>>121153
if an expie could be taught to bond with 3 others, then they will be capable of bonding with any other survivors they meet
the risk would not be in the failure of cargo retrieval, but in the formation of a self-sustaining colony: a rebellion, an act of insubordination
alone they are powerless, but as a collective, there is a chance they may outsmart their superiors, perhaps even using the cargo to their advantage instead of returning it like a good little expie