Kai-ui announced "We have a mission a mission that I think may be a massive discovery or an enemy engagement we are running on limited intelligence due to this storm without a doubt we will be leaving in about 3 hours time this will give us plenty of time to set everything up on the piranhas and with our equipment as usual take only what you need this includes your personal locators the carbines, pulse pistols and enough food to last a few days. That is all I'll see you at the piranhas in 3 hours."
Kai-ui collected his things off the briefing table and headed to the door on his way out he gave an all too familiar nod to Delos-ui it was there signal for "you know what to do" Kai-ui then headed up to his room to collect his equipment.
Delos-ui headed down to the hangers to set up the Piranha and to make sure the younger crew were actually awake at the briefing and knew what to pack.
As Delos-ui strolled through the piranhas in the hanger he couldn't help but to be blown away with the way they looked, the sleek smooth shape of their bodies painted in the same green of their armor there stubby wings stretched just a few meters off the body the ends had circle holes cut out of them for the gun drones to sit with their weapons hanging underneath Kai-ui and his piranha was the only one in the squadron that had been updated to have a plasma cannon under the nose instead of the standard burst cannon on more than one occasion the added firepower has saved many tau lives, but since coming here it hasn't been fired in months and he kind of liked it that way.
Delos-ui yelled to the other crew in the hanger "Hey don't you think that the Tau who designed this thing to be opened air should be given a good kick?"
The other crew's smirked at the thought of Delos-ui chasing around and kicking some poor mechanic.
Kai-ui walked down the ramp that entered the hanger from the court yard the rain seemed to be easing up but still he was drenched the pathfinder armor was smaller than that of the Firewarriors but was still as effective when it came to stopping most small arms fire.
Delos-ui looked at Kai-ui "were down two piranhas there not starting so we only have two working, ours and the new kids" he pointed around the hanger showing the two running and the two broken down ones that could be seen smoking from the several attempts to get them running.
Kai-ui sighed and replied "that will have to make due Shova Tas want this to be checked out as soon as possible so we have to leave now"
Delos-ui agreed and waved to the crew of the other running piranha to get in and get ready, Kai-ui put his gear into the side compartment and jumped in, he put on his helmet and strapped himself in he said over the radio "everyone read me loud and clear?" the others nodded in approval, Kai-ui moved the throttle forward which caused the piranha to lift off the ground just a few meters the antigravity engines purred into life flicking a bright aqua flame from the exhausts the loud humming of the engines echoed throughout the entire hanger, as Kai-ui started to push the nose forward the piranhas started to kick up sand and dirt around the hanger causing the other crew who were watching to shield there eye's.
The piranhas started to make a whistling noise as they picked up speed they flew up the ramp and into the sky rocketing past the tree's that surrounded the outpost with the rain and the wind all too eager to meet them the force caused the piranhas to drop slightly in the air, Kai-ui signaled to the other crew to fly higher with him through the clouds.
On the ground the Firewarriors looked out of the door way of their barracks and wished them luck before going back to their card game.
As the Piranhas climbed higher through the pouring rain it formed contrails on the edges of the wings the pilots helmets were getting belted by raindrops and there visors were awash with water the higher they got the colder it got and the rain started to turn into hail "ALMOST THERE" Kai-ui yelled through the intercom to Delos-ui he yelled back "I WONT NEED TO WASH FOR WEEKS AFTER THIS" Kai-ui smirked as he replied "IF YOU DON'T WASH ILL LET THE FIREWARRIORS USE YOU FOR TARGET PRACTICE".
The Piranhas started to shake as they flew closer to the clouds, finally they reached them, and everything went a ghostly white all they had to do now was to wait till they reached the top.
Finally after what seemed like ages they burst out of the clouds and started to level out, Kai-ui looked over to the other piranha and gave a thumbs up the young pilot radioed over "don't make us do that again I lost my lunch in that climb"
Kai-ui didn't reply but he did have a large grin on his face, Kai-ui radioed to the other piranha lets head to those coordinates the young pilot gave the thumbs up, they started to turn towards their objective.