"Indeed..." she uttered, slightly annoyed by the Marine's sarcastic demeanor, his insolence not to her but in speaking of his eminance in that tone would earn him death in the Ancient Inquisitor's eyes.
"First we must clear the area for one hundred kilometers; troops, armor and especially anti-air for his eminance will be arriving by dropship from the Fidei Defensor..." her attention was caught by those fallen and especially the wounded, both Marine and Sister, "Hospitallar!" she called raucously, the smallish Ecclesiarchy medic tended to those in need.
"Sister Dreika!" a BattleSister wearing a slightly larger-than-normal helmet and powerpack marched up and saluted in the same fashion ass L'Xia.
"Dreika, Cabokuutah-nuun, L'Koii etellenska..." she started drawling a message she wanted relayed by Dreika, the comms officer.
Within moments of the message relayed, feiry comets of droppods peppered the immediate area around them. Officers, recordkeepers, tacticians and archivers all marked by the Ecclesiarchy accompanied by another Retributor squad and twenty-plus additional sisters.
The rear-line officials went to work at a blinding pace, setting up a temporary command post in the huge crater in which their most recent battle was fought. L'Xia saluted her thanks as she walked over to a holographic chart-table of the surrounding area as displayed by twohundred kilometers and constantly updated by orbital charts taken from the Fidei Defensor, even whilst locked in battle with the harvester ships.
"Com-Sat readings show large chaos troop consistancy to the south-west, thier movements take them Sou-Sou-West whilst the Nercons move behind them from the immediate south. A few Tau empire soldier contingiencies near the hab-sections north from here, the closest are the Tau and his eminance has ordered us to make diplomatic contact with the Tau to try and have them fight with us to stop the Necron menace. Though orders preceed us to push back the chaos and immediate necron threat, leaving as few survivors as possible..."
The Holograh chart spun and zoomed with every word she spoke, confirming her report with red markers over the blue glow of the holographic terrain. The Necron and Chaos forces numbered greatly, the yellow indicators of the Tau numbered few compared.
"Dreika! Were is that Hollenhund?" L'Xia barked, leaving her last train of thought. As if answereing her from above, a carry-all thunderhawk swooped low and delivered the HellHound, or HollenHund marked by the veteran inducted Imperial Guard of the 005th GroBholmen.
"Shall we proceed then, Comrade-Captain?" she asked honestly for his opinion; the outpost was now fully set up, the Retributors forming a defensive perimeter over the walls of the crater while the Ecclesiarchial officers continued to relay strategies and orders.