[RAID] Final Frontier

[Shaddaling]

"Ooh, no. Not the tech. Not besides OMG what unholy mechanical terror did Deimos make and set loose on the populace." Lex shook his head. "I'm not a tech wiz. I might be able to get you in grunt restricted area depending if Tethys wiped my passcodes or not." He hadn't need the type of technology Deimos came up with to do his job.

He picked Howlbacks' pokeball and let the Crobat loose. She stretched, flickering her wings and gave a disdained "Cro," at the snow.  

[Rocket Agent Tama]

Tama patted the rabbit's head, just barely glancing up to Aulus, just tsking. He would have gotten along fine with the Agent if only he hadn't looked at him the way he did. "I'll let the Elite decide if I need to be babysat... not you."

Tama immediately shut up before he could say anything else when Tiamat glared at him, snorting fire through her nose. Not wanting to be roasted, he sighed and bowed his head in defeat, kicking the snow. Looking to Aulus, he bowed his head to the Agent. "... Sorry. My skills are relying on my Pokemon. Types consist of three prominently fire types, one normal and a dark/ghost type. Two of them are good for their strength, one for speed, one for sense of smell, the other, stealth and deception. Is that better?" He still had to retort, but he got a tail to the back of the head from the attitude.  

[BlackFireKitsune]

"You will do as you're told by anyone higher ranked than you," Claire pointed out to Tama in firm, unimpressed, and displeased tones. "If an agent gives you orders, you follow those orders regardless of who is heading the mission. Similarly, agents follow orders from elites. If you can't handle that single fundamental rule, then you need to go back to basic training. And," she held up a warning finger coupled with a frown, "either you leave that poor attitude on the ship and follow orders, or you leave yourself on the ship and the rest of the team goes in without you. Is that clear?" She refrained from commenting about his skillset and pokemon, as Faleen had been the one to ask about that.  

[caffeinecraving]

Ten points to Hayes for not asking that question. Because Kailee was contemplating asking one similar to it. Although it probably would have come out more as a whimper that he really didnt want to pick fights with Aulus... but then again... she was all for sticking bandaids on people. One more thing she had in her handy dandy backpack.

"Well two dozen times is much more then my never." She smiled to Lex as an encouragement. She was all about hope and good spirits. Just ask Aulus. She simply nodded to Faleen. "Sounds good to me."

And so now she could let out pokemon. "Ok sissy come on out!" She aimed the beam to beside her and the pink pokemon appeared. She smiled and bounced slightly then the cold snow got to her and she leaped up and onto kailee, trying to perch on her, making the blonde fall completely into the snow with a soft yelp. The pokemon falling back into the powder as well.

She struggled to try to get back up. Dear lord help her, it had started.

 

[Rocket Agent Tama]

Tama looked to the elite when she soon scolded him for his behavior. He had a dejected look on his face, but looked away in shame as he nodded in understanding. "I understand. I'm sorry. I'll be sure to keep my attitude in check." He replied to Claire, not wanting to be left behind on his first raid.

Well, this is going off to a great start. He thought to himself, just going quiet and stuffing his hands into his pants pockets.  

[TawnyAngel]

"Somewhat," Aulus replied tonelessly to Tama.

"Elite Hayes and Agent Faleen are both right," he continued, "so, for my part: I'm Agent Aulus, karate 4th dan and field agent. My team is pretty balanced, four mainly for firepower and two for support today. I've two fire types however so it might be for the best, grunt Tama, if you and I don't work together if we have to split up merely from a balance point of view." Also the last thing he wanted was to potentially be backed up by a brat who had to be pulled into line by his pokemon.

"In any case, it's best to have a plan of how we'll break down if we are to split up," Aulus continued smoothly, for the moment just trying not to look at the damn looming ship and to focus. "There's seven of us, so potentially that's two pairs and one trio. Elite Hayes, Agents Faleen, and Tambery at least need to be separate for their tech knowledge... perhaps Lex could accompany Tambery? Neither of you might be so into the 'techy' science side but between you you have a better chance of bringing the knowledge." Bringing the knowledge? What kind of phrasing was that? Aulus shifted his weight slightly and reached down to lay a hand on Tortie's shoulders.  

[Rocket Agent Tambrey]

"That might be a good idea," Tambrey agreed tentatively, with Aulus "I may have been here before, but I don't /know/ the place and field recon is not among my specialties either..."
At this point, the agent decided, for some reason, to release Gauntlet from his ball.
The ghost type crackled, and, for once, Tambrey didn't wince at the sound, as the Rotom took in their surroundings with interest.

"Are you okay there?" She'd noticed Kailee's... interaction with her pokémon, and her fall.  

[Rocket Agent Faleen]

"Alright," Reaching to Clare to pick up one of the flashlights from the box, "Before we head in, My name is Agent Faleen, I am the head engineer of our Robotics department, it goes without saying that my priorities will be on any and all Galactic tech we can find that might still be left inside. If you see anything that might be noteworthy, please gather Elite Hayes' the Programming department lead, or my own attention to it." She said with a gesture to the blond Elite.

She knew they might not know what they would be looking at half the time, but it was always a good idea to have extra sets of eyes, even if they weren't tech trained eyes.

With that said, Faleen reached to a ball at her thigh strap and allowing it to open. though, as it apparently didn't seem to release any pokemon, that was visible anyway, Faleen didn't react to this like it was strange at all, and instead closed and returned the pokeball to her thigh.
A moment passed when she glanced to the wigglytuff and its trained fall into the snow.
An unamused look crossed over her face as she looked at the pokemon. "Please return that pokemon if it is going to continue to hinder your performance."
for as much leniency as Faleen seemed to have with her team mates, she had none, for misbehaving pokemon.

As Aulus spoke about splitting up Faleen glanced over at him offering her suggestion "It might be best to get inside and see just what we'll be up against before we decide how we will split up, if we even split up. We have yet to assess a plan since so much is left unknown."  

[TawnyAngel]

"True," Aulus agreed with Faleen, "but if we make an initial assessment out here we can change our minds when we get in. If we trip some kind of self destruct for example when we cross the threshold we'll want to run and do what we can right away with any time we have. If all's quiet on the western front however we can take stock and decide where, and if, to split ourselves."  

[Rocket Agent Hayes]

Hayes smiled a bit ruefully at Lex, but not too ruefully - it'd be nice to have more specialists along, but extra firepower didn't come amiss. "Alright, well, still - keep an eye out, and speak up about anything you recognize. Let us know if the big shiny thing we're making a fuss over is actually a toaster." He glanced down at his belt and flicked two catches, apparently oblivious to the dressing-down going on nearby.

Two Eeveelutions materialized at his feet: a pale Glaceon and an Umbreon with blue rings. Both took stock of the scene - the Glaceon with calm sidelong looks and a huff of interest at the snowy expanse outside, the Umbreon with flicking ears and an alert "Bree!" as it shuffled its paws to attention.

Their trainer gave a brief smile and flicking wave of his fingers to the group, adding a "Hey," to Faleen's introduction. "Don't get too excited about the rank; I'm a software developer, not a field agent. My Pokemon are scouts and tech aids, not powerhouses. I've got electric, psychic, ice, flying, and dark."  

[Shaddaling]

Lex looked over at the Agent in question and nodded. “I’m game for it.” He had nothing against Agent Tambery and she did not seem to care he had been in galactic at one point. They also seemed to have some interest in common.

“The only other pokemon I have is an Ariados.” He added. One pure grass type, one normal type, a bug poison type, and a poison flying type. The poison types were winning in his little group.

Ooh, she had a Rotom! Lex would like to get a better look at the electric type later.  

[Rocket Agent Faleen]

"If we trip a trap we wouldn't want to stay at all." Faleen pointed out with a light arching of her eyebrows and an amused smile. "Can you imagine how much force it would take to destroy something like this?" she made a light gesture tot he ship. "we would want every second to hope to get away."
"Lets get in first and secure the first aria, then we can see if we want to continue, though I don't suggest breaking up, as there might still be people in there."  

[Rocket Agent Tama]

Tama had blinked when one Rocket's Pokemon seemed to have toppled her over in general not wanting to be in the snow. At the other Agent's reaction to the situation, he called his Lopunny to his side. At being called, Jezzabelle pouted, having been enjoying burying herself in the snow. But, she still skipped over and settled herself at his side, eying the other trainers and Pokemon around.

Once his pokemon were in line, he just waited for when they moved out, not really caring who he split up with, even if it had to be Aulus.  

[Rocket Agent Tambrey]

"Crobat, Pidgeot, Ariados, Lairon, Bayleef, and this guy..." Tambrey gave a quick description of her team, with a gesture to Gauntlet, to give Lex, and everyone else, a better idea of what she was carrying as well as her skills.

"Hm. Let's hope we don't trip any traps like that... It's a big space though, we are going to -have- to split up sooner or later, no harm in having a tentative idea of how..." Tambrey mused, eyeing the ship.  

[Shaddaling]

Howlback shifted, launching herself from the snow and flapped twice getting enough air to get up and airborne. She circled the wreck, head tipped, surveying.

Lex waved at his crobat and knowing she could pick up any dangerous outside the ship faster than he could and would follow him in without a fuss. “A lot of force,” he muttered thinking of how much explosive charges would be needed to make the ship a smoldering hole depending on how much caustic and reactive chemicals were on board. With Deimos, it was likely a lot.

“Por, porygon,” Flatline muttered above his head, circling slowly. “If someone has a small pokemon, we could send them down to recon the area before we follow.” He suggested. Howback and Glit were too large for small scale recon work and he hadn’t worked out hand signals and replies with his newest pokemon.