Same old route, same old hallways, same old hostile nattering from the others.

Some of the squadrons did run into eachother as they got closer to an exit, though and Impulse got to say hi to his other friend, Skizz.

Skizz was from squad Tango-D and his only other real friend besides Bdubs. Being the younger brother of Force Captain Scorpia, he was on his way to becoming Force Captain too, and soon by the looks of it.

On the last stretch to the exit, Skizz gave 'Dippledop', as he always liked to call him, one of his famous bear hugs, Imp congratulated him again on being a soon-to-be Captain and they caught eachother up on the latest news.

Nothing special.

When they eventually all made it outside, Impulse made sure to position himself next to Bdubs and Skizz as Sergeant Cubfan gave them the Thaymor briefing.

"The stronghold of Thaymor is incredibly fortified and extremely important to the Rebellion. If and when we take it, we will make a major dent in the enemy forces. The stronghold will be guarded by rebellion fighters led by Princess Glimmer, but from the information we've gathered on her she seems to be an early retreater."

"As for positions, we're going to need the Omega squadrons to drive the front, the Gammas to hold the flanks and the upper Tangos to create a perimeter and before anyone asks I'm aware that the Tango squads are cadet squadrons but it's not too risky of a role if all goes well and you cadets are showing some promise. Now off to your skiffs and let's kick some rebel..." he glanced at the cadet squads, "...butt."

Impulse and Bdubs had bot, laser, shielded for who drove the skiff; Bdubs won.

Deep in the hostile Whispering Woods however, he gave the wheel over to a slightly less terrified Impy anyway.

Cub had made the older soldiers circle the cadets, though, which made the whole 'flying something you barely know how to fly through a hostile forest that may or may not eat you alive' thing a bit easier.

Once they came out of the thick of the woods and approached Thaymor, they all got into their aforementioned  positions.

"Hey Bdubs?" Impulse started.

"What, you scared or something? I'm not scared not me no," he said rather quickly.

"Does this look like a... civilian town to you?"

Bdubs paused for a moment. "Probably a disguise," he concluded, "you know how those rebellion guys are."

Impulse looked out at the endangered stronghold. Sergeant Cub (and Martyn, he supposed) had both said that Thaymor would be heavily fortified. It looked like a village. A normal village.

Impulse nodded to Bdubs. 

It probably was some kind of malicious trick. They wouldn't attack otherwise, would they?