I would have thought that checking over Sonvek and the quarantine filters would have been sufficient to rule out a pathogen. I think the away mission should be directly after that.<br/><br/>Given that the problem down there is most likely a lifeform with dangerous ESP abilities based on what the characters currently know, beaming down a bunch of medical personnel without security training to go over the place seems very unsafe. There were already a bunch of science-types down on the planet, and they've all disappeared.<br/><br/>I think I'd like to hear from Saria what Captain Chandra would have wanted because the way its described now does not seem sensible to me. Marah would certainly recommend against it.