After a few moments of pondering the princess turned to one of the flight coordinators, "where are we on rearming the Swallow and the flight readiness of the wing?" She nodded slightly at the confirmation that things were just about ready, turning to leave.  "Please let the intelligence officer know to comm his findings to myself and the palace, if and when it comes back online.  And...please take care of my melissevarya?  She will be upset when she realizes I have left without her."  She smiled  and disappeared down to the flight level again, heading towards her orni.<br/><br/>===============<br/><br/>Screaming Swallow crested over a ridgeline in the forest before dropping back down, giving a quick glimpse of the ship, followed by a flight of seven more heavy combat ornithopters.  She pursed her lips and gave a low whistle as the first data scrolled over her screen.  "That...is rather a lot of energy for such a vessel.  Given what it did to the other ship and the traces left in the atmosphere, though..."  She leaned back and considered to herself a moment, flying by instinct while she considered.  Of course, that would be the moment of the open, unencrypted all channels broadcast from the ship.<br/><br/>She listened to the message, the visual component on the display on one side where she could catch it in the corner of her eye.  She considered things to herself for a moment before opening a closed channel to the wing, "continue approach, maintain range of attahume rangwe (~4 kilometers) in a basketweaver pattern.  Do not engage unless actively engaged."  She waited for confirmation from the anxious flight before switching the comm over to palace, checking to see if they were online yet.  She sighed a moment before opening the channel.  Why did her father have to choose her call sign?  "Base 1, base 1, this is merry wood nymph...requesting status update and..." she gave a slight trembling smile as she slalomed through the forest, "base 1, forgive the breach of comm etiquette and just put my father on the channel?  I...just need to talk with him."