Angela shook her head, as valid as Fareeha's concerns were. "No, I don't think you have to desert. Not completely, anyways. Command may put pen to paper, but at the end of the day, it's a piece of paper. Tell the people here, like Kalte and your officers in the ESF who trust you with their lives. Tell them the situation, and I know they'll understand... I know that you would fight and die for this country. And I would die right along side you if it meant saving the lives of others."

The Swiss woman paused. Dying, huh? That was a new idea.

"Okay, this may sound absolutely crazy, but what if we feigned death to your superiors? We tell your officers and Kalte that we're going to Talon, but they'll relay a false message that we were killed and unrecoverable due to the omnics. It's a shady idea, which requires absolute faith in those we choose to tell of the plan, but it could trick those who sit there and run a desk while people die out here. I'm not even certain it would work, but it'd be one way for you not to be considered a deserter and potentially hanged if they get their hands on you again."