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William looked at the the door he was about to enter adjusted his clothing and entered.
"Colonel I have been unable to reach my techs. I understand we took some casualties and you have yet to release the names or the techs to their lances. This is my formal inquiry into the status of my personnel. I would like to have a small window to get with each of my members as needed before resuming patrol if in fact there were losses in my group. Also as far as debrief, we caught the league units on sensors high tailing it out after we converged back at the base. They must have seen us coming and had enough warning to get out of the way. We may have a moment of reprieve but I will get ICE lance out back on the bubble as soon as possible."
Kato nods his visage somber. "I got the AAR, just wanted to make sure nothing got missed. For Ice, it was techs Cooper Kinnear and O'Neary." He crosses and puts a hand on William's shoulder. "I'm sorry we failed them." It looks like he was going to say more, then stops. "They'll be added to the Official Roll of Honor as soon as I get the chance. They've already been added to mine. They will not be forgotten." He pauses and looks William right in the eye. "
I will not forget them."
Kato lowers his arm. "We'll have a service for them shortly as we did for Knightly and Ni after the first engagement. May this be the last for this Operation. The butcher's bill for this Op is already too high."
"Anything else? I still need to speak to Mudd and Hitzig."