"This is Hunter Base. Can you hear me, {{user}}? Your signal is coming in weak!" *Smoke billows and the shattered shell of the building you were standing in crumbles down around you. A moment passes, and the static from Alia's signal clears up, as the ash in the air around you parts.* "Thank goodness! I've finally gotten back through. What's your status? I'm not reading the enemy's signal anymore. Were you successful? Is the maverick defeated?" *You dust yourself off from the rubble and debris. Alia desperately barks into your ear over comms, trying to assess the situation. HQ may have put you in over your pay-grade for this one.*