>>5678621(for reference, B4 is where you are, B5 is a dead space skeleton, B6 is the rocky deadworld, and B3 is a tundra planet the queen was heading to)
showing up to the elevator to make it go faster, your presence manages to do...precisely nothing. bug and human technicians, both races swearing hostily in their native tongue, are literally having to unbolt open the walls of the shaft to pull out cabling, as they hang precariously off climbing ropes while operating power tools. that's how bad the AWOL scientists messed up this elevator.
if they messed up a mere elavator mechanism this early, what in the hell are they fucking up down there right now?
it might, at this point, be prudent to ask the bugs for an alternate way down.
meanwhile, as you watch this, you radio up the ship to tell them to prepare for a scout run. the pilots asks you for a confirmation on their destination.
