[color=gray]Heavy breathing.

It was everywhere in the troop compartment of the boarding shuttle. Beneath the oxygen masks worn by everybody else, the breathing was loud and it filled the otherwise silent compartment. It was dark, lit only by the red boarding light and some other dimly lit guide lights through the compartment's causeway. Other lights emitted from the gear the troops aboard wore. Every once in a while there was idle banter between two or more troops, followed by either silence or a brief chuckle. In between the scattered breaths of the troops, last minute gear inspections clicked and shimmied between the bodies. The light hum of the shuttle's engines droned into everybody's heads, it was difficult to even hear one's own thoughts.

When the shuttle started shaking from nearby shots, people began to get uneasy. The Uslam people, originals to the regiment, weren't so stirred by it, but the newer and far more green troops of the rebellion gripped onto something at even just the slightest shake. This moment was always tense and it always put even the most hardened soldiers on edge. A single puncture in the hull of the shuttle would spell a painful and gruesome death as the compartment would depressurize. But surely enough, the shuttle reached its destination safely.

Kana was in the middle of the boarding party, her assets on the field were too important for taking point and she couldn't be at the back lest a TIE fighter destroyed the shuttle as people were still dismounting. Her communications equipment would be needed to oversee troop movements on both sides throughout the imperial starship and her knowledge of imperial technology would be crucial if they were going to shut down the ship's engines. Command had tasked her with splicing security and shutting down power to the ship's drive components all the while making sure they weren't crept up on. It wasn't uncommon for Kana to take a rookie with her to listen in on the comms while she did tech work, and this mission was no exception.

Stepping from the shuttle and into the maintenance corridor was, thankfully, easy. There weren't any imperial security forces moving to meet them just yet but Kana knew that wasn't going to last long. She put her back up against the wall opposite to the breach and began listening to the comms traffic. Her appointed rookie stood next to her, looking both ways down the corridor, he wasn't quite sure where to aim his blaster as he did. [color=darkkhaki][b]"Security forces are moving in. We're going to need to be quick about this, we don't exactly have a lot of room to maneuver down here. Once we get to drive control I can shut down the engines from there. By the books."[/b][/color]

Kana nudged the rookie on the shoulder, [color=darkkhaki][b]"Stay close, watch my back. I'm gonna need you working as my ears while I handle the tech."[/b][/color]

Kana and the rest of the team assigned to the engines started down the corridor. It wasn't long before they met resistance, but the Liberators was a skilled unit and they were facing off against an outfit that didn't see much action, especially in the way the 2nd did. The first few naval troops to meet the team were shot down before they could fire back. The ones following those unfortunate few came to their senses, took cover at the corners and tried to pin the advancing Liberators down. A well placed sonic grenade took care of that problem quickly and it wasn't long before the team was advancing once again on the engines.[/color]