Before Rose could get in much more the robot promised showed up and announced that they were ready to be briefed. All present being shuffled into the meeting room Heather took a seat and looked around at the room. At different points between the attacks on
Flora e and now she had doubts that she would ever see it again. It was great being back at the GAHL. They all got a spiel about their greatness and uniqueness. The uniqueness might be the only thing this woman had going for her. Regardless they soon got to the real matter at hand.
The group was set up to go to a planet which the surface was mostly jungle. Leaning against her chin against her hand she nearly slipped and whacked her head against the table when she heard it had only been observed for a month. The planet she went to had years of observation before putting anyone on it and it turned out disastrous. Sure, circumstances like what Harriet experienced were rare, nay, unheard of. And most of the time these excursions went mostly well. There was a reason why everyone wore power armor. After giving it a little though she managed to calm herself down quite a bit.
This also wasn't a super long term job from the sounds of it. Likely anything that was major would be missed by a long shot. Before getting the chance to say anything the armored alien she couldn't identify spoke up. Or more accurately a voice that was being transmitted spoke up and clarified a few things for Harriet. So this was a Corek, she didn't really know much about them other than the name and humanity managed to miss their existence for a while. Clearly humans were quick to make decisions on things.
The question had to relate to if there was intelligent life on the planet capable of civilization. Harriet know this was standard procedure to scan for this, and efforts had been elevated given previous mistakes in the past. Either way she smiled slightly. Given the past she could see how there could be some doubt.