Val considered taking a Type II phaser along with him.  Several situations in his youth told him that doing so wouldn't be out of sorts, Romulans often did not do a full search if they were in a hurry and having an obvious weapon would make it more likely he would not have his main weapon taken.  Considering this for a few moments, he decided to follow his gut, while it had occasionally been wrong being too protected seemed to hurt little.  He nodded to Tosh with a smile, "Understood."<br/><br/>Val walked back to the Equipment locker and grabbed a Type II phaser from there to replace the Type I in his pocket, "To present an obvious weapon should we find Romulans down there."