Oblivious to all the talks below, was one ODST operative - whom was lying prone on the roof of the office building. It wasn't because they were anti-social or had a dislike of their current squadmates - rather it was because, their mission parameter was different than the others.

Mira Niella was Bravo Team' Designated Marksman and Sniper - namely anything long-range was her responsibility. Most would assume, that as a sniper - it was her job to shoot anybody from afar, before they could spot her. That was far from the truth - snipers weren't all long range shooters. Amongst their jobs was also recon, observation, surveillance and target acquisition. In short, her current assignment wasn't to prepare to shoot those unsuspecting civilians down on the streets - rather, it was her job to pin-point and observe any changes to the crowd. Were they being attacked, taunted or being riled up for some kind of an attack. Any such changes could easily result in the entire mob storming the Capital - getting themselves and anybody else in the resulting clash killed.

She had been up on the roof, for the past two days sine they had arrived here. Snipers were trained to hold positions for far longer - two weeks if need be, not moving an inch from their location. Gathering intelligene or waiting for the perfect moment to shoot their target or targets. Mira hadn't moved much during the past two days, always watching and staying still. She had eaten, drinked, slept even reliefed herself ontop of the building. Because it was her job, any sudden movements needed to be relayed down command, so they could react. A missed opportunity could be the difference between a street riot and a planetary riot.

For the most part, she had designated and marked atleast twelve leaders amongst the rebels. Or those, whom were the most local and were spotted moving from place to place and talking to people. So far, none of them had urged an attack or taunted the mob into action - yet there was always the possibilty of one idiot, thinking he had all the right answers to rally the mob into a blind frenzy. If such a thing happened, it would only in death - for him immediately, if the order was given to shoot or by guards stationed with the Ambassador.

She herself just wished the Nimbians would go home - rioting like these, would only result in more crackdowns sooner or later. Be it against them now or later - or against more Outer Colonies, should they remain uncooperative and adamant for their 'independence'. Such things always ended in tears - she had a file in her own documents, which ended with seven UNSC soldiers dead and about a hundred 'rebels' as well. The UNSC called her a hero after that, Mira herself wanted to simply eat a bullet then - she would have, only that she forgot to load a round into the chamber then...

She activated her radio then, to give her report to her Sergeant - every designated time. She didn't much chat with the others, since that would distract her and because she needed quietness to focus. [color=lightcoral]"Sergeant, this is Iron. Protestors are getting more bolder within the hour. Many more are rising and agitating the crowd further - it might get ugly, within these next twenty-four hours." [/color]