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Stella pressed against the corner, scouting the room. It was clear, though she couldn't make heads or tails of what else was inside. Metallic orbs strewn about the room between columns of reddish black crystal, illuminated only by the sweeping light of her gun. [Commando 113 - crit. Stella wins the rolloff.]

The gate team starts to make progress, identifying gate addresses.

Before they get too far, they'd probably get a radio message from the Repair team. The doors to engineering are sealed shut, and they need Danh to come down and open them.

Gate Activation Team:
Wolfram von Steinheil
Vigil Henderson

Repair Team:
Ian Klemmer
John Boiy
Stella Evenglide

Unassigned:
Sertan Tarf
Ricardo De Castillo
Johnathan Cross
Kaito Yorito
Danh Loi
Frazz Goldman

You did indeed have an engineer, Ian Klemmer. The computer lit up, placing the two archaeologists at the heads of subteams dedicated to the two major tasks. Of course it could be ignored - it did this all the time when it thought it would be helpful, and half the time it was just another information popup you ignored. If you split up like this, you think there'd be enough time for each team to make two attempts. Working together wouldn't be very efficient, but it would slightly improve the chances on a single task. [If you have archaeology, linguistics, or engineering, you could be useful on a team. Step on up]

Gate Activation Team:
Wolfram von Steinheil

Repair Team:
Ian Klemmer
John Boiy


Unassigned:
Sertan Tarf
Vigil Henderson
Ricardo De Castillo
Johnathan Cross
Kaito Yorito
Stella Evenglide
Danh Loi
Frazz Goldman

It should also be noted that you haven't actually tested the gate yet. You don't know if it's going to get you home, if the activation addresses will work, or any of that.

A look through his file on your helmet view will show that Boiy is rated as a junior astrophysicist.

Boiy, taking some quick scans, you come to three important conclusions to bring to the attention of the team. [105 = critical.]

1. There's no equipment up here to take observations. They must have moved it at some point.

2. Above you, those stars are a pulsar. This is a research station in orbit of a binary star system! There are research organizations that would pay through the teeth to access this system.

2. You should not be in an asteroid field. The orbit must have destabilized at some point in the last 5 billion years, possibly from an encounter with a comet or large object, possibly just drift from the peculiar gravity of the binary star system. And, judging by these sensor readings, the station is 2 hours away from a probably fatal collision.