A thought and if this disrupts things I'm happy to modify it or pitch it completely but if/when they're able to hack the comm aray to get a message to The Colonel he would repay the 'favor' by having things smuggled on board for Mai and the rest of the crew? The contraband couldn't be used to cause them to break out of captivity but some stuff the gals could have fun with in more ways than one. If not I do like the anti-climax of getting everythign working only to find the Colonel<em>can't</em>do anything for Mai until her sentence is over probably pissing off the crew even more.