[ti]Ep 3[/ti]I Spy From The Sky (Skystone, Nathan Walker)

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Week 3, Day 5

(Beginning post at Outpost)


Skystone marched through the walls of the Outpost with purpose, trying to squash down apprehension.

She'd been asked to meet with a Sergeant Nathan Walker about a MECH recon mission. Skystone was good at her current job on base, which mostly consisted of construction and planning of renovations and expansion at Omega One. Reconnaissance wasn't something she participated in often, but she was still a soldier.

But she was maybe more apprehensive at the fact that she'd be performing this mission with a human.

That in itself was foreign to her, even if the species wasn't quite as.

The fact that Sergeant Walker would be in her alt mode was extremely foreign to her. She'd never had a human (or anyone) in her cockpit before.

She shook off her anxiety, however. She'd spent a lifetime having to "shake it off"...and she'd certainly been able to hone that further the past few months. Between explosions, famines, and watching crew morale literally deteriorate in front of her, Skystone had kept more bottled up at once than she had since before she struck off on her own in self imposed isolation.

Sighing slightly, she turned to the monitor, curious to glean some information about this excursion. The human soldier held most of the details of the mission since it came from the human government.

Looked like they'd be staying in Nevada, which was always a little concerning. Having an alien organization like MECH stationed near where she and the troops were was never going to be a comforting thought.

Her alt-mode weaponry wasn’t especially powerful, but it’d do if she got caught. She wasn’t some flashy jet, but she was both fast and hopefully relatively inconspicuous in the air to an onlooker.

Overall, she felt prepared. She just hoped that her and her partner in this would work together well.

But taking it apart in her head wouldn’t do anymore good. Now it was time to simply be ready for the work to be done and not overthink it.

These thoughts in mind, she turned slightly towards the door, watching for Sergeant Walker.

[Nathan Walker]

Inside the room that had been set aside as a sort of ready room for the human operators, Nathan was going through his personal checklist. Nothing too special about this mission, there was another tip from Agent Fowler about possible MECH activity and they needed someone to take a look around the area. The problem was this was Nevada, and that meant a lot of area to cover.

So this time, Nathan had help from one of the Autobots, a woman named Skystone that turned into a twin engined cargo plane. Honestly, Nathan was not fond of the idea of confining himself into a tube a few miles up above the ground. But he could not doubt the advantages of getting a bird’s eye view of the area.

Parachute? Check. Nathan had a standard special forces parachute pack that he had packed himself, just in case he needed to bail out for whatever reason. Rifle? Check. He had his M4 carbine checked and ready, just cleaned and had double checked the batteries in his red dot sight and laser designator. Pistol? Check. The Glock 19 was this time sheathed in a drop leg holster on the outside of his right thigh. Ammunition? Check. Four rifle magazines were tucked in the front of his tactical vest, as well as two spare pistol magazines. Additional magazines were tucked into his backpack. Food and water? Check. Nathan had two water canteens and a few MRE packs tucked into the pack. Flashlight, matches, night vision goggles? Check, in the back as well.

Finally, he checked that the camera was charged as well. One of the greatest tools in surveillance was the ability to take video and photographs for review later on.

Satisfied that he had everything he needed, Nathan closed up the locker door and picked up his rifle, making sure it was on safe then grabbed the headset he had set aside on the desk. Nathan then walked out the door where he saw who he assumed must be his ride for the afternoon.

“Skystone, right? I’m Sergeant Walker.”

He shifted slightly as he craned his neck up to gaze into Skystone’s eyes, still getting used to that as Nathan did not need to look up into many people’s eyes too often.

“Do you have any questions before we move out?”