Silence had momentarily settled while the three mercenaries took a brief moment to study the salvage tables displayed on the computers before them. As the three ranking officers of their small unit they comprised both the official Review Board and the unofficial brain trust of the Suomi Warders. Several days had passed since their battle against corporate raiders / pirates on a desert island of the world Hamano. The result was victory, but the entire affair had been waged under unusual circumstances and with a cost. The Warders had lost most of their heavy tank lance, one of their hovertanks, several infantrymen and one MechWarrior to psychological rather than physical damage. For their efforts they had earned a date with the ComStar Review Board for defying the planetary Military Governor