[center][h1]Lieutenant Commander Johann "Rhino" Von Brandt[/h1][/center]

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Johann continued to nurse a coffee cup as the others chimed in and made arguments for their own outlooks, both agreeing and disagreeing as appropriate. Commie agreed, cleaning up the operation zone would benefit both their own end goal, and that of the planetary invasion overall. Hex was all for the infantry operation, he could not say that was surprising but by the same virtue, it was still outside most of their formal wheelhouses. Yes, they cross trained in operating dismounted and doing so damn well, but that was as much to survive having their MAS shout out from under them as it was to perform infantry operations. She was at least making a good argument, but he could not bring himself to agree with it, not when their core skill set was MAS piloting. It was what they brought the most weight to, end of the day, so stick to what they were best at. Boss finally spoke up last, laying down the final decisions, at least as far as it would be decided.

Option One was out, a bit disappointing but ultimately not unreasonable either. As mentioned it didn't put them any closer to their overarching objective, even if enabling better air coverage would be useful down the line. The mention of some sort of Ace bogging down 233rd Armored Cav was worth keeping in mind, given their own encounters recently. Never could tell when an ace or experimental weapon was going to rear its ugly head again, so worth keeping eyes wide in that regard. Option Two was likely out as well, though with a nod to the argument from Hex, before focusing on Option Three instead. Hit the power, force the Coalition to adapt and have to reroute power. Hell that could have an impact on the anti-air grid in place, if they were lucky, though he had no argument against option three.

[color=lightblue]"Feel free to load up the demo charges on Secutor as well, won't slow me down noticeably anyways."[/color] Better to have them and not need them, even if a 170mm HESH shell could probably do a [i]hell[/i] of a lot of damage as well. He could also swap out weapons on the Secutor if they had them, and someone suggested it, but as far as he was concerned it would suit the mission as it was. Well, once the laser communication module was installed of course, but given that was the direction they were seeming to be going, better to already start planning ahead on how he was going to conceal Secutor. Lot of letting others lead and run recon, most likely, and sticking to the larger ruins whenever possible.