Some good news but a hard choice

As you were still reeling from the loss of Amelia you took some small comfort in that it hadn't been a total defeat. You'd lost almost half a company but if the enemy had pursued it would have been an even worse disaster. In a way, Amelia had been the saving grace for the half that escaped. She'd gotten reckless and greedy at the end but even you hadn't seen through the trap so you could hardly fault her for it. What happened afterwards had no excuse. As you were mulling this over Stella called in.

"General, final prisoner count is thirty four. Final check in says we have 201 of Amelia's forces recovered." She reported. You stood up straighter, that didn't sound right. Your system was reading 203 soldiers still active. You quickly checked the table and noticed two small blips, almost unnoticeable, moving in the complete opposite direction of Stella's forces, scattered apart by a few hundred meters according to the scale on the map. You pulled up their information. Corporal Alice Grace and Private Esmeralda Illona. According to your records the two had a double marriage to each other and a civilian back on Athena. Such an arrangement wasn't uncommon but that still didn't explain what they were doing. When you switched to their cams to view them however it all fell into place.

"-risk. Come on, its a perfect chance. We've already got enough data." That was Esmeralda talking to Alice and it was easy to see why. To the left of Alice were figures wearing UCA combat armor to her right was just a single soldier obviously focusing outward. You had to admire her sheer brass. You didn't yet know how she'd done it but she'd managed to smuggle herself into the enemy **** posing as if she were dead, now they were taking her right towards their base. This was insanely risky. In fact you weren't even sure if it was legal but the Swiss weren't saying anything, so they either hadn't noticed or were fine with it. The latter was probably true. The Swiss had access to what you were looking at so if they objected they would be calling you right now.

"Not yet. I want to get closer." Alice responded, "My arms aren't too tired yet, I can hold it." She was holding her arms with her right lifted up as if about to swing down, a rather stereotypical **** pose but one that seemed to have fooled her captors.

"If you get any closer you might walk right into their base. If they find that your armor isn't locked they'll just strip you themselves. Can you imagine what they'll do? They'll **** your ass and whatever else they feel like. How will I tell Bridget if I come home without you and you return five months later with a hole wide enough to run a train through it?" Esmeralda was right. Currently if Alice managed to kill that guard and run she probably had a good chance of escaping back to friendly lines. They'd already narrowed down the search area for the enemy base immensely. However if she stayed. If you ordered her to keep going, until she was actually in sight of it you would know its location for certain. It would mean sacrificing her to do it but that could save you time. Or it could just cost you a good soldier who showed obvious ability to think on her feet and take advantage of opportunities.