((Those guys were preparing the planet to hold out against an invasion by a superior force or a worker uprising. Of course they have some comms. Once you consider what they were preparing for and that those guys are SpecOps, the best of the best, trained to pursue victory at any cost, this all makes more sense.))
((Tying civilians to shields?))
((I kinda think that, if this was what they were going for, there would be easier and less elaborate ways to do it. Remember, there are still hostile aliens that humanity is fighting, like the Heabi or something like that.
((No, I didn't. I'm new, remember?))
((Besides, that latest transmission made me think less "invoked threat" and more "inside job". This was too fast, too much of a gamble
from the data they should have had, for them to have not had some idea beforehand...seriously, where did they even get the binding supplies? Do they keep bondage equipment next to the rifles and above the grenades in the armory?))
(Roof could collapse and injure the team, or block our progress. :\)
((Safer than leaving three random HMRC members in a locked room for an hour.))