VODE AN - Skies on Fire 1.2
Iris, part of the alert crew, bolted upright from her desk and grabbed her helmet. She sprinted full tilt for the hangar bay.
The rest of Strill Squadron fell in with her, pouring out of the ready room.
"Sitrep?" Iris asked.
Any other unit and she might have suspected this was some sort of training drill.
Not Mandalorians.
"Distress call from Humbarine," replied Dax, "We're going in."
Behind her, Ack-Akk pounded his beskar chestplate with a fist, the noise reverberating like a gong through the corridor. "Yeeeeess!"
"Finally," muttered Jyn.
But Iris frowned. It was too early for the ground incursion they'd planned. Something was wrong. No time to dwell on it. She shoved her helmet over her head. The T-visor lit up, Heads-Up-Display coming to life as diagnostics of her suit systems flickered in the left corner of her vision.
She didn't have time to dwell on what was going on on the surface, because they were already in the hangar. The flight crew already had their jai'galaars out and prepped. Iris mounted the ladder and climbed up into the cockpit, sliding into the now-familiar controls. The canopy hissed closed, sealing her in.
"Strill Squadron," Dax's voice came in through the commline as the rest of them dropped into their starfighters, "Sound off."
Iris flicked the ion engines on and heard the rumble as they came to life.
"Strill 6, standing by."
