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Linde saw the nod but did not react, as she had enough confidence in his ability to understand that he knew what he was doing. She sized up the slow spread of the circle and the rate of descent of the Banshees and did a quick estimate in her head before climbing into the tallest tree she could find a few feet away. She slipped in between the branches and gracefully slid up the trunk to a solid branch about halfway up which just barely broke the canopy line before she crouched down and waited.

"I'll give you guys about thirty seconds to get into position before I make the jump. The one that's currently above our ship is my target... Here we go." She said quietly before turning her comm to one way.

She flexed her legs to prepare for the jump as the Banshees continued with their circle. The seconds ticked by in her head very slowly until finally her target was within range above her. The jump was about fifteen feet or so, but thanks to her Armor being rather weightless compared to regular SPARTAN armor, and to a few special modifications made to her musculature and nerves by the good doctor, it was almost child's play.

Linde launched herself from the branch of the tree and hammered both fists deep into the front of the Banshee. She pulled her right hand free as it suddenly seemed to realize what was going on and began to spin out of control in the air. She crawled forward on the roughly twenty three foot aircraft and ripped the hatch off and exposed the pilot. The pilot inside was none other than a Jiralhanae, a.k.a a Brute, whom she proceeded to grab by the throat and pulled free of the pilot seat. She threw him, albeit with a slight bit of difficulty thanks to his struggling, off of the aircraft and into the ravine that was directly below them. She quickly hopped inside and grabbed the controls, gaining complete control of the craft about ten feet before what would have been a rather unpleasant crash into the ground.

She managed to enter the fray and held her position to give herself time to observe the situation around her, as the other Banshees were occupied at the moment.

At that moment Aoi popped up in her visor once again with that same pleasant smile on her face.

"Congratulations on your first professional Covenant Vehicle Jacking Linde." Aoi said as she started clapping.

Linde smirked back at her spunky A.I.

"Thank you Aoi, but this isn't the time. Thank you." She said.

Aoi quickly disappeared but remained in voice to continue a light conversation.