User blog comment:FelixRodriguez/Scientist Rant/@comment-1973102-20101103221451/@comment-400444-20101103234832

The Mercs obviously know what the gas does, since they have been outfitted with BFG's and are moving cans of the stuff around. My point: WHY CREATE THESE TWO WHEN A RANDOM MERC COULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE ID AND RADIO?! A Foreman to the Mercs could easily have been instructed, "Pull this switch, record this info, gather some Queens". Unless the laptop contains the fucking Secret of Life, there is no reason a random Phenotrans couldn't have done this, AND have been a Mercenary at the same time. Also, if he is a Foreman and leading the Mercs down there, it would MAKE SENSE for him to have an ID.

Next, I reiterate, CHUCK LEARNS THAT PHENOTRANS IS BEHIND IT FROM THE LAPTOP, HE LEARNS NOTHING FROM ENCOUNTERING MARK AND PEARCE. THE ONLY REASON HE TOOK THE ID WAS FOR MORE VISUAL PROOF AND ACCESS TO THAT ELEVATOR. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN DONE WITH ANY RANDOM MERCENARY!

As I have said already, any idiot call pull the switch that releases the gas! As for reading the laptop screen and calling to a higher power....Phenotrans, being a big corporation, could EASILY have found someone qualified to do those things, AND be a Mercenary at the same time.