OT would sit at the cockpit looking out over the area as he flipped a few switches and dials on the cockpits main board activating the radar and surrounding field equiptment to keep tabs on anything suspicious that might try and come their way while the crew was out.  He would peek around the ship wondering if everybody had gone on the shuttle or if somebody was still lingering around in the ship with him.  Had to keep tabs on such things incase of an attack.