[quote=@Raineh Daze]
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So... tech and NOT obviously bedecked in random items? 
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Tech that he could understand and [i]not[/i] be suspicious of, and decked in equipment that would make it seem like this person [i]doesn't want to fight him.[/i]

You don't go off recruiting people by advancing on them, wearing full battle armor. Treat the scared primitive working on a hair trigger like a scared primitive working on a hair trigger.