need to have a hood up, and be zipped up to the neck and have it closed over again with the small flap next to the zipper. This is a jumpsuit. The materials maintain your body heat and block the cold and extreme air speed and pressure to your skin. While wearing your jumpsuit and helmet and mask, you should have no exposed skin at all. If you do, we need to fix that. At 30,000 feet and screaming down to the ground at 200 miles an hour, you can be frostbitten in seconds and more importantly, you might succum to what we call puffing.</strong>" Anna pulled on her sleeve to expose her wrist. "<strong>Puffing occurs when a rush of air penetrates your suit and cannot exit again, its essentially like standing under a fan with the air blowing up your shirt, it puffs out. Here however, at even 20,000 feet, the air pressure combined with speed could easily cause you severe respiration problems by putting intense pressure on your chest, and it also messes up your air resistance by making you bigger. Make sure you have no explosed skin or loose areas on your clothing before we jump.</strong>" Hackett pointed to the large bag on her back over her shoulder and turned slightly. "<strong>This is chute one, hereby referece to as your jump main. This is your main and primary jumping parachute. This-</strong>" She pointed to a small clip on her left shoudler. "<strong>-is your pull cord. You guys have advanced versions that will automatically pull at my set altitude, but keep your hand on this at all times when I pull my chute, if you don't pull within 3 seconds of me or the person in front of you, pull this immediately. If this fails, pull the cord on your right thigh to hit your secondary. If both fail, turn yourself around to your back and spread your arms and legs as far as you can and radio me. Assuming my primary didn't fail, I'll cut and try to get you.</strong>" Anna stopped for a second and looked at the scientist. "<strong>Now don't assume your chute will fail, there is a less than 2% chance these chutes will fail. I packed them all myself.</strong>"<br/><br/>Anna turned around again and spread her legs apart, raising her arms straight out and bending at the elbow at 90 degrees. "<strong>Alright, this is your fall formation. Arms out and legs slightly apart at about shoulder distance. This creates good air resistance but does not create to much, allowing you to fall at a good pace. If you need to turn, tilt your body either way and straighten your arms at your side, try and stay parallel to the ground as you descend, this way when your chute opens you don't drift to much and try to stay near me. It'll be hard to see, but your helmet visors have integrated night enhancement and I'll have an IR strobe on my back, so keep an eye on the bright flashy light on me, you'll be able to see my chute open as well. When you hit the ground, keep your legs straight and firm and let your body topple. Do not, under any circumstances, let anything other than your feet hit the ground first, and don't bend your knees. Your legs will snap, land feet first and let your body fall to the ground. Collect your weapon, check your surroundings. Pack your chute in the bag, and find me. Simple.</strong>" Anna nodded, pointing to her mask. "<strong>Finally, I will tell you all when to put your mask on. This is 100% oxygen, and because we're at 30,000 feet and the oxygen is thin, you need to keep this on at all times or you will pass out. Also, once I tell you, keep them on and do not take them off. Staying on 100% oxygen will decrease nitrogen levels in your blood. If you do not do this, your veins will pop with the extreme change in air pressure as you fall. If you've ever gone deep sea diving, you know what decompression sickness is, and that will happen if you are not on 100% for at least 1 hour pre-jump.</strong>"<br/><br/>Anna clipped her breathing mask on and looked at everyone through the tinted visor. "<strong>Thats it lady and gents, thats parachuting 101. We will pop cords at 1000 feet after a 29,000 foot fall, ETA to ground from aircraft is between 2 and 5 minutes, so keep your wits about you and focus on me. If I radio you a distress, pull your cords immediately, and stay abirth of each other, don't bunch up. Anything to ask, ask me on the plane. Lets roll.</strong>" With that, Anna unclipped her oxygen mask and stepped up the ramp and into the main cargo area of the MC-130.