Except that when you came to the console you saw the shuttle that had been in front of you had moved up to the sbip behind you and was docking it. They weren't going to leave their ship behind.

"Leave them."  Hensen said to you, clutching his side. "Please. We'll get an emergency message out when they're gone." He figured out how to disarm the weapon and put it in his bag, with his convention props, then grinned. "Maybe I should make a superhero comic based on you. That was pretty cool."

BEEP.. BEEP.. '[i]Life support failure imminent.[/i]' BEEP.. BEEP.

You had about ten minutes before the life support system would give out.