The Everest is operational (for just a few hours) and the orbital platforms are also armed and ready.  The Kobras Aquairre is at port wander, so bringing it along on the scouting mission will only take a couple hours time, if you are so inclined.<br/><br/>(Also, I'd request you go ahead and use the Thraxius' labratorium thread for OOC interaction rather than creating another thread)