[Aryeonos]

Sidi was silently chuckling to himself before he keyed his mic, "Good team building, keep sharp, we're approaching over the horizon range. I have no idea if the tribals and carnies still know how to work them in Yakut anymore but it's not worth the chance. Keep us between 50 and 100 meters for this last 60 kilometers, the backscatter should be bad enough at 100 to give you some wiggle room. The storm is looking pretty bad, but keep your sensors on passive, I don't want us being picked up like a lost ship calling for help."

It's hard to tell where you are as there is nothing but black pitching ocean in all directions, the clouds descending upon the sea like titanic cutters from centuries past. A thick smattering of dense rain and voluminous fog begins to buffet the aircraft. The high canyons of Novaya Zemlya are but faint slivers of orange stone in the storm, the foamy waves crashing against them can still be heard even through the hull of the aircraft still.

[spoiler]
pilots make an extended piloting test with an interval of 10 minutes for 60 minutes (Six tests)
Everyone else, buckle in.
[/spoiler]

[All4BigGuns]

Hearing Sidi's orders over the team comm network, Viktor makes sure his plane's sensors are set in passive mode before beginning his maneuvers--keeping the plane in the altitude range ordered. "Might get a little rough back there, guys. Strap in tight."

[spoiler]
Dice Pool: Pilot Aircraft 4 + Vehicle Response 6 + Control Rig (Jumped In) 2 + Handling 1 = 13 Dice
1st 10 Minutes: 13d6.hits(5)=6
2nd 10 Minutes: 13d6.hits(5)=3
3rd 10 Minutes: 13d6.hits(5)=3
4th 10 Minutes: 13d6.hits(5)=5
5th 10 Minutes: 13d6.hits(5)=6
Final 10 Minutes: 13d6.hits(5)=6

Total for Extended Test: 29 Hits
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[HydroRaven]

At Sidi's announcement, Fisher straps himself in and decides to close his eyes for the last stretch, reviewing the mission objectives and mentally psyching himself up.

[Thrass]

Butcher checked again that he was strapped in tightly, and then started to use the sensor to look out for any kind of observers.

I don't even know if I have a family left behind... anyone of you has a family, or other close relationships?

Speaking was way better then this endless waiting and silence.

[Nathen]

"Hmm...'

[spoiler]gets hairy there at the end
11d6.hits(5)=5, 11d6.hits(5)=5, 11d6.hits(5)=3, 11d6.hits(5)=2, 11d6.hits(5)=4, 11d6.hits(5)=3
Total; 22[/spoiler]

[Sichr]

Sidi`s authorization level was high enought to be considered relevant by Tacnet system. Short impulse wakes nina to full consciousness. Sheused those hours well, nobody knows when they will have an oportunity to take another nap. Ske tightens her seat belts a bit tighter, and visually heckes Fenrirs cage anchoring. After the situation with the spirit Fenrir seem to calm down again...good sign that magician handled his job.
She quickly scanned biomonitors signals and messages on team pan, then she get ready for the ride.

[Aryeonos]

As the lead craft piloted by Viktor dives under the radar hard deck, massive bucking wreathes of turbulence wrack his vehicle. Carefully he adjusts his airlerons to compensate, a heavy downdraft slams the sleak airframe like a child slapping down his toy boat. The lead craft adjusts its rotors to quickley recover altitude, shooting into the draft. The chase craft is less fortunate, as the hammering thermal puts the craft into violent jacknife, uppending its starboard rotor, the electronic controls harshley lock as the craft fights to realign its rudders. Jamming his cyclic forward and throwing his engines into cork screw position Niko fights his craft back into stability, the pressure beneath the craft`s wings rockets as the craft rights its self, shooting out from under a crashing wave. For a madenning hour the pilots fight the turbulant storm until at last the heavy rains let up, replaced by sheer winds and overcast skies, flying may be a simpler manner but ballistics are fucked.

[Thrass]

Butcher checked the Tacnets damage reports and status Monitors.

Trying to relax a situation Butcher commented the situation.
We are positive, that our client was shoot down by people, not weather conditions. Right?

[HydroRaven]

"Jislaaik!" exclaims Fisher at the first signs of turbulence. "Could've turned on the seatbelt sign or something, bru"

He then addresses Butcher's comment. "A loskop piloting their craft could have easily crashed it himself."

[Kouryuu]

He then addresses Butcher's comment. "A loskop piloting their craft could have easily crashed it himself."

"But two of them crashing? at the same place? " Red Smirked " even in the same storm we are in that would be a bit too much of a coincidence, don't you think?"

[Sichr]

I have the same confidence in their skill as I have in mine. That means we are going to land safely, find the crash site and blackbox, get the cargo and survivors back and leave with no witnesses left behind.

Woman`s voice sounded even less human in those few sentences. Sometimes she speaks...and acts...pretty weird. Even Butcher has strange feeling in her presence. For magicians it was much easier to look somewhere else at those moments. But this does not occur much often.
Still...Nina doesnt seem to be the right person to talk about relatives, as Fisher quickly realizes when he notices the pitoresque reflections of crew and cargo space, strangely shaped by her cybereyes lenses...starring at him...all the time since he mentioned that...

[HydroRaven]

Fisher notices Nina looking at him and feels both a chill down his back and a strange primal attraction. He mentally shrugs it off but decides to pay more attention to her in the future.

To Red's comment, Fisher answers "If we're lucky he took the other vehicle out" as he jokingly winks at him.

[Bewilderbeast]

Omeed spent the remainder of the flight in as much seclusion as he could muster, trying to get a bit of rest before the landing.

[spoiler]Body (3) + Willpower (5) = (8d6.hits(5)=3)[/spoiler]

When the turbulence hit, Omeed rapidly strapped himself in to weather the storm.

[Thrass]

Butcher updated his files of Nina,but didn't push the matter.

Will the storm delay us?
What's the new ETA?

[Bewilderbeast]

Rattling slightly in his harness amidst the turbulence, Omeed prepared for landing by summoning up his standard battle spell and tying it to his focus, a stone statuette he kept concealed on his person at all times. His eyes fluttered closed momentarily as he focused on the spell.

[spoiler]Increase Reflexes cast at Force 2 roll:
Spellcasting (6) + Magic (4) + Focus (4) = (14d6.hits(5) =7)
Drain resistance for 3 Drain:
Willpower (5) + Logic (5) = (10d6.hits(5) =3)
Drain resisted (barely).
[/spoiler]