Eileen was not at all pleased to hear the news of a KIA pilot, she flicked on her afterburners and flew towards the pickup point breaking the sound barrier. The natives shouldn't have had the tech to be able to bring down a pilot, this had to be something else and whatever they were... Eileen had a feeling this was just the beginning.

[color=8493ca]"securing the rendezvous point."[/color]

Eileen soared over a nice spot of grassland on the edge of the jungle, transforming mid-air and crashing into the ground in a classic superhero landing. She quickly turned on her short range scanner and looked around the immediate area. He sensors read nothing so she felt it safe to call in the pick up ship. Eileen patched herself through the to command cruiser.

[color=8493ca]"This is Eileen. Marking a location for pickup, be warned possible hostile still on the planet. Proceed with caution."[/color]

With the evac on its way Eileen fired a flare into the air and waited for the rest of the pilots. And by the time the others had trudged their way through the jungle, the evac ship would have landed at Eileen's location.

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Jenny waited patiently as Azai topped up the fuel reserves of her mecha. Though Jenny couldn't help but gasp as she heard of the murdered pilot, she was happy her helmet covered her face or people would have seen the tears rolling down her cheeks. Sure Jenny hardly knew the person who'd died, but now that they'd passed Jenny would never be able to get to know them. It was a pain Jenny wasn't ready for, though Jenny knew that as a pilot death was one of the many risks. She just prayed that next time she'd be there to help protect her fellow pilots.

Jenny didn't get much time to sob as they needed to get to the evac point that had been designated by the senior pilot Eileen. It wasn't too far but the jungle would obviously make the trip more difficult.

Jenny obediently followed behind Azai and Kaselith until they reached the evac point, luckily the trio wasn't intercepted by the natives or the mystery assailant. Jenny let out a sigh of relief and climbed into the ship plonking her rear onto the floor with a loud clang. Yes, she wasn't being very professional at the moment but she wasn't really worried about that right now, she was more struggling not to cry.