[center][h2][color=mediumpurple]Rhylaen[/color][/h2][/center]

Rhylaen watched, eyes narrowed, as Arrish again came to her defense -- and just as swiftly backed down again, though she could understand why he did it this time, at least.  They'd all lost people because of the Cruxi.  At least Aurora stayed focused on the task they'd been set.

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Once changed into her pilot suit, she made her way to the VR room.  The helmet was not designed for Tevranians, and squished her ears uncomfortably, but it was something she was just going to have to deal with.  Inside Electric Dragonfly's cockpit, she quickly powered on her machine and ran through the system startup routines.  She didn't turn on the jamming systems just yet, however.  [color=mediumpurple]"Is green,"[/color] she said, on Team Apple's channel.  To the command channel she sent a [color=mediumpurple]"Ready!".[/color]

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[center][h2][color=lightskyblue]Sparks[/color][/h2][/center]

Astolfo's speech was cheesy, but rather inspiring all the same.  Sparks found he was excited to finally get into the pilot seat of the Guinevere, even if only virtually.  He'd done some piloting with her, but none in actual combat against other people.  It would be very different, he was sure.

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Once he and Dancer were jacked in, Sparks booted up Guinevere and ran through his checks.  Dancer immediately took primary control of the six repair drones, installing fragment systems on each one so she could control them from afar.  [color=lightskyblue]"All systems green.  Guinevere, ready to deploy."[/color]