* Eckerd closes the door.  "You can have redundant triggers if you like.  You'll 
have one device that can control all three, in addition if you wish a heart beat 
or mental scan deadmans switch we can easily provide you with one."
* Ben shrugs.  'Sure, why not?'
* Eckerd nods.  "Anything else or any questions?"
<Ben> 'Am I supposed to just hang back at the entry point?'
<Eckerd> Yes, unless you deem it wise to act otherwise.  You have discretion in 
this matter.  But keep yourself relatively safe, regardless.
* Ben reaches into a pocket, stops himself, and withdraws an empty hand.
<Ben> 'Your concern is heartwarming,' Ben says with a small smile.
* Eckerd gives a small smile back.  "My concern is her.  Hence your assignment."  
She then steps out of the room and lets the shipboard surgeon take over.  Ben 
picks up a not particularly intrusive but damn hard to remove without precise 
control deadman's switch on his heart and upper spinal chord."
[Last comments then head back to main channel at your leisure.
<Ben> 'Oh, one more thing...  How big an explosion will she make if I need to 
blow her up?'
* Eckerd turns and looks back.  "10 cm, we can tune that if you like.  She's 
still quite mortal so taking out her neck and the lower two thirds of her head 
should be sufficient.
<Ben> 'And the explosive force?  If she's grabbed a hold of me and I'm within 
the blast radius, what are we talking about?  I'm slightly mortal myself.'
<Eckerd>  The explosive force will penetrate your armour, going off the basis of 
an anti tank shell.  But, unless you're already *badly* injured it shouldn't 
kill you.
<Ben> 'Good to know.  Of course, if I'm blowing her up, chances are she's 
already tried to tie me into a pretzel.  Okay, that's it.'
* Eckerd nods.  "We estimate so long as you act within five seconds, even with 
the explosive force, you should survive.  Good luck.”  She returns to the main 
room.”
* Ben heads back to the main room.