Second Deployment: An Easy Win?

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The tank crew awakes in their new rooms and heads to the chow hall. They are dressed and showered, arriving almost in unison, fully alert and awake, surprising the tired ship crew who are having breakfast.

"Morning. How did you guys sleep?"

"Soooooo good. You don't even know!"

"What Shela, no late night cuddles with Meke?"

"She got in bed, gave me a hug and kiss, then rolled over and I lost her."

"Ha now that's funny. Mrs. lover girl wanting some alone time. When she gets it she just sleeps. Wow."

"Stop making fun of me! Servan! Say something."

"You dig your own holes, I won't help you."

"You all are so active in the mornings. I don't know how you all even function."

"Commander! Good morning!"

"Morning commander, here coffee, black, 2 sugars."

"Thanks, morning. 2 scoops, what are we rich now?"

"No, they have a lot of it. We don't need to ration supplies anymore."

"We can get our own soap now! I'm so excited!"

"I think we did okay. I got my own as did Farah and Servan, You and Meke shared but you're a couple so that fine."

"Couple of weirdos, am I right?"

"Noone asked you, Farah!"

"Anyways, be ready in 5. We need to get orders."

"Yes sir!"

"Also Shela, have you had a chance to do maintenance on the tank?"

"Yeah it took a bit for the engineers to like me but it's done. I added a reinforced bottom hatch and some mini hatches as you requested."

"Is it still water tight when sealed?"

"Through my testing it is but if the port holes are damaged it will break the seal. We can use a shield to cover it but that would be ineffective in combat."

"What would you recommend?"

"Do we need to keep the holes?"

"Yes it will give us more versatility to use magic and weapons, it is all to increase our value to high command."

"Then we need something to completely patch and close them in case of emergencies."

"Should we bring welding tools?"

"I don't think that is wise, extra weight wouldn't work well, plus it could explode so I would rather not?"

"Any ideas guys?"

"I don't know. We can use heat from Farah but welding it would ultimately destroy it. Meke can use earth to plug it but its still somewhat ineffective."

"That is a good backup plan. Anything else?"

"Sorry to interrupt but this conversation is interesting. What is the desired effect and the purpose?"

"Ah Johnathan, Sammy, this is my tank crew. These two are some of the engineers I've been working with to repair and fix up the tank."

"Nice to meet you all. As she said, we are the ship's mechanics. Although many others still dislike and don't trust her or you all, we are pretty easy going."

"Orders are orders. We don't have to like eachother or get along, so long as we do our jobs that's all that matters."

"The captain says the same thing. You too are a lot alike in that aspect."

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