As the pilots headed to the briefing hall, they heard Lieutenant Ritsu announce over the loudspeakers that Cadets were to report to the briefing hall. The moment Harold arrived in the hall he was followed by Ritsu, who responded to his salute with her own, following protocol. "In file," She commanded, and activated the central hologram when Lorenzo arrived. He took his own place at the speaking podium and looked intently at the hologram; it showed a planet with its outer edges surrounded by green blips and a lot more red blips.
"Lord Commander Cain has issued an order of deployment for Squad Sigma," Ritsu began talking in a strict tone. "Leviticus IX, a colony planet of about ten billion population in the Perekule system and an important source of industry, has issued a distress call due to reports of a Cruxi splinter fleet."
The hologram zoomed in on one of the colonies, Joppa. 
"The Cruxi have a pattern to their invasion in that they always target the largest colonies first, regardless of the amount of resistance. This means their most likely targets will be these two colonies." The hologram zoomed in on the planet's surface, where an immense city was shown. 
"Joppa, which has a population of 700 million, is located on the northern hemisphere of the planet, while Troas, with a population of one billion and two hundred million, is located on the southern hemisphere. Squad Sigma has been ordered to protect these two colonies and to 
eliminate any Cruxi invaders on sight."
"To succeed in this mission, you must split into two units. Officer Harold, you have the responsibility of picking the correct pilots for the units together with junior officer Shinkai. Both units require specialists in long-range warfare and close-range specialists to support them, since our reports indicate that the Cruxi's newest war machine, code-named Mist, is confirmed to be in the splinter fleet's arsenal and possibly deployed to the colonies."
Ritsu changed the hologram what seemed to look like a [url=http://i.imgur.com/5ehpaQO.png]gas giant[/url].

"Mist is reported to be capable of attacking in a 360-degree radius in both vertical and horizontal axis, emitting some kind of radiation-based wave that bypasses Framewerk armor and liquefies the pilot inside when placed under any kind of threat or danger. However, thanks to Squad Beta's honorable sacrifice, we have found out two weaknesses to this weapon; it doesn't differentiate between ally and enemy, and that it's limited to a maximum of medium-range in Framewerk weapon ranges. In addition to Mist, there are also believed to be a large number of regular Cruxi war machines. Their numbers dwindled since their assault on Gomorrah VI, but they still hold an advantage in numbers, so extreme caution is mandatory. NOAH will arrive to pick you up in 20 hours, but it won't leave orbit, so you will have to fly your Framewerks beyond the planet's atmosphere and dock in. The operation will be handled exactly as in the simulation; dock in, wait for the signal, and then jump and perform an orbital landing. However," Ritsu suddenly turned even more tense.

"This mission won't be a simulation, but a real invasion of Cruxi, and there will be civilians present. Look alive, and stay frosty, soldiers, cause we're going to give those alien sons of bitches hell!
Ritsu changed the hologram back to Leviticus IX. "Any questions?"