Difference between revisions of "Scout"

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A '''scout''' is a position that can be held by pilots in the [[DDF]].{{book ref|sky1|41}} Cadets train with scouts during their time at [[Flight School]] and have the option to become a scout after they graduate.{{book ref|sky1|41}} There are at least fifteen scouts in the DDF, including [[FM]]; however, nine of themthree are killed in the initial firefight and nine by a [[lifebuster]] bomb, during the [[Second Battle of Alta]] Second.{{book ref|sky1|48}} During this battle, instead of being organized in larger squads, the scouts were split into five trios.{{book ref|sky1|48}} The three scouts that survive the lifebuster return to Alta with Riptide Flight to aid Spensa, Kimmalyn, Nedd, and Arturo in defending the base from the second Krell attack.{{book ref|sky1|52}}

Scouts are tasked with patrolling the skies and reporting incoming [[varvax|Krell]] forces both during and outside of battle.{{book ref|sky1|41}} They look for low-riding Krell by their dust trails, as well as for Krell hiding behind hills, and teach cadets how to tell whether or not something off in the distance is a Krell ship or an optical illusion. If they see an incoming force of Krell, scouts are also tasked with holding them back to buy time for the other [[:Category:DDF Flights|Flights]] to get off the ground and provide backup. Scouts are sometimes viewed as cowards, but they understand that their job is essential to the survival of the DDF and humanity, because without them, the Krell would catch the DDF off guard and unready.{{book ref|sky1|41}}