The Shuttlecraft Bordeaux left the Merrimack and made the short journey down to Ardan V with Erik, Cara and Clifford as pilot. Cara and Erik weren’t carrying phasers. The idea was to land in the main square of the Miner’s village, right beside the building where the first half of the landing Party had taken up residence, and to bring both them, and their engineering equipment, back home. They’d need to make two trips to bring the other half of the party back, but they were still underground in the tunnels.

• Cara, Science