[Sichr]

I agree with that. 50 kliks are too far. There is high possibility the sea is frozen there, ive heard russians used to have some special ships clearing the route through those waters for normal ships, and planes never would be that heavy and nuclear icebreaker is, but Im not fixed on that. This is just one of possible approaches. We better have plan made here. Or you want to do all of this on site? Or under fire? Or in the plane, while we have all the equipement and informations here in operations room and we still have a few hours before planes arive? Well I dint heard anything other than "this wont work". I have no problem with it, I only stated one of alternatives. well if anyone have better plan, speak it now, since we better know it in advance.

[Thrass]

I'm not to fond off splitting up myself but we should still know who would be which team if the need to split up ever arises.

Vissei Kushkina assembled a team with certain redundancies for a reason, we should expect serious trouble and stick together to keep this redundancy, because it is the one thing tha Vissei made clear in her team selection.

[All4BigGuns]

"Splitting into multiple teams may not be a bad idea, however, with how the aircraft are currently set up, this isn't feasible, and I have a feeling that there will be little time to change them," Viktor says flatly, "However, this is not without benefits, as with both aircraft in one location, forward operations base camp could be more well defended."

[Bewilderbeast]

Banai nodded in agreement with Butcher. The cyber-man still unnerved him, but he seemed rational and methodical, which was definitely a good asset to have on the team. "I don't think anybody is saying we must split up. We're simply planning for that contingency, if it becomes necessary or beneficial to do so. And we may have to, in order to cover enough ground to locate the downed craft and cargo in a timely manner. Once we make contact with whoever did this, we will of course regroup."

Having said his piece, Banai resumed his thoughtful silence, still going over the report for any further details on the crew or cargo. He was, personally, rather eager to get out there and see exactly what they were dealing with. But being rather green himself, he didn't want to rush the planning stages, so kept his impatience to himself.

[Kouryuu]

yes, for any details regarding what you read here would be a good area to ask them, it'd be easier to go over your collective findings here.

The report reads that the pilots were private shipping pilots, there aren't any specific details on them though. The plane was (Crunch wise) an Ares Dakota. General information wise, or common practice, is using 4 pilots that swap shifts for long haul multiple layover cargo runs, this aircraft is capable of short takeoffs and landings on the most basic of runways so it can operate and take off from very remote locations.

Your arrival time is up to the pilots, though at top speed the flight would take a little over 6 hours, in good weather, while there aren't any major storms along the flight path it is very windy, but the flight path should take you under most radars and disguise the approach.  The aircraft signature profile is extremely low, so even if you do end up within range of any sensors it would be difficult for them to pick up on your vehicles.

Because it is winter it is only light for about 4-6 hours every day between 8PM to 4 AM, with mostly only twilight levels of visibility. That is without the cloud cover which is currently quite extensive. So your approach will very likely be under cover of darkness.

The client claims to be commercial entity though their actual personal details are unknown to you and by extension TriSeq, all information was relayed to them by a representative. The fact that it took them 2 days to ask for help indicates that they may have already attempted to resolve the situation its own, or more likely, they spent those 2 days weighing their cost options and have decided to hire someone to deal with he situation.

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Red Looked out of the window, it had already been a hour of briefing, and in his mind it was longer then necessary. and this whole planing was leading nowhere.
"Fine i accept the teams, but i doubt we will ever need them, and the two side approach - For searching purposes is BS!" Red exhaled loudly and  gathered a bit his composure back and took up the briefing documents "They were flying Dakotas, if you are unfamiliar with them, jut look outside the window the biggest plane you see there, that's a Ares Dakota, and now convince me that this plane crashing will leave no traces. Convince me that after arriving on scene we will not see the crash-side just by looking down from our plane."
With every sentence his aggressive wording gained depth and reasoning. His voice changed and you could clearly hear him being tired of this whole ordeal.
"I say what i think. Love or Hate me for that, but i Always gather the fact before coming up with plans. in this case i wouldn't Expect the black box giving us the locations. It's transponder most likely disabled. if this is not the case i would expect an ambush. but planes like these always leave distinguishable traces and a crash site. If by any means that is not the case,witch is very unlikely, i would send in the drones and the scouts for a search mission, there is no point on risking lives on the ground if that can be avoided. Once the planes crash has been uncovered  there will be only tracking and interesting left to preform, but that is a part we still have to discus. As it's outside my expertise"

[HydroRaven]

Fisher listened to Red lose his patience. The more he talked, the more Fisher was seeing the errors in his earlier judgement. "Guess I hadn't been around him long enough before to see him lose his composure..." he thought to himself.

"Let's just hope there hasn't been any snow storms since the crash" said Fisher to himself, loud enough for the others to hear it.

[Thrass]

I think once the riggers decided on the team affair, we cab finally go on to equipment.

We need to expect air and ground vehicles that packs enough punch to shoot down a plane, we need to consider ambushes, hacker attacks, shape shifters, awakened threats and treason.

So we will need to pack heavy weapons maybe some software t that helps shooting down planes, grenades, chutes, maybe we should think about sky hook maneuvers, but that won't work on the cargo as far as I know.

I'll leave the planes drones and magical Matters to the appropriate specialists to discuss.
Everyone with ideas and comments should bring them forth now.

And then we probably can head to the armory.

[Aryeonos]

Sidi, had silently with his arms crossed listening to their bickering over the last few minutes, establishing an order amongst themselves was important but it's as if they'd forgotten all their training when left to their own devices. "I think we've finally come to the end of our circle, we should consult with our base armoury and get you all checked up with mission procedure. A gear requisition has already been filled out for this mission, and I've checked over it myself and found it sufficient. However if you'd like to enter requisition forms for special gear you can talk it over at the armoury yourselves, remember your manners, they're extra touchy about their equipment and forms.

As for the search for the lost plane, I'll direct the initial search procedure after our approach, the TR-73so's are more than sufficient search vehicles for the procedure and I hope the strength and importance of your transports will become clear to you, dismissed." Sidi gave a casual salute to his soldiers, if anything to get them out of the room and get their legs moving.

[All4BigGuns]

Giving a salute to the CO, Viktor turns on his heels and walks out to head toward the armory, thankful for being away from the bickering.

[Ernie55]

I think we're gonna have to watch the rash head on Red. He has little to no patience or tolerance for anyone else...

Thanks for the words of encouragement Sir. I know we won't let you down in the field.

Ellena snapped off a sharp salute, clearly eager to build some more faith in Sidi, and followed Viktor from the pretty disasterous excuse for a briefing, her mind already turning to the repacking of the trauma gear.

[Bewilderbeast]

Omeed Banai, blissfully ignorant of the fact that his first briefing had been a particularly chaotic one, immediately snapped off a salute and headed to the armory with the others. He did, however, hang back a bit so he could "talk shop" with Fisher a bit.

"You thinking about requesting any special gear?" He asked his fellow mage. "Personally, I think a small mirror and bit of flexible wire could end up being useful."

[HydroRaven]

Saluting his superior officer, Fisher was glad he could finally get out of the room and check the latest Urban Brawl news. As he was getting out, Omeed stopped him to talk a few things over. "Sure, a mirror sounds good. Not sure we need a special request form for that though" was his answer. "Do you have any spirits bound (binded?) to you right now? I'm pretty much running solo at the moment and I don't think we have enough time for such an elaborate ritual."

[Bewilderbeast]

"Spirits?" Omeed considered the question briefly, then shook his head. "No, I have none in service to me currently. And considering what we have at our disposal, it may be a waste of resources. Anything we truly need we can summon in the field, I figure. We should have several hours, at the very least, to make use of them if necessary." But between their sizeable squad and drone support, Omeed secretly believed that all but a small few watchers would be strictly unecessary.

"Out of curiousity, Fisher," Omeed continued as he stepped out into the crackling cold, "How do you handle your spirits? Have any preferences or troubles I should be aware of?" Before Fisher could properly respond, Banai pressed on, saying, "In the past, I badly botched a ritual with some dao... earth spirits, in generalized terms. Haven't quite been able to mend that rift, so I hope you weren't planning on making too much use of them."

[HydroRaven]

"I can do without earth spirits for the run, yeah. And no, no particular kind of spirit hates my guts." Fisher then completely changed the subject and asked "Do you think the Matrix reception will be decent out there? There's a big game tonight between Hong Kong and Tokyo in the Asian Cup tournament and I really don't want to miss the scoring updates. Are you into UB, mate?"

[Sichr]

Once again, Nina was grateful that the meeting of human pack is over. While members are dedicated to the goal of the mission, there are differences on approach. First missions tend to be like that. Despites the training most of the team had undergone massive augmentations in lart few months and they are far from perfect balance, both physiological and psychical. Multiplied by the stress of their first real assignment, in such extreme environment, some disonances were expected. Compiling previous and curent biomonitor readings, she opened channel for consultation.
Doctor, according to this readings there is a few substances Id like to add to our package just for a case. Compiling list, you are welcome tn contribute with you own ideas.

As Nina walks out of the building. Before following her fenrir sniffs and growls, deep sound on the edge of audible spectrum, sign of alertness and readiness. Assessing this reaction, Nina realizes her stress level is also sligtly above norm.
Better add a dose or two for myself.