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"So, let us begin, shall we? First, like any tale, we must begin with the setting. It will be a bit boring I think but I guess boring works. It will help you sleep, if nothing else. Our story begins with the Great Schism of Orthodox Conservative Exo-spiritual Gnostic Anachronistic Christianity." *breath* "I don't know if you've heard about it, so I'll briefly sum it up for you.
About 250 years before my birth (actually a bit more than that if you take relativity into account) the planet Holy Beacon of the Home of Faith system was in turmoil. As you can probably tell from the names, most of the people there were quite pious and conservative and the government was a theocracy, led by the pope and his council of cardinals. The planet itself was founded by pilgrims with the intent to be an example of their creed. Of course, the perfect society they envisioned never came to fruition. Such is the way of those things I suppose...
Anyway, as I was saying, approximately 250 years before my birth, a dispute about whether or not people should be allowed to worship holograms in the same way as other holy icons had the planet on the brink of civil war. Why people were so concerned about the subject and how could people fight and lynch each other over a religion that preached nonviolence, I cannot understand to this day. But, that's not important to our story. What IS important is that cardinal Michael the Impatient, known today as the Robopope (that a man who is supposed to be close to God is so reluctant to return to him that he chose to become a robot says a thing or two about his character, I believe), after hearing the decision of pope Alexander the Reconciler to permit the worship of holograms, became enraged, for he found his decision too liberal (although some say that the fact that holograms would ruin the disposable icon industry that he had made much profit from had something to do with it, while others even claim that he engineered the entire crisis, just so he could serve some master plan of his).
So Michael, having some pull in the military, a lot of money and a silver tongue, managed to persuade and bribe a large part of the planet's population off world and into military and civilian transports, some of them small and unreliable things built by religious fanatics of his sect. Thus begun the great exodus, as it came to be known and Michael became the first (and as far as I know the only) pope of Orthodox Conservative Exo-Spiritual Gnostic Anachronistic Holoiconoclastic Christianity," *breath* "sole ruler of the followers of his creed.
So, the Robopope brought his people to Christ 3 of the Christ system. The system was about two light years from the Holy Beacon and Christ 3 was devoid of any human life. Of course there was a reason the planet was uninhabited: it was just out of the habitable zone, scorching hot with long days and nights, Christ was a red dwarf prone to mass ejections that blanketed the planet in radiation every 100 years and the system itself lacked any considerable mineral wealth, as the probe the people of Holy Beacon had sent had shown. Of course with a few battleships, wealth comparable to that of a small planet and thousands of fanatics at your disposal terraforming becomes a tad easier.
The planet was bombarded with comets to drop the temperature to bearable levels and give the planet some moisture, while the pious worked and died by the thousands, trying to set up an infrastructure with meager resources. And thus, after a few years of hard work, the planet was officially settled (of course, terraforming was continuing even during my time and I bet for some time after that) and the system became (after much arguing with the magister of Home of Faith) part of the UWM. And with that we're finished with the history. Next story should be more exciting, since we'll talk more about myself and my family and less about history."

((Yeah, I know it's darth Vader with some bling and cherubims, but that's the best I could find.))

Remember that this can be rotated, so that blue team takes the path 5,13,28,43,...

Also, these are my thoughts for the teams.

Assuming Simus, Mesk and Anton stay at base and that Miyamoto and Lukas stay together so that they can return with the shuttle if needed we have:
Vehicle: MS and RBs |  Base: Simus, Mesk, Anton
(Simus stays back to act as mission control, update the map and act as expedition leader (make any important decisions) in the absence of Miyamoto. She can also drive the vehicles and make repairs if needed. Mesk stays back to repair the base (fix morgue, etc.), drive vehicles for extraction and heal\repair anyone brought back. Anton stays back to watch television precursor helmetcam logs, make repairs and improve equipment (maybe he can help Simus make her sniper rifle thingy, or maybe he can make the manual powered supply vehicles I mention below). The base team can move where needed and make resupply runs with the minishuttle or move individually by taking rocketbikes.)
Vehicle: S | Team1: Miyamoto, Lukas, Michael, Denzel
(Put Michael there since he has some AUX skill and Denzel since he's an AUX fixable robot. That way this team doesn't need a medic and Mesk can stay back at base. Bishop can take Michael's position.)
Vehicle: MS | Team2: Auron, Jack, Morul, Lars
(Auron is a certified fleshtech. Well, not certified but you know what I mean. I'm a bit worried that this team lacks firepower, so maybe Lars can switch position with Bishop.)
Vehicle: MPV | Team3: Zephyris, Bishop, Flint, Vichslav
(Zephyris doesn't have a plus in medical, but it's better than a minus. I tried putting the people less likely to be injured here so that if something bad happens, Zephyris can have an easier time fixing them. Bishop can switch places with Michael and Lars. Switching with Lars and thus leaving the team with no reliable pilot is acceptable since the MPV probably requires no skill to be driven. With Flint's, Vich's, and Bishop's exoskeleton the MPV should be easy to power. If there is need for immediate extraction, the MPV can be left behind and the team can leave with a minishuttle coming from the base.)

Each team must have at least 4 drones if possible.

All teams must ensure their specialists (medic and pilot/technician) survive, so they shouldn't be exposed to unnecessary risks. For short expeditions the teams can begin their journey on foot and request their vehicles from the base if needed. (Driver drives there with the vehicle and a rocket bike inside the vehicle then returns to base with the rocket bike. Like carrying a motorcycle in the trunk of your car.) For longer expeditions vehicles are necessary to provide supplies, if no resupply runs are made from the base. To conserve fuel, simple 4 wheel carriers can be constructed from scrap and spare parts to carry supplies.

Feel free to tell my why this suggestion is horrible.