The crew of the McDowell Company dip their faces into the palms of their hands in almost perfect unison at the sight of an Eagle fighter ditching into a sand dune on the perimeter of the base. The leader sighs heavily knowing full well the likely cost to repair the vessel which had been bought only days before.
She raised the microphone arm of her headset and dialled in Rachel's receiver channel. She moved her hands close to the microphone and clapped sarcastically - the other girls within earshot did the same, creating an audience to celebrate the young blonde pilots' efforts.
Smashing landing love. Top of the line!
Evangeline is cut off by an intruding signal from another of her connections, this one being Billy on his cyberpunk themed imitation motorcycle rover.
Listen. Billy.
Evangeline pauses for a moment as she observes the two-wheeled rover making a Murphy's Law-powered bee-line for the ditched Eagle, which from Billy's perspective was hidden behind the sand dune.