Having turned back to the assembled squad after putting forth her plan, Thessalia was little surprised to see Jack being the first to step up to speak - or at his words. What he raised was, however, a valid point - Nephesh was hardly an A.W.E. suited for combat and ULANOVA would already be able to provide both Fire Support and On-Site Intelligence. At the same time, however, the only options were to either place him in Rapid to give them some immediate reconnaisance or to place him in Overwatch to offer a second set of eyes on the front lines and, if necessary, some additonal firepower. The choice had been, from Thessalia's perspective, the lesser of two evils - after all, there simply were some situations in which certain skillsets were of little use; instead needing to be appropriated as best as possible. Aside from that, however, he also introduced himself - without any restraint to his situation as, essentially, Roman's other mental half. Thessalia suppressed a sigh at that - not for the unexpected frankness, but rather the aftermath that would surely follow once Roman was back in place after that announcement.

Sasha, meanwhile, was the second to raise her voice - in incredulity at Jack's sudden change before noting much the same process of thoughts that had already occured to Thessalia in regards to Jack's team assignment to Overwatch rather than Rapid. In addtion, she also proposed a different approach to the situation as a whole - rather than deploy behind friendly lines and approach from there, she suggested dropping straight into the action; most likely to use the disruption caused by their orbital drop to allow them to gain the upper hand in the initiative and act on it; Rapid doing much the same on the other side of the battle lines in order to initiate a pincer-like attack on the Saurids between Core and Rapid while she provided Fire Support as needed. As she said - risky, with a chance of greater pay off. Thessalia, having followed both her words and motions towards the holo-projector, merely kept her eyes slightly narrowed in thought at the input - even as Richard already took his leave; keeping abreast of the tactics through the comms system.

In an almost surprising move, Wolfgang spoke up after Sasha - but not in agreement but rather advocating a more cautious approach; thereby echoing some of the thoughts that had lead Thessalia to choose it over a more aggressive option in the first place: lack of training as a team. Especially considering what it had done to the previous constellation of Squad One, she was not exactly willing to go forth with a plan that relied fully on close-knit teamwork right from the get-go such as a frontline drop - even though she had still thought that Wolfgang would have been in full support of such a course of action as it would have got him into the thick of combat even faster. Eager, but not hot-headed would seem more accurate.

Another voice came up after the German - Hu-Shi's, as she noted two details: Chrome Ex-Road's ability to dispense energy to the less efficient units of Rapid and its unusual methods of locomotion, given its tracked rather than bipedal stature - though the latter would not be much of a hindrance given the generally urban combat zone. The former, meanwhile, was kept in mind - though Thessalia would prefer that they got the operation done within the team's fuel limits. Even so, however, it would be a good option to have in case of unexpected hindrances - much like the suggested rendezvous between Core and Rapid in the field; either being able to lend a hand to the other if necessary.

Following the four, the comms came to life again - as Richard called for silence. Judging by the time he'd been gone, he was either in the comms central of the dropship or the drop bay - meaning he was either about to establish contact or there was some problem with the drop pods. Fortunately, it turned out to be the former when the Englishman hailed the ground forces. The conversation that followed made a few things quite clear - for one, the situation on the ground was getting desperate. For another, the Saurids were mainly composed of a mix of talon-armed Tearers and acid-spitting Slimers - hopefully meaning that there wouldn't be any nasty surprises waiting for them further behind the Saurid lines. With a final word of hurry, Richard cut off communications from his side; seeing to it that the drop procedures would go as smoothly as possible.

A chuckle came from one of the four - not unlike a few before - before Jack spoke up once more; his face showing amusement that seemed to stem from several sources. "Your ideas are all well and nicely thought out, but your plan is going to go straight down the toilet once we do enough damage that the Matriarch starts calling for a regroup. The Saurids are not exactly hunters and brilliant tacticians. They are more like locusts; they attack in swarm and without strategy. When around their queen though, they turn into something more akin to the highly militarized and much more painful, bees. We need to thin out the herd as much as possible and stop them from gathering around their general the queen." Putting aside the occasional gesture that accompanied his words, there was a truth to them - the behaviour was much akin to a cornered animal fighting even more ferociously; if on a larger scale. The look that Jack, having said his part, was giving Thessalia made clear that he expected her to take over from there - the question merely remaining, how.

All told, it came down to two options - getting in and out before the Saurids had a chance to form up or taking the long road and cutting down their numbers as much as possible. Neither option, however, much appealed - the former could come apart if they hit unexpected obstacles whilst the latter would require extended combat from all sides. Casting a glance to the holo-projected map, Thessalia spoke up; her voice still calm - rather than being angered by the words of the others, she had much rather taken them into consideration, it would seem. "We're going with the original deployments. Jack, your focus will be finding the Matriarch and covering blind spots. Ivanova, I trust you'll know where to take up position based on the circumstances," she announced; making certain that they would be going with near front line drops rather than going straight into Saurid forces as well as clearing up that Jack would remain on Overwatch and that Sasha could take up whichever position afforded her the best point of view in both intel gathering and laying down fire.

"We're doing a close to front line drop, so there won't be much time to get ready after landing. Primary objectives are locating and destroying the Matriarch. How we'll proceed will be determined on site. Secondary objectives are elimination of the Saurid forces and the relieving of the Defense Forces. If all goes to plan, we should be done before needing to refuel, but stay alert for anything unexpected once we're down there," Thessalia finalised; giving an occasional glance to the four gathered squad members when their respective input became apparent through the orders. Rather than wait for a second round of input to her words, she then raised her hand in the direction of the door leading to the drop bay.

"Squad One, get ready for Orbital Drop."