Lloyd Carter, Norman Lampart and Hailey Marrow were playing cards, because they had the night shift, when Akira suddenly burst open the door. 
"Whoah, slow down, Hikaru", Lampart exclaimed surprised and the cards rained down on his head.
"Doesn't matter now", Akira called. "Get your butts moving to the Meiyo. This war just got hot."
Marrow jumped up knocking her chair down behind her. "For real? The Russians are invading Germany?", she asked, a bit more calm than her face would make it seem.
Akira just shrugged. "I don't know the exact details, but we got ordered to the... uhhhm, where is it...?" Akira rummaged in her pouch until she pulled out some kind of note.
"Elbe-Seitenkanal. This is where we're going. So guys, get your gear together." She shoo'd them up and swirled around towards the hangar.
Arriving there, she opened the commander's hatch and climbed in starting her checks.
After finishing this, she climbed back out and checked the outside of her beloved Chieftain Mk.11. She fished out a paintbrush and applied some new bits of colour to parts which were a bit weathered down and checked the integrity of the tank's camouflage. "Should work for that terrain." Just in that moment, the three members of her crew came into the hangar.
"Oi, nice paint job, El Capitano", Carter said placing a hand on Akira's shoulder. 
"Norman, prepare the engine", Hikaru ordered ignoring Carter for a bit. Lampart jumped into the driver's seat... well, jumped would be the wrong expression, since you can't just jump into a tank. He climbed more into the tank than anything else.
"Hailey, make sure the gun is configured correctly. I don't want to have a faulty gun while we're out on the field" Marrow did a quick saluted and entered the tank.
"Lloyd, check the engine for me"
After Akira had given all the orders, she watched her crew execute the orders like they had trained them. Satisfied she whistled for Carted to get into the loader's seat and stepped onto the turret motioning for Lampart to start the engine. The roaring of the tank sent a wave of shivers through her body. Akira climbed into her position, wrapping her S-E Mk.III mod around her and mounting her Katana on her waist and the Sterling on the other side. 
"Let's go hunting, pals!"