#sparkwithinme

Mostly my issue is that if Gordon needs immediate backup, like urgent ‘oh-my-god-tb4-is-flooding’ or ‘i’m-injured-and-EVA’ or ‘tb4′s-systems-are-down-and-i’m-stranded’ like what exactly would they do? If TB4′s already down there and Gordon needs some extra hands, there’s not really all that much they can do. Even in Up From The Depths, TB4′s out of commission and if it hadn’t been for the TV-21, how would Gordon have made it up to the surface on his own, let alone with the other two, because I’m sure he has an extra supply of oxygen but dear God.

Now I’m not a diver, but isn’t the recommended ascent rate like 30ft per minute? Supposedly, the deepest part of the Mariana Trench is the Challenger Deep, which is 36,037ft deep, and obviously it varies and there’s probably more to it than I know, but essentially that would take like what, 20 hours? I’m not exactly great at math but I think that’s right. Maybe that EXO suit tips the scale towards him, but I dunno. And that’s not even mentioning the fact that without TB4 or the TV-21, they would have had no way to safely evac those researchers. It just seems like an oversight.

It’s also like in Slingshot. Obviously if TB3 had gone right into the sun there would have basically been nothing to recover, but say Alan’s going towards Mars, hits some wreckage, and just ends up stranded. Without Three’s ion fusion engines, it’s gonna take anybody coming after him a long while to get there, and if Alan’s mid-rescue, or hurt, he’s pretty much fucked.

I feel like with the kinda guy Brains is, they have backup plans galore, but I just wish we could see them. Because at the moment, it feels like Gordon and Alan don’t particularly have any solid backup to rely on with their specialties and that just feels weird.