"Sir. Permission to speak, Corporal?" asked Bluesky with more than a hint of worry in his voice.
"Go ahead Private" Balder responded
"There aren't many of us, sir, and you can bet those Covvies are gonna come looking for survivors. I know we got a job to do, but I'm a little more worried about covering our own asses right now, or we might not be around long enough to get it done, sir."
"Good point Private." Balder replied. " there are bound to be survivors from the other pelicans, we need to link up with them if we can. we also need to find a location that we can easily defend just incase the covenant come looking for us. After that we will start looking for the distress signal."