Uncharacteristic of the time the others in her suite knew Shiva, she wasn't quite as talkative for the rest of the night. She spent probably more time than was useful flitting through the intel they had been given. Not necessarily to plan, but more to understand. However withdrawn she seemed, Shiva did respond to people if spoken to, and eavesdropped on any conversation with the same topic as her thoughts. It at least appeared that the others had the same questions as she did. Even though Shiva could have spent the entire night scrounging through the mission data provided to try and wrap her head around why the mining station was targeted, she disciplined herself enough to head to bed at the regular lights-out time. 

When Shiva woke up with a clenched and sore jaw the next morning, she realised that all of her overthinking was probably nerves all along and tried to just swim with it. The morning seemed to pass by quickly, even for the little time they had to get prepared. Akilah, The Assembly's quartermaster, or whatever the equivalent title she had was, almost seemed relieved to hear Shiva's request for her equipment. Shiva had only requested her standard issue equipment. This was simply because she didn't have time to get acquainted with anything new and fancy, more specifically things beyond her regular pay grade.

Shiva jogged up to the drop ship and strode up the ramp to see Shuo and Rareth already seated. Shiva gave Rareth a quick smile and claimed the nearest available seat to the door, happening by Shuo. The fact that her head didn't even touch the headrest of the seat made her feel momentarily surprised, but at least the seat wasn't too small.

With the extra time they had, Shiva gave her weapons a quick check. To distract herself from her slightly shivering fingers, she spoke to the others. As it was now established that Shuo didn't have quite a prominent stick up his arse, Shiva's tone was a tad more casual. "You know, I always thought the engines on these Rothian ships always sounded strange. Not broken, just...I don't know, more like a rising whistle, rather than a roar like other ships. It's a little bit comical."