They seem awfully confident the Hessians won't pose a problem....And they're planning to defend themselves?
Hessians are going to stop this if they really want to.
Katherine furrowed her brow as she listened to the others. Her gaze remained fixed on the glowing map.
"Gentlemen, I'm sure you have very extensive first hand experience with the....political climate in this system.
Although obviously, I don't work here, I've made a number of flights through the Omegas, including this system.
I have noticed congregations of Hessians, often considerable numbers, including capital ships.
I can't help but shake the feeling that a somewhat diplomatic approach should be used. In my experience travelling as a researcher, many...questionable parties were easy to deal with once they understood what we were doing..."
She takes a hefty gulp of beer and sighs before continuing.
"All I am saying is that we are bound to attract attention when sitting around Deidus for an extended period of time.
When we are confronted by Hessians, we should first and foremost make it clear to them that this is a scientific operation, and not a mining venture.
We should defend ourselves by force only if absolutely necessary, in fact my Explorer only has a single turret for extracting mineral samples.
I have asked my brother to fly my yacht to Baden-Baden, so that's available for support if necessary."
Katherine smiles at Bauer.
"In any case, I consider the use of X-shuttles a very good idea, we've used one as a support vessel before and they excel at this sort of thing, good cargo hold, comfortable crew area that can easily be adapted for various scientific work, and very good flight characteristics as well.
I've flown ours in atmospheric flights several times, although obviously I never had to deal with conditions as on Deidus....
They are definitely capable ships, and I could have ours brought here, wouldn't be a problem, though it may take some time."
Seemingly content, she smiles as she gazes at the hellish surface of planet Schutz outside the window.