The Guardsmen weren't the only people the strange ship garnered attention from. Major Kusanagi was making a routene patrol run from the nearby safe-house. With the Umibozu under Shimizu's command tracking her, and the Princess down the Major had to be extra careful of the surroundings of their safe-house.
Roughly a dozen or so meters away, nestled atop a tree branch, the Major watched through the scope of her Seburo MN-23 assault rifle.
She watched the alien ship, and the Guardsmen that approached it carefully, squeezing one eye shut to gain a better look, and adjusting the gain on the weapon's microphone to garner a better sense of conversation.
The Major was using traitional camouflage, clad in an
Aschen Empire woodland series camouflage.
Shifting her stance, she had to get closer so she could get a better look, pulling away from the scope, she let herself fall silently from the treetop, crouching in the foliage and shrubbery to try and get closer to the Guardsmen and the alien ship.
Slowly and surely, and nearly utterly silently the Major crept closer, closing the distance with a slow and methodical pace.