Sounds like we'd all just be a bunch of sitting ducks, in that case...

[ A wry smile. It's not an idea that sits well in the commander cosmonaut. ]

There has to be something we can do, one way or another. If we can figure out a pattern to this...

I'm not discounting any ideas, but to me, all of this seems a lot like some sort of experiment. I think we're possibly being manipulated by an organisation.