“The equipment is already set up and ready in the field laboratory. To bring the scanning equipment up to your ship requires keep a constant presence aboard your ship. We still have to protect our technology, after all. It will need to stay under armed guard, which means negotiating for the constant presence of an armed guard with your Captain. It would be much easier for your team to come to the surface.” Rareth replied. 

There was a slight tinge of irritation in Rareth’s voice, though it was hard to tell at exactly whom it was directed. She did not look directly at Freyr when she growled under her breath. “And for that matter, why are you operating on the Barbarossa at all? The lab we constructed above the object contains the full array of necessary equipment, both yours [i]and[/i] ours. It was constructed fully cooperatively between our two people, it contains facilities and equipment that are comfortable for both of us. Having our science teams move to constantly work separately will be to the detriment of our efficiency. Now that we have negotiated [i]full[/i] cooperation between our people on this project, it would be quite a strange time to move away from having our teams work together in a hybrid lab.”