[center][h1][color=9e0b0f]Ava Lane[/color][/h1][/center]
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"Wait, hold on, I—" Ava started saying once Bugs made his impassioned speech about putting her in charge. Unfortunately, having commanded the attention of the room, her halfway attempt at objection was drowned out by the rest of Bugs' speech.

The content of the speech itself was rather corny and cliché, and was laying it on a bit thick, but it was a testament to the man's charisma and mastery in the art of speech that Ava couldn't help but notice that the speech had an immediate impact on the rest of the group.

Even Ava had to admit that there was something more to Bugs than what he had shown so far. At the very least, in terms of being an inspiring speechmaker, he was every bit the ideal noble, she supposed.

"F-Fine...I suppose it's just a training simulation, had to take command either way, might as well be me," Ava replied, looking away to hide the small blush in her face. Being the subject of such an impassioned speech couldn't help but make her feel somewhat embarrassed.

Nevertheless, as it had seemingly raised the morale of the team, attempting to gainsay against it would be counterproductive.

"Erm. Well, moving on, if I am to take command," Ava continued after clearing her throat to regain her composure, "Please remember the following callsigns. Some of the framewerk models are rather a mouthful to say, so to simplify things...we're already using these names unofficially, but this is just to make sure everyone is on the same page and can understand which framewerk the callsigns refer to."

Besides, it was also standard procedure to give callsigns to pilots. A tradition stemming from fighter jet pilots in the Air Force.

Ava then started to list out their callsigns, "Argent Wings will be shortened to Argent, CK-R8 can use the already existing nickname of Cockroach, AA-XOTRY will be Atty as Serah calls it, Argo can be simply Argo, Mother Goose is shortened to Goose, Guinevere is shortened to Gwen, and 5Q-U1 Type D is Squid. As for our targets...Logic Diver is Diver, Horst is Horst, Sleeping Thunder is Thunder. R4-PT0 Type R is Raptor, Shiva is Shiva, Electric Dragonfly is Dragon, Angel Zero is Angel."

Then, before long, the simulation started, and like the rest of the team, Ava entered the simulation, finding herself in the familiar cockpit of Argent Wings.

She had not piloted it in a while on account of being discharged on grounds of a mental issue before being reinstated and assigned here, but just like how one never forgets how to ride a bicycle, the moment Ava's hands grasp the control, it was like greeting an old friend.

She then took a glance at the formation they were dropped in. It seemed like the Professor had randomised their starting location. Well, it's not too bad, at least they were still grouped together.

Looking at the initial formation of Team Apple...as expected, Sleeping Thunder was on the back. Though support units such as Logic Diver Electric Dragonfly being in front of Shiva and Horst were a surprise.

Also, there was a new unit reporting as Team Banana smack dab in the middle of the area.

"Argent Wings, ready to deploy. All systems green," Ava reported, before switching to the coms channel for Team Mango only, "Argent to Mangoes, it seemed like our initial formation is not as planned, but still manageable. As planned, Goose and Squid will advance. Your primary targets are Angel, Raptor, Shiva, and Horst. Your main objective is to hold the line and keep them busy. Gwen should follow them, not far behind and provide support. Argo, you and I will move out after their frontlines are engaged, our targets are Diver and Dragon. Atty, start reconnaissance and inform us of their movements, create disturbance where you can and have Cockroach snipe them while they're distracted. Cockroach, take up your position and proceed to disable Thunder. As for the unknown element of Team Banana, we'll designate them simply as Banana for now and see what they'll do. Questions?"