Heh heh heh, I can't wait to see what happens with the Ninja. I'm very curious as to whether she'll just be thrown off the team, or if she'll go through some character development first. And is she really Saxton Hale's niece (etc etc) or does she just have a vivid imagination? If so, what's the real story? Also, I wonder how Scout will be affected, since she's fixating on him the most. I find that there are a few times where you could combine dialogue and description together on the same line rather than separating them, e.g. Engineer’s upper lip curled in disgust. (removed newline) “Scout, you know I don’t drink that sorry excuse for a beverage.†(Also the next two lines with Scout, but I think that was pretty much it.) I quite liked how you had small actions and descriptions within the speech parts, e.g. Engineer replied, wiping sweat off of his brow.