Kazue smirked as Sergei pretty much gave everyone a piece of his mind. She was glad that someone else had the sense to see just how poorly suited a helicopter was for the mission. It amazed her that none of the other ex-military personnel in the room had seen the problem earlier, and that made her feel good about herself. What made her feel better was seeing the sheepish look on Geoffrey's face in the corner of her eye. There was something about the exceedingly average Singaporean that just irked her. Maybe it was just so uncanny to find someone so incredibly unremarkable, at least physically wise.

"Non-lethal weapons sound good," Firdaus said, suddenly sounding a lot more alive. "The Beretta LTLX7000 would be just the thing for the job, if we can get our hands on two dozen of them, that is. If not, we can always just use shotguns and fire rubber slugs and buckshot. That'd be enough to bring anyone down without killing them."

"How enlightening," Kazue muttered beneath her breath, quite put off by the Malaysian's sudden enthusiasm. Still, she could not bring herself to make any sort of sarcastic remark; it was rare for Firdaus to have so much to offer to a mission's planning phase, since his specialization in jungle warfare and survival was quite a niche specialization and thus it was very rare for him to have any sort of insight worth sharing. 

Wei Jie nodded in agreement. "Sounds good. My team's mostly air and heliborne, so we have no problems leaving the seaborne side to Kingpin."

Kazue grinned internally. Looks like they already had a plan, this could prove to be one of the fastest briefing's she has ever had.

"Wait," Geoffrey piped up suddenly. 

"Fuck," Kazue muttered beneath her breath and folded her arms. What did the mannequin have to say now? She chuckled inwardly at her impromptu nickname for the Singaporean. He really did feel like a mannequin, as unremarkable as he was.

"You said that we got this information from a hostage with a satellite phone. Is it possible that he has been discovered and the pirates are actively on the look out for an insertion force?" He asked and walked over to the screen showing the schematics of the ship. Pointing to one of the containers, he continued, "We will only be on station in a few hours, that's enough time for them to clear out a container and stuff the hostages inside, just to throw us off."

He paused and turned to face everyone else. "Do we have a contingency plan for if the hostages are not where they are supposed to be? Or if the pirates spot us before the seaborne element even boards the ship?"

Kazue frowned. Geoffrey did make a good point, though she suspected that if the pirates found out one of the hostages had contacted security forces, there would not be any hostages for them to rescue. "Geoffrey has got a point," she said and crossed her arms. Geoffrey gave her a small smile, probably thanking her for the support, but Kazue ignored it. She disliked the Singaporean, but she was going to give credit where credit was due; he had brought up a valid point.