While the cadets were preparing for some serious partying, serious preparations were in full swing within the IU Rebel Force.
Tritor was taking no chances as this mission meant full scale merging deep into enemy territory. All his men were dressed in casual civilian clothing, with a small black band around their arms and carried communicatortransreceivers, or CTRs that operated on a disused frequency. Though the CTRs were old technology, the advantage for the rebels was tracking the signal would be difficult.
From the OBF teams point of view, the whole set up seemed a trifle backward compared to the sophisticated devices the Trimadians possessed. They needed any supernatural intervention that came their way, not excluding pure dum luck if they were to succeed to any degree. Reality meant their only hope was through the Trimadians arrogance ignore or underestimate any opposition.