"Shepard, Ser Loghain has quit the field," EDI interjected matter-of-factly.
"Quit the field? What do you mean?" Shepard said a little too loudly.
"He is currently retreating. Leaving the main force and the king to fend for themselves."
"Christ…" Shepard kneaded her forehead with her hand.
Alistair strode up to her. "Who were you talking to? What's this about someone quitting the field?"
"Loghain has quit the field. He betrayed us," Shepard explained, choosing to not tell Alistair about EDI.
"What? How do you know this?" he demanded.
Before Shepard could respond, the door burst open to reveal a stream of darkspawn. Shepard sent a shockwave through the door, clearing out the darkspawn but not before several arrows hit the soldier. "Take cover! Kasumi, throw a flashbang at that group." They managed to duck behind some crates but all knew this was only a temporary shelter. "EDI, get the Kodiak to the ground team and tell them to come pick us up!"
"Understood, Shepard. Sending the Kodiak now. ETA to the ground team is three minutes. Estimated loading time is also three minutes. Estimated time to get to you—"
"Just get it done!" Shepard snapped as she popped over the crate to send another shockwave.
Miranda stopped fighting. "What? Loghain is what?" she shouted to EDI.
"He has quit the field and left your army without reinforcements, Officer Lawson. The commander is sending the Kodiak to extract your team. Then she requests that you provide extraction for her team as well. ETA three minutes."
"Damnit!" Miranda punched the nearest darkspawn using her biotics. "Did the rest of you hear what EDI just said?"
"Affirmative, looks like we're on our own," Garrus replied.
Miranda began making her way back to where their supplies were. "Everyone get back to where we stacked the supplies. Someone grab the king and Duncan as well. Garrus, Thane, leave your posts and help us on the ground."
A series of "affirmative's" and "understood's" came back to Miranda's ear piece. This was going to be a tough fight just waiting for the Kodiak. She sighed and tossed one of the taller darkspawn into a gaggle of shorter ones.