He gave Nadriina a quick hug when no one else was paying attention, flicking to his female form during the hug but was male when he released her, before putting up a portal. "We would like to thank everyone for using Draiss Trans-planar services, and wish to remind everyone to please stay in their seats with their seatbelts on until the portal has finished depositing the passengers on the other side. We know you had no other options for this trip but us, and we laugh and mock you for it. Thank you, and have a nice day."<br/><br/>On the other side of the portal was a large enclosed and underground area, several hundred feet to a side, comfortably lit like it was midmorning or late afternoon, and several dozens of walls and half walls were scattered about the area, forming a sort of ruin. They were standing on a raised platform, about thirty feet above the floor of the testing grounds, and about forty feet below the ceiling. He gestured for everyone to follow him up a flight of stairs, and soon they were right below the ceiling, in a room that allowed for full viewing of the testing grounds. It had two different floors, one slightly depressed into the other, and a railing along the edge of the higher 'floor' that allowed real time viewing of the grounds. Five Shadow Stalkers were moving around in the depressed area, four behind consoles in the corners, and the fifth moving around and making sure everything was running smoothly.<br/><br/>The fifth one looked up as Draiss entered, and started to call the area to attention, but was cut off as Draiss stepped down the stairs into the lower area. "As you were. Shields on the observation tower are not up and we are less than five minutes until starting."<br/><br/>His observation made two of the units break off their routine checks, and a thin blue haze rose from the bottom of the viewing tower to the top of it as the entrance sealed itself, securing the occupants. The haze quickly cleared as the shield stabilized. "Two minutes to starting, Hovertank V2 General model will be the first test. Hovertank V2 ranged model will be second, and the Heavy Unit V2 will be third. The Hovertank V2 transport model didn't have enough power to get off the ground, so the Hovertank and Transports will have to be separate units until the power cores are more efficient."<br/><br/>Draiss nodded at the report, as a screen between the two 'front' consoles sprang up, showing where the first test unit would be portaled in. He looked up from the illusionary text that hovered over his hand, which was quickly scrolling down at speed. "Any questions before we get started? These units will be the ones that you will be leading in the field when and/or if you ever lead my troops. Also, Nadriina, you are currently designated as my primary general, due to the superior preformance on that simulation. Avi is a army commander, and Kamariel, right now you are in charge of a single task force. Barely. Vorela is leading a wedge of flights, and Kat hasn't been tested yet, but likely a specialist squad."