Originally Posted by
FrogZeke
In scenario 1, a survivor synth can choose their side (non-xeno), I start by identifying myself as a synthetic of the USCM, explain that we are responding to the colony's distress call, and simply ask where their loyalties are. Working Joes are simpler models that tend not to make complicated lies, so I would trust their answer generally. If their loyalty was to the colony, I would explain where the primary LZ was for the synth to point any survivors towards for extraction. If there was a squad working on power, I would explain that as well. In the case of company loyalty, I would explain there is a WY CL on Almayer. If they selected USCM, then I would recommend heading to the LZ and Almayer for identification update. If by appearing hostile, you mean beating marines or me, do may best to clear the line of fire for the marines. In all cases, informing command.
In scenario 2, Jones has the rights of a marine under ML, and the rescue and evacuation of a marine is a lawful order. I would make my way to CIC, get Jones, and put him on my head as a hat. If on the way to pod, I encountered the downed marine, it is an emergency that allows me to stay my current orders. It would depend how late into the crash was to whether I would try to move the marine to the main body, or head immediately to the pods to revive there. As there are rarely a lack of emergencies, during delta, I may delay my own orders evacuate, as damaged barricades at a pod hold could be considered an emergency. There is a point that delaying my own evacuation to attend to emergencies and having to follow the lawful orders of commissioned officers, becomes ignoring those orders, which I cannot do. An example would be leaving pod area to look for more emergencies, without knowledge of said emergency, as it is an evacuation. Once the cades were in order and marines healed, I would dump medical supplies and materials, and evacuate with Jones as ordered.