Explorador
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 por Ben McSweeney
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| Mundo de origen | Detritus |
| Universo | Skyward Universe |
A scout is a position that can be held by pilots in the DDF.[1] Cadets train with scouts during their time at Flight School and have the option to become a scout after they graduate.[1] There are at least twelve scouts[2] in the DDF, including FM, however, nine of these scouts are killed by a lifebuster during the Second Battle of Alta.[2]
Job
There are one to two scouts in every full DDF Flight,[1] tasked with patrolling the skies and reporting incoming Krell forces both during and outside of battle. They look for low-riding Krell by their dust trails, 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 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.[1]
Equipment
Scouts are given Val-class ships, with its 138 Stewart destructor swapped out for a 131. Its sensor systems are better than the average ship, longer-ranged, and contain more detail.
Known Scouts
- Blaze oversaw Skyward Flight's scout exposure training.
- Remark, a member of one of the other Flight School Flights, claims he has already received an offer from a full DDF Flight to be a scout, while eating with the other cadets.[3]
- Cloak, the seventh member of Ranger Flight
- Underscore, the eighth member of Ranger Flight
- FM, joins the scouts after she graduates from Flight School.[2] She is one of three scouts that survive the lifebuster blast during the Second Battle of Alta