Darius nods.  "You make a good point, sir.  And you're right of course.  I wasn't thinking.  A marine style advance doesn't work as well with such a large and diverse group anyway."<br/><br/>He pauses before continuing.  "Alternatively, we could use the two elite guardsmen units as our forward scouts.  They could leapfrog each other, marine style, moving from cover to cover as I suggested before, and have the best chance of spotting the enemy without being spotted.  The rest of us could follow in as cohesive a formation as we could keep, depending on terrain, sways keeping the rear-most elite guard unit in sight.  This would allow us to move much faster, which would greatly reduce the enemy's response time, but still give us the maximum ability to avoid getting pinned down by an ambush."<br/><br/>He looks to Cortez hopefully.