<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/6/6b/Lt_Laura_Alicia_Hicks.jpg)</div><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Character name:</strong></td><td>Major Laura Hicks (MSF)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Location:</strong> </td><td>MAL 0001</td></tr><tr><td><strong>With:</strong> </td><td> Lt. Col. Louise Cotter</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Doing:</strong> </td><td> Getting a summons by the Queen</td></tr></tbody></table><br/><hr/><br/>Laura devided her time between the scenery via the ship's camera system, watching the other passengers for signs of instability and reading a classic via her implant's memory. Even this cut down aircraft had more uxury than the C1030 cargo plane "Zeus" that the SEALs used for their long distance trips and HAHO jumps. For a moment, she wondered what it might be ike to jump from the ramp and into the sky; the only thing between her and the ground being a bunch of silk. That brought to mind calculations that she had done before leaving Earth to determine how much of a parachute she would need to skydive. HAHO jumps would be extremely dangerous because of the winds and thin atmosphere... but low altute jumps offered their own problems as the air to fill the cells was thin and it would take more to slow her. Then the winds would come into play and the light gravity would both help and hinder a jump, even with full combat packs.<br/><br/>She was pulled from her thoughts by a transmission from Lou and she felt her eyebrows rise as she responded with, "Aye Aye Dammy."<br/><br/>She unbuckled her restraints and taking care to not get bounced around, made her way to the port side facilities... another luxury item that hadn't quite caught up with military aircraft. She smiled innocently at Lou as she approached and her eyes flicked to the door before slipping inside.