Aegon was used to dealing with miscreants. He had worked with addicts, deserters, mercenaries, spies, assassins, thieves, murderers, pirates, rebels, more than a few psychopaths. But never before had he had to deal with a child in a commando's body. Aegon glared at Vella with the cold stark intensity and channeled his old drill sergeant, "[color=red] "In the future, refrain from manhandling your teammates. Especially the Geth. She is not a toy, she is a teammate and a valuable asset. And so far much more reliable than you. If you cause an inter-species incident because of your childlike lack of tact, I will personally entreat Republic High Command and you will not like the results. Understood?" [/color] 

The Turian let his human comrade give the briefing. Best to present a united front. He fielded all the questions however, being the more senior agent. He turned to Phalanx and said, [color=red] "Don't fire on anyone who doesn't present a threat but our job is to neutralize or capture Cerberus agents, not babysit civvies who deal with terrorists. If it comes to a fight, they will have to look out for themselves." [/color] It might have seemed ruthless to the aliens but the hastatim had been even more ruthless, anyone of fighting age who didn't surrender immediately was assumed to be hostile and was terminated with extreme prejudice. The Terra Firma members were lucky Aegon wasn't adopting their rules of engagement. 

He managed to restrain from growling at Vella, [color=red] "No charges. We need this facility as intact as possible to gather the intel and personnel we can and I would have thought you'd reconsider setting explosives in an aging tunnel system after the last incident. I will poke the hornet's nest with some flashbangs to draw their attention and we will work from there. Hopefully you can demonstrate something approaching a competent level of fire discipline in this case. But if we meet heavy resistance, I may give you permission to use more destructive methods. But only at my express command and not before." [/color] 

Aegon replied to Ellis, [color=red] "In other circumstances I might have considered it. But you haven't exactly demonstrated that you are trustworthy yet. I want you where I can keep an eye on you." [/color] He trusted Ex-Cerberus operative even less than Vella. Any other time he would have thrown him in a dark cell, but first he wanted to see if he would prove useful. However he did have a good impression of Ja'Far. Other Turians might have had a dim view of Hegemony Black Ops but Ja'Far had been as much a slave as anyone else. And he was demonstrating much more sense than some of the other team-members. Though his method of speech left much to be desired.

He responded to his question, [color=red] "Field interrogations will take too much time, time we don't have in a close combat scenario. But any captives we take will be brought to our own facility. We might be able use your expertise then. As for HVTs, we have very little intel on who could be in there; only that the facility is there. That's why we will try to take as many alive as possible and sort them out later. But it's a good bet that Centurions will have some intel." [/color] Aegon turned to the Quarian, he seemed to have a good head on his shoulders and asked sensible questions, [color=red] "We have detailed blue prints of the Underground but we cannot know how these relate to the composition of their base. It was difficult enough finding out where the main entrance was without compromising the operation. However we will forward the blue prints of the sections of the Underground we believe that are firmly in control by Cerberus. These tunnels are old and will be difficult to navigate. As for numbers, our reports find that there are at least 60 permanent personnel but there could very well be more. For intel, any terminals we come across will be scoured for data and all hostiles will be checked for OSDs or other physical evidence. Each of you will keep your helmet cams running, any little bit could prove useful." [/color] 

They had been planning the Op for weeks, but Aegon knew far less than he liked. Cerberus had chosen a good spot to operate in secrecy. He knew the basics but only the spirits knew just exactly what the team would be facing. So far they hadn't inspired a lot of confidence, but Aegon knew you had to go to war with the army you had, [color=red] "Any other questions?" [/color]