[ Once the semantics we're out of the way and he'd parsed Dongfang's vocabulary, the rest fell right into place.
He took a moment more to chew over the given dangers of visiting. He really hated the feeling of isolation being stuck in this place left him with. He was so used to being able to call any of his co-workers at a moment's notice for field support, and in fact had to catch himself from doing just that.
Mulling over the given specs highlighted even more how isolated he was here--so many things he'd not have to bring into question, or could be simply assumed on the basis that his team had absolute trust in one another. But here, he not only had no safety net of the sort, but he didn't discount the fact that maybe one person would notice and have any concern if he went missing, and that he knew next to nothing about this world. At least on Gaia, he knew what he was getting into with any given mission.
He breathed a small sigh in and out through his nose slowly, glancing off to the side during that time he thought it over before returning his focus to Dongfang. ]
Couple things first, then.
How hot is 'very hot'? And once we get there, how bad is that swarming gonna be, and how quick is it gonna start? We both know the sensors are gonna fill up quick, but I'm gonna plan as if we're gonna be there for a few hours, and make sure we're on the same page in case shit goes ass-up.
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[ Once the semantics we're out of the way and he'd parsed Dongfang's vocabulary, the rest fell right into place.
He took a moment more to chew over the given dangers of visiting. He really hated the feeling of isolation being stuck in this place left him with. He was so used to being able to call any of his co-workers at a moment's notice for field support, and in fact had to catch himself from doing just that.
Mulling over the given specs highlighted even more how isolated he was here--so many things he'd not have to bring into question, or could be simply assumed on the basis that his team had absolute trust in one another. But here, he not only had no safety net of the sort, but he didn't discount the fact that maybe one person would notice and have any concern if he went missing, and that he knew next to nothing about this world. At least on Gaia, he knew what he was getting into with any given mission.
He breathed a small sigh in and out through his nose slowly, glancing off to the side during that time he thought it over before returning his focus to Dongfang. ]
Couple things first, then.
How hot is 'very hot'? And once we get there, how bad is that swarming gonna be, and how quick is it gonna start? We both know the sensors are gonna fill up quick, but I'm gonna plan as if we're gonna be there for a few hours, and make sure we're on the same page in case shit goes ass-up.