[ Deep inhale, and steeling her expression into one that's serious but doesn't reflect her own uncertainties. She needs to be confident about this--it's the decision she's made, after all. ]

But our allies need help. And our friends who have been lost to the other programs still need saving. I can't do much but bide time and hope from this position, and from back home, I can do even less. But... I've been offered an opportunity to join the crew, which could give me the chance I've been waiting for all this time.