[b][I]Raven Rivers[/i][/b]

"I'll melt the base entrance with the laser, then," Raven said, intermittently panting between each word, "They should have fun navigating molten metal and rock..."

Then they received a message from the Captain himself: The Crimson Fists were coming. With a note of urgency in his tone, Raven shouted, "I'm melting the base entrance [i]now[/i]!"

A few seconds later, Raven's cockpit was sweltering to the limits of normal human endurance and the enemy supply depot had been rendered unusuable. Now it was time for them all to go, and Raven followed after the others as they went to the designated escape route, hopefully still covered by ECM and with some more moments to spare before the enemy forces arrived. Even then, Raven knew that their new base might have been compromised by the Colonel's transmission, meaning that it was imperative they get there quickly before the enemy decided to send an expedition to their makeshift 'home' (quotation marks deliberate).

Another part of him hoped that the Espian Free People's Movement and their armed forces made use of the inevitable reprieve for them well; Raven still rooted for them despite everything everyone else said.