Tristan overheard Eiko and Arya talking about the research that needed to be done, however even thought it would be helpful to have another working on the same project Tristan saw it as a tad redundant. Instead he went to the Armory to arm himself so that he could get used to weight of the weapons he would need for the next encounter of the Wild Hunt. As he exited the bridge he glanced back one more time. Tristan made his way down to the Armory with so much going through his mind, Eiko, Mentis, Jainus, For the first time in a long time Tristan was confused. [color=0072bc][b][i]"Why was I put on this team? No. I know why Im here. Why are THEY here. I could do this with my regular killsquad. I dont need this mis-matched band of mis-fits! Am I being punished? Why? Why? WHY!?"[/i][/b][/color] Tristan forced the thought out of his head. He had reached the Armory. He started looking around, everything was covered in tarps and strapped down. He found the most regular looking mass and lifted the tarp just enough to see the tag. [color=ed1c24][b]"Runes"[/b][/color] it read, He let the tarp back down. Again he looked for a normal mass of tarp and lifted it. [color=ed1c24][b]"Sniper Rifles."[/b][/color] Tristan smiled. [color=0072bc][b][i]"This is more my speed."[/i][/b][/color] he said as he started to open the box. He thumbed through the sorted Sniper Rifles and found his personal favorite, The FN Ballista. A lightweight Sniper that can fire any modified round that is .338 caliber, which is also a small light devastating round. He looked around a bit more and found some Assault Rifles, One of which was a SIG SG 550 a three round burst with incredible accuracy. Satisfied with his finds he started to return to the bridge when he noticed a crew member peaking under an unusual mass of tarp. [color=0072bc][b]"What's under there?"[/b][/color] He asked the crew member. [color=39b54a][b]"To be honest sir, I have no idea."[/b][/color] said the crew member. Tristan just nodded took a peak and made a note to ask Arya about it. He kept heading towards the bridge and stopped for a short moment to talk to another crew member and asked what mission he was told he was going on and if they were missing any of the crew. He said that the orders were to just keep the ship in the air no matter what and that some of the crew was left behind but they had enough to be effective. Again Tristan just nodded and continued on. He wandered the ship for a while that day, checking on the squad periodically and taking walks, with or without people to join him. He did this while he waited for orders on every other mission as well as this one unless he was the one giving orders. It gave him time to think. Tristan liked to think.