[quote=@Sep]
[@Rtron] If he suspects, he can always live with one arm or go get an arm from someone else :P[/quote]

Like? Who else on the ship can get him a new arm? And he needs one as soon as possible. He doesn't think being weak on this ship will keep him alive for long. 

[quote=@Sep]How does he know that Xid won't just detect the contingency plan and not tell him? Save it for later :P
[/quote]

He's banking that Xid/Shiri will care about the other enough to not lie to him. You know, the usual 'If you do this I'll leave this person alone and if I find out you're lying to me I'll make them suffer for hours while you watch.'