Niou had vanished as soon as possible the first day at the ocean, armed with his drones and equipment. And he set up his spot after careful scanning of the near vicinity to make sure there was nothing hiding under the sand, keeping the shuttle in sight just in case and a detection radar nearby.

He focused on maneuvering one of the drones around, to collect soil samples, letting the other machine slowly penetrate the ground to check bearing pressure.

He was tired of this already.