Also, if the planet has standard synthoids at least, you could probably get your brain transplanted into one temporarily if synthflesh isn't allowed.
Ooh, that's a good idea. It's also [REDACTED] hey anyone looking for inspiration to give the Doctor? I can totally hook you up bro.
Speaking of which, is the Doc still with us? I'd assume so, if only because I wouldn't think you'd need much of an R&D team back on Hephaestus otherwise.
Hell, newbies might be better if only because they'll blend in and won't be used to relying on superweapons.
PW YOUR MISSIONS ARE BULLSHIT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO KILL AN UNARMED CIVILIAN BUT I CAN'T GO BERSERK MODE IN A SYNTHFLESH BODY WITH A KINETIC AMP THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE GG
I hope everyone enjoys these more traditional missions. Been a while since we had alien shenanigans.
I'm liking the return to... small scale open-ended mild infiltration-ish type stuff, I suppose. Drop off, do things, nothing's trying to kill you overtly and immediately but eh you know how these things turn out.
Lars is in the good position of being reasonably able to perform on all three missions, giving him plenty of choice, though I wonder if B's restrictions means a MkIII is in or out.
I get the feeling that B might be the real "newbie" mission since it's limited tech.
This is impossible to know at the moment, but Mission A is almost assuredly the expert mission simply because it requires so much finesse. Mission B is
probably the newbie mission because the cult is probably not especially powerful or organized or anything; I mostly expect they'll waltz in, shoot entirely more people than is necessary, grab an alien can opener, murder an ally under the influence of an alien can opener, then get out.
Mission C is the real wildcard. I find it hard to believe they're just going to bore through the ice, grab a frozen alien juicebox, and leave, but there's no telling what they'll encounter instead. It also has the advantage of not requiring any subtlety whatsoever, so if it is an alien death penis they can just use their much larger and more numerous battlesuit dicks to out-wave it.