With Gundard in medbay, Mitsiro selected another of his assistants to "volunteer" for a visit downside to the tomb. He chose Adelaric because he can use a gun, a talent not very common among history students.
The plan is as follows. Mitsiro, Adelaric and myself will go back down to the tomb and face the dog-shaped nanite swarm, wearing protective polarized suits that the nanites cannot penetrate, and using the electromagnetic pulse guns if necessary. The other four students will remain topside, to monitor what is going on and deal with any sort of emergency (probably by sending a distress call).
The EM pulse guns were easy to get, but the nanite-proof suits were a bit more difficult. We ordered second-hand suits from galnet. These suits were mass-produced at the time when there was a nanite pandemic in the neighboring Archavoinet system. Folks were quarantined and prohibited from meeting each other in person, but these suits allowed people to meet up and party anyway.
I am slightly embarassed donning a brightly colored suit that displays "Party Is Not A Crime" on my chest, along with some hearts and a carrot on the sleeve. I do not even want to know the meaning of the carrot symbol. It does not befit an explorer about enter a history-laden tomb of a probably respectful ancient Yan-Jung prominent figure.
Our gear is scheduled for delivery today, but VastJungle.com could not tell us the precise time the courier drone would come, so we are waiting.
((ooc comment: Apparently, the pictured suits were promoted in order to continue clubbing during the covid pandemic curfew. I am not sure whether it is a joke: I can image people are just crazy enough to do this. Images from https://mikeshouts.com/micrashell-protective-suit-by-production-club/))
