The Guard has discussed your information request and we elected to reduce the amount of teams we will dispatch. They will be comprised exclusively of people that can afford granting you the information you require, and despite the unfortunate consequence of prolonging our research, we believe it to be the best compromise.
The AIT escort will be of no issue to our personel. It would be preferable if, in accordance with our own exploratory procedures, every member of our expedition was allowed to carry a sidearm. A few of our predecessors have learned this necessity the hard way. This would only apply to their stay in the wilderness, and no member of our organisation would remain armed on the islands themselves.
We have already assembled four teams we indent to deploy to Yuma, three for island inspections, one for the continental exploration. However, as there is membership overlap between them, we will have to nevertheless proceed with the inspections first.
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