Even if they survive it will take a few months till they could rejoin the Cambridge Stellar Research group, and the professor would be a terrible loss for the researcher's world. The funder of one of the most important independent research groups lies unconscious on a bed at Freeport 1. And the current leader of the group is not in a better shape either. And all of this why? Because of an earthquake which cause is still unknown.
The scientists aboard the Equinox work very hard to find it out, and with the samples gather by drone there was still hope. Theese were already being analized when Roy entered the lab.
-Good day cap'n!
-It should be a lot better.
-Don't worry they're in the best hands available in all Sirius.
-Tell this to the dead.
-She's a great loss for the team. But we all accepted the risks when we joined you. Be it a nomad weapon or eventually a big chunk of ice. Have you contacted her family?
-Not yet. I'll do it when I manage to gather enough strenght.
Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought.