"We'll run it through with an empty pod first, make sure it's possible." Knight agreed, looking over at Jones and while he understood the concern it was negligible compared with a fully populated planet. "The entire population of the planet is only three millions and most of that are in Northern complexes anyway. The ONI Research Station is in the south. As for the shield, whose to stay its our own. ONI holds no records over it and we can't get any uplink with anyone planet side. Safe to say its our only option. And when we get down there, we may lose contact with the ship."