Ah, I remember now. I do recall that the only reasonable way that a suit like that would be assigned to a mission that (they thought) would be simple would be if it was on a shakedown run. You may want to add that detail to the CS. Otherwise, I've no problem with an armored soldier like that. 

As for where we are right now in the RP. We are on the planet, and several people from the settlement were ushered into our shuttle. We are currently a part of a convoy heading to an unspecified location, after evacuating the temporary settlement. If you wish to join in quickly, your character could have been one of the ones that joined us in the shuttle.