<div class="floatright">(http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj499/MzHyde/Character%20Portraits/Halle1.jpg)</div><br/>The USN Officer sighed, "The data for our prototype was all in one location. We haven't even gotten a test model up and running yet, it was all just data. It was being built by Diable Avionics for us at one of their labs. The staff detected a breech of their system security. A malicious program stole the data and then wiped everything out. Not just the wanzer data. Everything. They couldn't even get solitaire running if they wanted."<br/><br/>"If that's all the questions, I'll begin," remarked Halle. The female pilot stood in front of the group, her hands clasped behind her back. "I am Second Lieutenant Halle Saunders, USN, Hell's Wall. I've been chosen to lead this operation due to my extensive combat experience and my experience with Durai." She spoke in a stern voice, her facial expression cold and deadly serious. "I know we're all from different countries here, and some tension may exist. Let me tell you right now that if I see any infighting in this group I'll shoot you myself. There is no room for insubordination. Your ranks are meaningless on this mission. I follow orders from the people in charge and in turn, you follow me. This is too important a mission to be fucking around. Trust me when I say that Jericho Durai is smart enough and crazy enough to cause indiscriminate bloodshed. Not just in the USN or OCU, either. If he feels sleighed in some... insane way... he will no doubt visit Zaftra and the other countries as well. He is an expert pilot, intelligent, inhumanly strong, and he can be very persuasive when he needs to be."<br/><br/>At this point, Halle brought up another slide. A map of a small island. She stepped aside so everyone could see, then motioned to the map, "This is Devil's Island. Apparently this is where Durai has chosen to make his base. The USN has traced his last communication to a fortified building here," she points to the center of the island, "so we'll be landing here," she points to the edge of the island, to the south. "We will be dropped in from the air tonight. Our wanzers will be equipped with Reverse Altitude Flight Thrusters - RAFT units. Once we drop from the plane we'll use the RAFT to slow our descent and make a landing in the jungle. Once there, our job is to destroy any of Durai's outer defenses. Any naval forces he has, posted soldiers, and wanzers at the southern end of the island. Once it's clear, combined USN and OCU ground forces will land and start a sweep of the island."<br/><br/>She advances a frame, showing a closer image of the island and the complex at it's heart.<br/><br/>"That done, our team will spearhead the attack. We push to the center of the island, assaulting Jericho's main force head on while the OCU/USN soldiers flank them. After that, we take out the building, find Durai, and put him down like the dog he is." She looks up at the others. "Questions?"