Well, these extra missions are a little more than transport and delivery, as it turns out. So if they're going to bring four people on them, they should at least have four pods in case something goes wrong.

[ he doesn't look especially eager to answer that, and crosses his arms, looking off to the side. ]

We were supposed to infiltrate this fancy event and retrieve some item from it. Underestimated what violent assholes the plants were going to be, unfortunately.