Dawn. It took a lot of cautious maneuvering over the course of the night to get into position. It has been a week since Lt. Tekai and Price joined the 432nd. Intelligence was coming in that the scientific, and research team that was responsible for the mobile Armor that they destroyed Two weeks prior was leaving Earth to take their data back to Side 3 on board a Zanzibar. The High Command wants that Ship destroyed. So ensuring that they do, A "Tactical" Sniper was brought in from Europe, rushed.<br/><br/>The 432nd's orders were to protect the Sniper at all cost. The Main base assault was meant to be a diversion for the sniper team. It took a moment for the sniper to set up. The Tender truck being the most troublesome. The 432nd is to form a defensive arc in the most likely direction of a counter attack. This time they were equipped with the latest weaponry, Beam rifles. Considering the still highly experimental and classified nature of the Weapon, it was only allowed to be used on high priority missions and under the direct approval of the Base Commander. Even though the rifles passed numerous bench tests, the field results haven't been tallied yet. This made Sampson very nervous to use an basically untested weapon in a very high risk game. In the Hover truck, Alisha could hear the assault force making their way to the rally point. They were intentionally making more noise then necessary to draw attention away from the Sniper team. Jared was monitoring communications with the Assault Force. "They will begin the Assault in 20 Mins." He reported using hard cables to prevent radio transmissions being intercepted. "No new contacts, it looks like the base is taking the bait." Aisha reported as well.<br/><br/>In his cockpit, Sampson looked over the fairly limited amount of ammo the Beam rifle can carry. It was substantially less than 100mm Machine gun, but the Armorer claims that it can easily core a Zaku thru it's shield in one shot. Samson wasn't sure he was willing to stake his life on it. The 20 minutes quickly passed as everyone could hear the alert sirens raise up from the base.<br/><br/>-------------------------------------------------------------------<br/><br/>inside the base, the last minute preparations were being finished up. Lucille was clutching a small stuffed bear one of the soldiers gave to her while she stayed on Earth. She kept quiet knowing that there was a lot of work going on. Along with her, They were ferrying the wounded that can no longer fight off world for the trip back their respective colonies along with the Research, and Development team. She looked around while holding her Nanny's hand. The wounded were giving first priority before anyone else. The flashing yellow lights and the wailing siren seemed to be deafening in the cavernous hold that the Zanzibar was resting in before take off. Mrs. Grooms looked nervous, she knew the sirens meant the Feddies were attacking, and was wishing desperately to be in space. Neither notice Catrina and Jillian approaching.