Wei Jie and his team stood at the back of the room as Sergei gave them the briefing. It sounded straightforward enough; all they had to do was just storm the ship in force and the shock of the sudden attack might convince the hijackers to lay down their arms and give themselves up. Of course, it was mentioned that lethal force could be used as a last resort, but Wei Jie hoped it did not get to that point. While he had little sympathies for pirates, he was well aware that most of them were poverty-stricken folks looking for an easy way to make money. Not admirable, but Wei Jie could at the very least understand their motivations.

He glanced at the rest of his team as Kingpin and Cobra gave their own suggestions. As he glanced over each of the operatives under his command, Wei Jie could see a slight issue. Not with the mission or planning, but with his team. Out of the five of them, only himself and the Singaporean - Geoffrey - had any tangible experience in boarding operations. The rest were more oriented towards airborne operations.

"Oh joy, a sea operation." Kazue said drily beneath her breath, voicing Wei Jie's thoughts, albeit in a more sardonic manner.

"We'll make this work somehow." Geoffrey replied with a shrug. 

"Easy for you to say." Kazue shot back.

"Enough," Wei Jie said, with no small amount of irritation in his voice. Sometimes he could not believe that the people he worked with were actually from special operations forces around the world, what with the way they bickered among themselves. Then again, he supposed that they were used to being afforded a lot more freedom than the regular armies. Still, that was no excuse for them to suddenly start acting like children. "Any of you have any suggestions?" Wei Jie asked his team. He would then consolidate, compromise and piece together their individual plans before voicing them to the other teams.

"A helicopter insertion would be good," Geoffrey said. "That way we're all doing something we're comfortable with."

"Yes, the pirates would not notice the loud, whirring sound rapidly approaching them." Kazue said, voice dripping with sarcasm. "Honestly, if we come in on a helo, we would just be giving them an early warning."

Geoffrey rolled his eyes and was about to say something before another member of the team, Adelaida, cut in. "Perhaps," she began, her voice calm and motherly. Despite being the youngest of the team, Wei Jie often found her to be incredibly helpful in keeping the peace between the more belligerent members, namely Kazue and her favorite target, Geoffrey. "Perhaps we could insert both via sea and air. We have more than enough people to do so, don't you think so?"

Wei Jie nodded. That sounded like a good plan to him, but then there was one other person who had not voiced his opinion yet. "Firdaus, what about you?"

The Malay shrugged. "Adelaida's plan sounds good to me," he said. Wei Jie did not expect anything less. Firdaus' expertise lied with fighting in cities and jungles. When it came to air and sea operations, he simply knew how to insert, but had little more to add.

Satisfied, Wei Jie turned to the other teams. "A purely heliborne insertion would be unwise if we have to keep things bloodless. At night, the pirates can hear us coming miles away and will have time to prepare. We would be surrendering our element of surprise before the operation even begins." He said and walked slightly forward. "Perhaps we could have a joint air and sea insertion? Some of us will be dropped via helicopter, but only to act as a distraction while the rest covertly enters the ship via sea. The pirates' attention will no doubt be focused on the heliborne operation, giving the seaborne element the opportunity to free the hostages with minimal trouble."