Lucas stood at ease as he listened to the briefing, his eyes flitting over to the mountain range when it was mentioned and shifted his oversized pack to a more comfortable position. While he had a very good reason for bringing half a hospital's worth of equipment, the extra bulk was not going to be welcome when they had to trek through mountains. They had no idea what inhabited this world and even less about its potential pathogens, so to prevent his section from dying of the black plague or some other disease, he was loaded down with extra antibiotics, a gas mask, extra filters, and a whole other host of medical equipment for dealing with viral or bacterial diseases. 

When it came time for questions, Lucas snapped to attention and raised his fist. Upon being called, he asked [b]"Sir! If we find natives in this world, will we approach them or just observe them?"[/b] As interesting as a new society would be to discover, Lucas was worried about the potential for diseases spreading. Similar things happened back in the old colonial days, where explorers would meet native populations and accidentally spread diseases that the locals had no resistance to. Giving humans a reputation as 'the plague bearers' was not on his list of life goals to accomplish.