“I’m just saying, it only [i]really[/i] needs to decontaminate things going in and out of the ship, and only once we get there. I feel like that thing’s going to get real old if we don’t change its settings.” Senjen said, his gaze still following where the drone had went. 

“But yeah…” Senjen was silent for a few seconds. He did not say anything about Ruk’s concerns with him getting caught. If something happened at that point, then she would be able to get away with Myrmidon never having known she was involved. The mission would not be able to proceed after that, so they would probably head back and the FGC would have to think up something new. For this to work, everything really was riding on him. For now, he tried not to think about that. “That’s probably a good idea. Let’s go see if we can find Major first.”

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Fortunately, the mercenaries’ leader, Major, ended up being in the first place they looked: the storage room next door. He was not alone, as the two members of their group from Earth were with him. With Senjen and Ruk showing up, even their storage room could start to feel a bit crowded, so Senjen stayed hanging on to the wall near the entrance. “Hey, uh, you all settling in? Anything you’re going to be needing?” Senjen asked.