"Not at this time, Oscar.", Rachel said immediately and without looking at him, never ceasing her scans of the jungle around them. She continued, "It fried Voltaje pretty nicely from that distance, possibly because of her electrical powers, but if you get too close who's to say it can't short out the neural impulses in your brain? And we can't afford to carry another person, especially not one of our two shooters."<br/><br/>If these were some of her marines, Rachel would simply order them, and decide whether to explain her reasoning to them later on, when it was more prudent. They weren't her troops, though, Rachel was aware, and decided that not only might they benefit from hearing more of her reasoning, so she could earn their trust in her judgement, but also because they just basically deserved the consideration.<br/><br/>There was something outstanding, however, that made her disinclined to fully detail what she was thinking right this moment, something Oscar's information only made Rachel believe more strongly. She brought this up now, "If it's alive, that makes it only more likely it's monitoring us; any further discussion should wait till we are well clear of Ramac's territory."