Max felt like he'd been struck. His stoic exterior betrayed nothing, but this news shook him to the core. It was happening again. He could almost see his old captain's face being caved in by that psychopath with the rock back on Pelixos. He pondered this for a moment. Aileen? She had been acting nothing like Thomas had back on Pelixos. Max hadn't even guessed that she'd go rogue, they'd even been in the same training unit together. Max cursed himself for not getting to know her better. They were both 350' series Spartans, and yet, he knew next to nothing about her.<br/><br/>Max snapped another salute, already itching for the relative confort of his MJOLINR suit. "Yes sir. I'll gear-up and be ready for dust-off in 15 minutes. Are we dropping via shuttle... or jumping?"