They get interrupted

"Attention!" Lt. Xavier called again, Parsus was so preoccupied with Sofia's hand movements while half paying attention to the intelligence officer, he somehow missed how the hulk of a man that Lt. Xavier was managed to get himself near the entrance, stand at attention and bark at the rest of the company to get up and greet the newcomers to the room, a true failure of his vigilance somewhat induced by Sofia's charm.

The newcomers were the battalion commander, Lieutenant Colonel Hardass, he stayed very true to his name, followed by his second in command, Major Ruiz, a stern but surprisingly pleasant man. Between the two of them, they had a few hundreds of drops spread over decades of war making them among the most experienced fighting men in the entire army, they were among the first womb-born to be enhanced, throwing away everything to dedicate their lives for the droptrooper regiments. Behind the two, were several battalion and regimental officers followed by unfamiliar officers, the rank of captain both, wearing the onyx black armour of the black-ops teams. "Oh great, we're on black-ops babysitting duty" Sofia muttered under her breath, "God, I hate these smug bastards".

"Thank you Xavier, you may sit." Lt. Col. Hardass said, motioning to everyone one else to follow suit and find their places, "Captain Willems, I will let you continue in a minute, but I have some news and wanted to say a few things myself before I head out to the rest of the regiment" the commander said, he wasn't as big as either Parsus or Lt. Xavier, but he was still a fairly buff man, with several scars running down his brow and face, on his left side in particular, with the left eye and arm replaced with augmentations. "First, I wanted to say how happy I am to see my favourite boys and girls" he said to a few cheers and wooes comming from the audience, those who wooed and cheered received a stern look from the different company commanders, but these were just for show, since this behaviour was actually encouraged during a high-ranking commander's speech or talk. "Good, I see you are filled with energy, you'll need it" he added for more effect. "Now, as you might know, our regiment's task is to secure the capital city of this world, most battalions will be scattered throughout the rest of the city, securing strategic important points, while our battalion will be tasked with the colonial palace, in the attempt to cut the serpent's head and finish this stupidity early. Your mission is not to join the rest of the battalion but it will be you and the teams of Captains Alpha and Cerberus here" he pointed at the black armoured captain, while Sofia muttered another quiet remark about the black-op's use of code names instead of real names, and the suggested vanity. "That will be tasked with ending the opposition early by eliminating the self appointed dictator in his so called 'secret' bunker a few kilometres from the palace." The commander added. "We are not expecting much of an opposition, most of their forces will be engaged dealing with the joint effort of loyalist forces and the fleet's other regiments. That being said, it's more than likely the palace and the idiot are guarded, and this is why I'm sending my best of the best to deal with it, should it be needed" the hardass said with a small grin on his face, as a few well trained dogs returned him the cheers, Sofia scoffed on the other hand. Parsus was surprised when he noticed Hector to his left being among those who cheered.

"Sadly, I will not be with you when we drop, Major Ruiz will be the one to observe and command you, so don't worry you are in very capable hands of my trusted friend" Hardass motioned towards the major. Parsus could hear the sigh comming from Sofia, it was clear she was not amused. "So he's with us to make sure we babysit well, great." She whispered quietly. The major wasn't a bad leader, quite the opposite, but he was more by the book and stern. Meaning they would be under a magnifying throughout the whole mission.

"Alright, boys and girls, I don't wish you luck, you don't need it, you are the best **** in the whole damn galaxy and you will succeed, I want to hear stories when you're back, farewell." Lt. Col. Hardass finished, proceeding to turn towards the door, getting a final attention before walking out and disappeared beyond the threshold.