"It seems we are receiving special orders from the
Taii" Kai announced, and a moment later, a chibi-fied image of their platoon leader appeared in everyone's HUD. The small, fairy-like stature of the Chibi, mixed with the playful body language and platinum blonde, wavy hair, made it an incredibly strange juxtaposition to the grim, demolished battlefield before them.
"Helloooo, Squad Thirteen~!" the Taii's virtual visage vocalized. "I have a special mission for you guys, since pretty much everyone else in the platoon is busy, and you happen to be closest. Convenience can be a bitch sometimes, can't it? Hehehe." The Taii seemed to be lost in some bemused thought for a moment before continuing, "anyway, There's an enemy forward command center about three quarters of the way across the square, and headquarters wants us to capture it rather than destroy it. We've discovered a tunnel beneath the square that leads part of the way over there, so that should give you cover, but intel says the exit is heavily guarded by enemy marksman. it's up to you guys to decide how to get through there, but you have to get through; with the information we can get from that command center, we can break the stalemate at the square and push forward to the spaceport, and finally take complete control of the planet."
With that, the little Chibi-Taii disappeared, and the Juni now grabbed their attention, leading them with a hand signal to the tunnel entrance. "Please be on the alert, we aren't sure what's in the tunnel, just that it exists and ends near where we need to go. Everyone, Please activate your Thermoptic camouflage- Fieke, please hang behind and try to stick to the shadows." With those words, Kai's form suddenly disappeared, but a wire-frame outline of his armor remained as a ghostly reminder to the squad as to where he was, jogging down the tunnel and into the darkness.