[hr][hr][center][img] http://www.tgarretteaton.com/digital/CA/ice_v3.jpg[/img][color=olive][h1]GRAHAM[/h1][/color][b]DEPOT STATION (EXTERIOR), NEW ANCHORAGE
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No questions, but having plenty to say it seemed.

Tahlia Styles was the kind of roughneck fighter he needed on his squad and even with her nonchalant bluntness it might’ve been a good thing to have around— and she knew [i]protocol[/i], which is more than he could say for some of the members of his group. Red-Star had done well with this one. It was interesting to see how different the two former Red-Star employs were despite both following protocol to Graham; it was as if one was fully confident and comfortable in who they were while the other was mincing his words to save face. But then again if his battles were anything to judge he wasn’t perfect in judging character off first impressions. But his gut definitely told him a story about Alexander and Tahlia, and given what he had read in their dossiers it seemed some math wasn’t adding up where it should have.

[color=olive]“It’s fine, Styles.”[/color] He began before his eyes drifted to the reporter who had some experience of her own to note.

[color=olive]“As for your question, Maverick— I’ve been looking at a databook of various options to begin our operations. You could be in the American Northwest for some time or you could end up doing a contracted job for Magen in the Middle East or Paragon in Central Europe. There are a lot of things to consider but I’m not ruling anything out.”[/color]

With that answer out of the way he looked to Jingo and the Horowitz kid. 

[color=olive]“Unless someone else has another inquiry, I believe we can get out of this snow and inside to the main facility?”[/color]

With little objections to his ultimatum of shaping up or leaving aside, Graham reached to his belt and withdrew a synthetic cigarette from a pack before striking it on the flint casing of the belt’s compartment before placing it in his mouth. If there were no more questions he would lead the group into the main part of the base— he had two more stops before he unveiled something that would either make or break the group.