Swordsmith, are you ok with how Lyra kinda split off on her own like she did? She and Flint (1 vet from each team) split off and are forward-scouting without permission or whatever, but it seems like it's working decently well so...
Eh. It's mildly annoying, and an ugly precedent, but it's working well, as you said. I'd prefer if Flint stayed with the team, what with the lack of cover and his battlesuit. Neither of you have anything below Tier 3, either.
Eh, I don't feel very comfortable just standing there, waiting for something to come stab me so that I can stab it back, until they develop something that can spray me and melt the BS or until they develop something huge that calls for my heavy weapons. Its a waste of resources to stay there. You've got a guy with battlesuit-level strength and sensors and you got sufficient weapons. I on the other hand am not allowed to use my weapons. I don't see what me being there adds.
Lyra on the other hand could be useful when someone gets injured, but there's also a high chance that she gets injured herself due to proximity with you and is unable to act when she's
really needed, so it's more of an "either works" with her, as long as I do not take any stupid risks with her life.
Better to scout around and keep the medic safe while you guys die.Then I can come in like the cavalry when you really need help. Or I'll get lucky and locate the brain in which case I can call the recovery shuttle and either airlift you in to help me and Lyra recover it or just start cutting so that I can disconnect the brain and weaken them while I wait for you to arrive.
And Flint has no problem with obeying orders he does not agree with if given by Miyamoto, mostly because he respects him and knows he'll at least listen to him. Your char is just some guy he doesn't know as anything other than a corpse he saw once, which now suddenly got put in charge. He has no respect for him and doesn't feel any obligation to follow his orders. He'll just go ahead and do what he thinks is best, which usually involves more danger for him but higher overall reward for everyone.