And convey it did, because he would spend no time dwelling on the obviously false but well intentioned ice breaker. Instead, he changed subject to something easier to digest. "Probably doesn't look like it on the surface. But the ship you're looking at contends with hardware produced by an oversized military-industrial complex. And in many ways it does better. Not having any regard for weak stomachs does a lot to improve combat effectiveness." There were at least a few holo-vids out there on the neural-net exhibiting exactly what he was talking about. With the most recent being footage taken during a particularly violent riot on Pittsburgh. A Rebel, much like this one, shot down an Avenger dispatched to secure the skies above all the civil unrest. Thereby prohibiting the LPI's hesitant but still underway response unit from arriving and quelling impromptu violence. The Government had of course been uncharacteristically expedient in denying the legitimacy of said footage however.
"Help me out? Securing or undoing the straps is a two person job." That much would have seemed obvious to anyone who'd ever been part of a hangar's crew. Had Ouray's own crews been a little less busy given the departure of raiders then someone else would have helped by now. From his seated and quite immobile position this would progress at a snail's pace, and he was at least partially curious about the nature of this visitor. The Outcasts were always talked up as instinctively understanding ships and their workings, but he was naturally going to reserve judgement on that count.
