To be fair to the young cadets, who were starting to look like a collection of shaking sticks surrounded by several massive boulders, they actually managed to remain surprisingly levelheaded even after hearing the overarching mission brief.
"Caldris Minor-7 is currently considered hostile territory. Enemy forces have seized the outpost and established control over several former mining and industrial sectors. Their exact strength, disposition, and capabilities are unknown as of this very moment."
Vice Principal March allowed the information to settle before continuing.
"Your primary objective is the recovery and extraction of designated assets from within the occupied territory."
Quiet gasps and heavily restrained whispers rippled through the rows of first-years, but no one dared to break formation.
So far, so good!
They even managed to maintain that composure after learning that how they accomplished those objectives would largely be left to them.
