the sound of his siblings sleeping soundly is like a lullaby to him
the lightest sleeper in the world thanks longnecks
unless someone is cuddling with him
partner, sibling, doesn't matter
if someone is right there he will bury his face in their shoulder or side and he will actually get some sleep
Wrecker
can and will sleep anywhere
will occasionally just nod off in the middle of a battle just because he can
everyone talks about wrecker snoring but tbh i feel like he's one of those sleepers that doesn't exactly snore, more like breathes loudly
Tech
sleep? ha what's that
its not that he can't sleep, it's that there are so many more interesting things to do with those wasted hours
sleep is an inconvenience
he will fall asleep the second one of his brothers scoops him up and wraps him in a blanket though (perfect depiction of this by @carrot-top-monk seen here with super heartbreaking ending)
Echo
he for sure mumbles in his sleep
like it's not always about his trauma but like to be fair its often about his trauma
but he'll just like perk his head up and just mumble some nonsense about tookas
sometimes it'll just be straight binary like hes literally saying zero one one zero one one one zero zero one one zero one one one one zero zero one zero zero zero zero zero zero one one zero one one one zero zero one one zero one one one one zero zero one zero zero zero zero zero zero one one zero one one one zero zero one one zero one one one one
he also frequently twitches in his sleep
and that includes his scomp
he doesn't use a blanket anymore because his scomp twitched one night and the blanket got all wrapped up in it and it took Tech 20 minutes to get it back out
Crosshair
I think I've seen it somewhere else before, but this man does not sleep
Like he might nap for an hour or two
And he naps fairly frequently
Like any given point that he is idle and at least seated he's out like a kriffin light
like oh missions over and hes sitting on a crate waiting to depart? ASLEEP
on kamino for a bit, in the mess hall and the regs are being tolerable? ASLEEP
hunter's giving a briefing of their next mission? ASLEEP
@clonexreaderbingo (if you want me not to tag you on future late additions lmk)
Square filled: "go to sleep"
Word count: 341
Warnings: trauma, nightmare, The Outpost & related topics, comfort
Note: I am well aware that I am posting this in March of 2024, but I decided I wanted to keep going, deadline be damned.
Crosshair awoke with a start, coughing violently, as he desperately fought to remove the snow that had filled his lungs in the avalanche. He needed to get to Mayday.
No- no, that wasn’t right. There wasn’t snow here and this wasn’t the mountain. The warm breeze fluttering the curtains as it passed through the open window was enough to dispel that. There were no vultures overhead, just the lazily turning blades of the ceiling fan. To his right wasn’t Mayday, but you, not frostbitten or injured, just sleeping.
He screwed his eyes shut, pressing his palms to them despite the way his right hand trembled.
“Cr’ss?” you murmured, groggily sitting up and scooching closer. “‘S’okay, baby.”
“I’m fine,” he answered too quickly. “Go to sleep.”
Despite his protest, you wrapped your arms around him, the warmth of your body enveloping his. You sleepily coached him through a breathing exercise, still holding him tightly and rubbing small circles into his back.
“Wanna talk?” you asked simply.
He sat silent, still going through the exercise without your guidance, but gave a little shake of his head.
You hummed an acknowledgment, repositioning yourself between him and the headboard with your legs on either side of him. Gradually, you eased him back to lean against you. He turned onto his side to press his ear against your chest, visibly relaxing as he listened to your heartbeat, strong and steady.
You combed your fingers through the short silver hair that had finally started to get some length back to it. “Which one?”
“Outpost,” he whispered.
You pressed a soft kiss to the top of his head, heart aching when he shuddered underneath you. “Cold?”
He nodded, nuzzling his head ever closer to your chest. You reached down, grabbing and pulling the blanket up over both of you.
“Want more?”
He nodded again, so you reached for the remote on his nightstand. Turning it to a low setting, you heard a soft sigh of relief.
“What do you need, baby?” you murmured into his hair.
Warnings: canon typical violence, injuries, blaster wounds, a little suggestive at the end
This is not how this was supposed to go, you thought bitterly, tucked behind a large rock for cover. The blasterfire overhead was proof that plan A had failed… along with plans B, C, and D. The shots to your shoulder and leg only proved as further evidence.
“Hang in there,” Echo commed to you. “We’re on our way.”
“Would you hurry it up?” you groaned, firing a few shots towards the droid battalion slowly making its way towards you.
“Tech’s a quarter-klick away,” Echo assured.
“Where are you?”
There were a few seconds where no reply came, despite comms still being live. Echo was hesitating. “We’re pinned up here.”
Echo hated when you were separated in battle. Despite his general hesitancy to express his more than platonic feelings for you, he’d told you that before. He knew that being put together every mission was simply not feasible, and it could make either one of you a liability in the field, but he hated it all the same.
“It’s okay,” you reassured him. “I’ll see you back at the ship.”
The comms became too cluttered with orders and warnings being bounced between the others. Tech field-dressed your wounds and helped you back to the ship, depositing you in one of the seats before running off to the cockpit to go pick up the rest of the boys. You limped over to the gunner’s nest, painfully dragging yourself up the ladder.
As the ship flew over the others’ position, you saw they were surrounded. You began firing, taking out several tanks.
“Nice shootin’, verd’ika!” Wrecker cheered, laughing gleefully as your shots along with his previously placed explosives caused a massive chain reaction, taking out most of the remaining droids.
Tech landed the ship a little ways away from the others and you decided to change out of your grimy and now burned blacks. Sitting on the edge of your bunk, you lifted the lid to your footlocker to grab- damn. This was your last set of undamaged blacks.
You scowled at your nearly empty storage, contemplating what you could do when an idea popped in.
By the time the others filed in, you were getting comfortable in your bunk in a clean shirt.
As Wrecker’s adrenaline-fueled retelling of the battle they had all just been in began to quiet down, you heard Echo’s voice.
“Where’s-”
“Bunks,” Hunter answered.
You could hear Echo’s footsteps through the ship as the others went back to talking. “Hey, are you-” he froze next to your bunk, eyes wide with surprise.
“Hi,” you mumbled, barely able to contain a grin.
Echo’s mouth opened, but the words failed to come as he seemed to struggle with the sight of you.
“Echo?” you prompted.
He blinked at you.
“I know I probably should’ve asked, but I’d gone through all my blacks and I needed something to change into. Yours was the closest, and honestly the cleanest-”
“That’s mine!” he nearly shouted in disbelief.
The shortened right sleeve gave it away pretty easily, even though you’d cuffed the other sleeve to match.
“Yeah, I just need to borrow it until we get to a base-”
“No,” he protested before clearing his throat. “I mean you- you don’t have to give it back.”
You smirked a little. “Echo, do you like that I’m wearing your shirt?”
His eyes went wide again as he sheepishly tried to find something - anything - else to look at.
“You do!” you teased, taking delight in the way his cheeks flushed to a bright red that extended down his neck.
Echo closed his eyes, taking a deep breath. When he opened them, they landed on you, the warm, golden tones sinking into your skin with an intensity you’d not seen from him before.
“I do like seeing my shirt on you,” he murmured, sitting on the edge of your bunk. “But I think I’d like to see it on the floor next to your bunk even better.”
Your jaw dropped open, your face burning hot as he smirked, patting your thigh.
“Get some rest, mesh’la," he chuckled with a wink.
Mando'a key:
cyar'ika - sweetheart
olarom yaim - welcome home
“How much further?” you whined, dragging your feet for dramatic effect.
“Just a bit, cyar’ika,” Wrecker laughed.
Doing your best tooka eyes, you pouted up at your partner. “Carry me, baby?”
Wrecker chuckled again. “You’re not gonna like how that ends.”
“Wanna bet?”
Wrecker laughed wildly, grabbing you by your hips and throwing you over his shoulder. You squealed in protest, your laughter filling his chest with warmth.
“Wrecker, I look like you caught me while you were fishing!”
“Prettiest fish in the whole galaxy!” he cheered.
He carried you through the streets of Lower Pabu, grinning widely and waving at each neighbor passing by, as your face flushed deeper and deeper as you saw the others chuckling.
The further he walked, the less people you saw. This was a newer section of Pabu, having been undeveloped before the sea surge.
“Where are you taking me?” you giggled.
He chuckled, but didn’t answer. The sun was beginning to set, the new lamps flickering on, lining their path with light.
“Alright, cyar’ika,” he smiled, placing you down on the path, still facing him. “You ready?”
“For what?” you questioned, trying to read his expression beyond the excitement.
He nodded to turn around. So you did, taking in a set of three new houses with the path circling to connect them. At the center of the circle was a small tree, its white flowers in full bloom and swaying gently in the spring breeze.
“That one’s Hunter’s,” he said, pointing to the middle one. “Echo’s got a room when he’s here.” He pointed to the one on the right, closest to the water. “Tech and Crosshair are there.”
“They’re willing to share?” you chuckled.
Wrecker shrugged. “Cross said it was twin stuff.”
“Where’s Omega living?”
“She’s got the choice of all three, but she’ll probably be with Hunter most of the time.”
You nodded slowly. “So the one on the left…”
“Mine,” he confirmed, taking one of your hands in his. “And yours, if you want,” he added, his voice wavering just a little as he dropped a knee to the dirt.
Realization dawned over you, and he saw it on your face. “Wreck-”
“You make me so happy, and I-'' he began, desperately trying to ignore the tears beginning to drip down his face. “I think I make you happy, too. I don’t know how much time I have, but I would really, really like it if you would spend it with me. Cyar’ika, will you marry-”
“Yes!” You answered, jumping into his arms.
He audibly sighed with relief as he pulled you close, lifting you off the ground.
“Oh, good; you agreed,” Tech said, stepping out of the middle house.
“Like there was ever any doubt,” Echo grinned from behind Hunter and Omega, who was running towards you.
Crosshair smirked. “A little.”
Wrecker set you down just in time for you to catch Omega, who was throwing her arms around you.
You began to try and answer all the questions Omega had about your upcoming wedding as the others congratulated (Hunter, Tech, and Echo) and teased (Crosshair) their brother.
After a little while, Wrecker smiled at you, gently offering his hand. You took it, allowing him to lead you into his house- your house. A big living room and kitchen on the first floor and three bedrooms on the second.
He led you into the master bedroom, complete with an oversized bed that you were sure even your soon to be husband would fit in it.
“What do you think, cyar’ika? Is it okay?” he asked.
You smiled, reaching up to hold his face in your hands, your thumb tracing over the lines of his scar. “‘Okay’? Wrecker, it’s perfect.”
Wrecker pressed his forehead to yours, whispering softly. “Olarom yaim, cyar’ika.”
Warnings: very mild sickness (as one might imagine) but it is not life threatening
“Tech,” you chided. “You really need to get back to bed.”
“Don’t be ridiculous, cyare. I am perfectly fine,” Tech said, rolling his eyes. “In fact, the idea of you holding me prisoner here is absolutely ludicrous.”
“Oh ‘ludicrous’ is it? And what is it you’re planning on doing once you escape?”
“I need to perform a few repairs to the Marauder’s cooling system,” he prattled as he started to walk around the living room of your house. “Not to mention the screen of the navigational computer is acting up again.”
You leaned against the doorway to your bedroom, watching your partner walking in circles as he searched.
“What are you looking for, love?”
Tech scowled at you. “My goggles,” he sighed. “It’s somewhat difficult to find them when I can barely see.”
“Darling?” your tone was gentle, but full of amusement.
“Yes, cyare?”
“Are these the goggles you’re looking for?” You asked, holding up his signature yellow lenses by the strap. “These ones, that you asked me to hold on to so that you wouldn’t lose them?”
Tech closed the distance, taking the item in his hands. “Yes, these are what I was looking for, however I do not recall asking you to hold them.”
“Okay,” you smiled. “And those repairs?”
“Yes, I must be on my way to the port. Maker only knows what shortcuts Hunter and Echo are teaching Omega.”
“Tech,” you said, grabbing his arm to stop his forward motion. “Echo’s on a mission with Rex, and Wrecker took Omega on that fishing trip?”
Tech blinked at you. “Then Hunter-”
“-is enjoying some well-earned relaxation time with his riduur. They took the ship to that island Omega and Lyana found, remember?”
Tech’s face displayed a wide array of emotion, bouncing between confusion, searching his memory, followed by confusion, frustration, and more confusion.
“And I-”
“-have a temperature of 101 and need to go back to bed so the medicine can do it’s work.”
Tech was quiet for a long moment, grumbling to himself. “We have already had this conversation today, haven’t we?”
Can I pleeeeease request a thing about how you think Cody got his scar?
Glory
Request for @techs-goggles9902
Love you, Sha! 💛
Cadet Commanders
Warnings: child abuse (children getting beaten up by a corrupt instructor (they're around 15-16 biologically in this)), blood, knives. This is kind of a dead dove do not eat situation.
Mando'a Guide:
shebs - butt
par ner vode - for my brothers
verd'ika - private, or "little soldier" affectionately
vor entye - thank you (literally "I accept a debt")
alor - leader
“C’mon, Foxy! Kick his shebs!” Bly shouted from the bench.
“Bly,” Cody hissed. “You need to shut up.”
Fox, slightly distracted by his brother’s loud disruption, caught a swift kick to his shins, practice blade flying to the side as he fell.
Their instructor held his own practice blade to Fox’s neck.
“Do you yield?” he asked calmly.
Fox simply nodded, struggling to catch his breath.
“I can’t hear you,” he growled, the tip of the blunt blade pressing against the skin of Fox’s throat.
“Yes, sir,” Fox rasped. “I yield.”
The instructor pulled the blade away, looking out to the others.
“Who’s left?” he called, impatiently, his eyes zoning in on Bly and Cody. “Come on, someone’s gotta disappoint me next. I don’t have all day.”
Bly almost growled a little, his brows scrunching together. He stood, walking towards the training mat at the center of the room.
“Well, well, well,” their instructor chuckled darkly. “And which one are you?”
“Bly,” he answered, picking up his practice blade. He fell easily into a ready position.
The instructor rolled his eyes. “That is not what I asked, clone,” he spat.
Bly’s nostrils flared as he looked up at the bounty hunter. “CC-5052, sir.”
“Ah, so it will be disappointing,” he sneered. “Let’s get this over with, shall we?”
Bly took a deep breath to center himself, just like Cody had shown him. The practice began, the instructor quickly advancing on the attack, forcing Bly to take the defensive.
He lasted longer than he had the last time, and a tiny bit longer than Fox had, but soon the bounty hunter had him pressed to the wall with his hand around Bly’s throat, blade on the mat.
“Pathetic,” he sneered, barely looking as he released the young clone. Bly’s knees hit the ground hard as he coughed and gasped for air, making Cody wince.
“You,” the instructor commanded, pointing his blade at Cody.
“You got this, Codes,” Wolffe whispered as Cody passed him.
He got to the mat and faced their teacher. He could feel his blood boiling just below the surface of his skin as Fox and Gree helped Bly up and back to the benches on the side of the training room.
“Begin,” the instructor said, already lunging for his student before the word had fully left his mouth. Either he didn’t notice that his student didn’t have his practice blade out, or perhaps he simply didn’t care.
Cody ducked the attack, throwing his shoulder into the instructor’s gut and knocking him off balance. They tumbled to the floor, the young clone on top of his teacher as they struggled.
Distantly, he could hear his brothers’ cheers from the sideline, but he couldn’t let that distract him. No, he had to put everything into this match. He had to show this sleemo that he and his brothers were to be respected.
He could feel the instructor’s knee slam against his back, and he grunted as a sharp pain accompanied the impact. But he ignored it. He fought to get the instructor’s arm under his knee, pinning it to the mat and began to do the same with the other, but the instructor struggled against him. The instructor’s hand landed on Cody’s face, pressing hard against it. Cody growled in frustration, pushing himself even harder. He had to win this match. Par ner vode.
The instructor bucked his shoulders, trying to throw the cadet off, but he stuck through it, grabbing at his wrist and - finally!
Cody caught the instructor’s arm by the wrist, slamming it hard onto the mat, the practice blade clattering to the floor. Once he’d wrestled the instructor’s arm beneath him, he picked up the practice blade, pointing the tip to the instructor’s neck.
“Do you yield, sir?” he asked simply, fighting to disguise the fatigue in his voice.
“Fine,” the instructor snarled. “Now get the kriff off of me.”
He hesitated, but let the man up.
“All of you get out of my sight,” he growled, brushing the dust from his shirt.
His brothers were all but cheering by the time they left the training room, but Cody felt uneasy. That feeling carried him through the rest of the day, following him wherever he went.
“CC-2224, report to hangar 14D,” the PA system sounded. The rest of his squad gave him a questioning look, but he just shrugged.
“Do you want one of us to come with you?” Fox asked, clearly picking up on his brother’s discomfort.
“Better go alone,” he frowned. “Thanks, though, Fox.”
The eyes of his squad followed him until the door shut behind him.
It wasn’t long of a walk to the hangar, but he couldn’t help the way his nerves bundled in the pit of his stomach. The tension rose into his shoulders and jaw as he walked into the hangar.
There stood his hand-to-hand instructor, but that didn’t surprise him. He figured he’d have to pay for his victory in training earlier.
“CC-2224,” the instructor drawled, not bothering to turn and face him. “Glad you could make it.”
“Yes, sir,” he answered carefully. He didn’t want to earn any more ‘reinforcement’.
“Since you seem to have your hand-to-hand training down, I thought perhaps you might like a bit more of a challenge.”
Cody didn’t like the man’s tone. It sounded too cordial for this particular instructor.
“What did you have in mind, sir?”
The instructor chuckled darkly. “A more… realistic fight,” he murmured, turning and pouncing at Cody.
He caught his wrists, but not before it nicked his uniform. They struggled for a moment, but the instructor used Cody’s hold on his wrists to pull the young clone towards him, slamming a knee into the boy’s gut.
Cody coughed hard, doubling over. The instructor took the advantage, pushing him back, nearly knocking him off balance.
“Today is the day you’ll learn,” the instructor spat, landing a swift uppercut to the same spot. “You’ll learn what it is to respect your betters.” Another hit. “To know your place.” Another. “Your worth.” He gripped the cadet’s arm, twisting it painfully. “That you are utterly disposable.”
With a punch to his cheek, Cody was down. He crumpled to the floor, breathing no longer coming easily to him. His vision felt blurry. His heart was pounding in his ears. There was something warm and wet dripping down his temple- was that blood? There was a metallic taste in his mouth.
“Pathetic,” his instructor huffed out. Laying on the cold durasteel of the hangar, curled in on himself, bleeding, panting, and nearly crying in pain, doubt crept into his mind. Maybe he was pathetic. A let-down. A disappointment to his squad. Maybe he was just a number- 2224.
“You know as well as I do just how much the Kaminoans hate imperfection,” the instructor sneered. The sharp hiss of a vibroblade being unsheathed echoed in his ears. “We’ll see how long you last with this.”
The instructor forced him onto his back, arm pressed across his shoulders. Cody’s vision was blurry, but he could just make out the shape of the knife inching towards him. White hot pain seared through his body, originating at his temple. He was sure he cried out, but he couldn’t hear anything over the rush of his own blood. He was moving, struggling against the sadistic man, trying desperately to break free.
The arm holding him down shifted, moving up his body, until it situated across his throat. He was gasping, his hands clawing at his restraint, but it got harder and harder to fight, and he felt a cold, inky, blackness enveloping him.
“That’s enough!”
Cody opened his eyes. The harsh white lights of the medbay burned as he blinked the blurriness away. His head felt like it was being split into a million pieces.
“Good, you’re awake,” said a woman, who just came into focus. He recognized his heavy weapons instructor, and realized she must have been the one to find him.
“I-I’m sorry,” he breathed, voice hoarse.
“None of that,” she answered. Stern, but kind, as always. “This was not your fault, verd’ika.”
Dinua Atina was a tough Mandalorian warrior, but she seemed to have a bit of a soft spot for the cadets, and the cadets held her in a similar regard.
He sighed. “Is my squad okay?”
“Always worried about ner vode,” she smiled, shaking her head gently.
“W-when-” he stuttered, having trouble pushing the words out of his mouth. “When will I be… decommissioned?”
Alor Atina’s eyes grew wide. “No, verd’ika,” she asserted. “You will not be decommissioned.”
His hand rose to gingerly touch the ruined skin on the left side of face. “But-”
“I have already stopped them from decommissioning you, verd’ika, and the man who did this to you has been removed from Kamino.”
As his eyes shot up to meet her’s, his mind swam as he searched for words that would be enough. “V-vor entye, alor,” he whispered, his Mando’a coming out a little broken.
She smiled widely, her hand grasping his. “No debt is owed, verd’ika. Guide and protect your brothers in the field, and you will bring kote to the Republic.”
She patted his shoulder and began to leave, picking up her helmet from the foot of his cot.
“Alor Atina,” he spoke, stopping her. “What does ‘kote’ mean?”She smiled. “‘Glory’, verd’ika. You will bring glory.”
Thanks for reading! - River
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Summary: Hunter just wants to see his partner, but isn’t happy about the situation he finds you in.
Warnings: extremely mild mentions of violent intentions, vague sexual references, mild language
Author’s Note: ah this was so much fun to write! I’m sorry it took me so long, darling, but I hope you enjoy your protective!Hunter 💛🤟
Hunter hated being busy when they’d get a chance to land on Coruscant. He could often be seen glancing at the nearest chrono whenever he wasn’t being directly spoken to as he went through the seemingly endless missions.
He was in the middle of a meeting with Commander Cody when his comm pinged.
“Hangar 14, darling” the simple comm from you read.
Maker, he thought as he became more impatient. He hadn’t seen you in over forty rotations and he was getting desperate. Holoimages of your smile just weren’t enough; he needed the real thing. He just missed you, damn it. Your smile, your laugh, those eyes you’d give him when you wanted to get him alone. He missed the way your fingertips were permanently stained with engine grime. He missed the way you interacted with his brothers; playing games with Wrecker, actually listening to Tech, making snarky remarks with Crosshair.
“Sergeant? Are you listening?” Cody questioned, bringing Hunter back to the present.
“Sorry, sir. I’m a little…distracted,” Hunter mumbled.
“That’s alright, vod,” Cody chuckled. “I have some plans with my cyare after this as well. We can pick this back up tomorrow afternoon.”
“You may want to hurry, Hunter, I heard the Wolfpack is docking in 14,” Cody gave Hunter a pat on the shoulder, a smirk and conspiratorial wink on his face as he left.
Hunter scoffed a little before rushing off to see you.
It had been far too long since he saw your beautiful face, and he couldn’t help the butterflies in his stomach. As he approached Hangar 14, he looked around, trying to find the source of your laughter.
And there you were. You looked so kriffing pretty, despite the way your messy hair and the oil and grease that smeared across your body from your repair work. He was so distracted, a blissful expression painting over his face, that he didn’t realize what you were laughing at to begin with.
Slowly, he noticed them, the various members of the Wolfpack standing around you, one of them - Sinker, he thinks - regaling you with some kind of epic tale, his hands flying about wildly. You were laughing, clearly amused by whatever story was being told, and laughing harder as Boost started to bicker with Sinker.
You got along so easily with everyone you met, a skill that Hunter himself was not particularly adept at, and it made his heart happy. But watching as the leader of the pack, Wolffe himself, inching closer to you as you paid attention to his squad, something stirred in him. It was unfamiliar and uncomfortable.
Hunter’s movements stilled as he watched. You didn’t seem upset, and he didn’t want to make a big deal out of nothing. He was probably just being overprotective like Crosshair always says.
But then he saw it. A quick brush against your arm and the way you tensed. The way your smile and laugh suddenly became a facade. It made his blood boil.
He was getting ready to charge the commander, and give him a piece of his mind, but instead your eyes caught his. Your smile widened, no longer polite, but purely, unapologetically joyful. You didn’t bother say a word to the men surrounding you as you began to rush towards the beautiful man waiting for you.
He caught you easily, lifting you by the waist and spinning you around. Your beautiful, wonderful, bewitching laugh bubbled up as you held your man close to you. Eventually, he brought you back down to the ground, smiling widely as you wrapped your arms around his neck.
“Missed you,” you whispered, as he pressed his forehead against yours
A laugh from behind the pair of you caught your attention, and you both noticed an embarrassed looking Wolffe, ordering the rest of the pack to do ten laps around the hangar for laughing at him.
You laughed as well, but Hunter let out a low noise, one you had only heard in…other settings. You followed his line of sight, noticing that Wolffe was suddenly looking very nervous and Hunter’s smile had dropped as he narrowed his eyes and growled at the other man.
“Hunter,” you chided, breaking his concentration away from the commander and back to you.
“Yeah, cyare,” he grumbled. “I know.”
You chuckled, and rolled your eyes a little, pulling your hands back to rest on the sides of his head, pulling him into you, kissing him deeply.
Everything around the two of you faded away and you felt him relax into your arms.
Neither of you even noticed the whistle from Wrecker as the rest of the Batch entered the hangar.
