"No, I insist-it offers superior protection AND it can be re-fitted from your Recruit Uniform" Armorer protested. "Alright, fine." Gabriele surrendered. She entered small locker room next to the armory and put on different parts of her new Commander uniform onto her old Recruit one. Knife wasn't fitting with its case anywhere, so after short struggle with Armorer, they together assembled final product-full Commander Uniform. Vratny, Fred Freak and Albert were already waiting in their modified uniforms, but nothing peculiar has been visually changed, except missing striped markings of Recruits in Training, blue simulation pads and absense of small light-blue camouflage squares. Vratny, as retrained individual, found it not strange, since his uniform has been waiting for his re-training after his first squad has been disassembled. Gabriele made last checks, tuned frequency and after thanking the Armorer and making her way to the hanger, finally boarded waiting multicopter.
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After touchdown, Team-D secured the landing area and moved out. They trecked for a while, staying hidden from the opened sky and fields...