The Recon Team returns.

Eveline was jogging during the night when a one of the Pilots of the Rose Squadron, Elliot ran into her.

"...Hey Union." Elliot said, kind of in a melancholy tone.

"...What's up Elliot?" Eve asked.

"Well, the recon mission went to hell, in short."

"..Wait, the recon team is back already?" Eve asked.

"Yep, I was with them too, even." Elliot responded.

"What happened. Is Alice all right?" Eve asked.

"...Let's get to somewhere...less open, okay?" Elliot said.

Recon Mission Summary:
Kirie's Recon Team went into the city with Pilot Elliot Redding flying them, but after the team deployed, Elliot's helicopter crashed, the Recon Team made an effort to save her. With Elliot in tow, the team continued to move through the city, until they found a hospital. This hospital had several civilians in it, and they had some information regarding how the Tower works, and something that is designated as "Infection" and as such, Kirie made it a priority to bring these civilians back to the Rose Squadron base, as this was high priority information.

On the trip back however, they ran into a swarm of Towerlings, and unable to sneak past or avoid them, they engaged in combat with this swarm. Kirie's strategies were effective and pushed back a large majority of the Towerlings, but the battle only continued on as more Towerlings headed towards the location, keeping this battle going for around half an hour. During this combat, the recon team started to face losses, as they lost Nicole, Clarissa, Sasha, Audrey, and another Rose named Kendra who had joined at the last second, as well as all but two of the civilians were dragged away. Kirie ultimately decided to use herself as bait to allow the rest of the soldiers to make a break for it, and our last known sight of her was a Towerling that is now designated as a "Gatherer" taking her back to the tower, uninfected or unharmed, but we can only presume their intent for her isn't good.

The remaining soldiers were led by Lizette back to the base, where they were spotted by a friendly vehicle on the way there, and returned here.

Returning Roses:
Lizette Pario (Captain, Black Ops)
Naomi (Fire) Curzi (Lieutenant)
Mia (Frost) Curzi (Lieutenant)
Alice Lancaster (Sergeant, Sniper)
Elliot Redding (Pilot)
Felicia Velvet (Sergeant, Black Ops, "Infected")
Melina "Lina" Olive (Private)

Catherine Ash (Doctor, Has important Intel regarding Tower "Infection")
Amanda Howe (Patient of Catherine, "Infected)

"...The Towerlings have been seen going in packs these days, and those aren't too hard to deal with...but a goddamn swarm is something else, Eveline." Elliot said. "It was a horde of different species, all just charging, all using their abilities to their fullest potential...we never really had a chance. They don't care about losses, they don't care about self preservation when their like that, just loses as many as it takes to gather the women up, and then fuck them senseless to replace the losses. The more women they gather, the more Towerlings they create, and ultimately...we won't be able to beat the flood of Towerlings."

"So when this **** mission happens....we need to end them, or else they will overwhelm us." Eveline says in response.

(Author's Note: The **** Preparation Phase follows the events of what the varying cast members do during the downtime between the Recon phase and the **** Phase, and the time period between the two is about one week. So this is more of a downtime period, with less Towerling battles and breeding, but that's not to say it doesn't happen at all)