Not to sound cliche, but we're all in this together, aren't we? Helping you helps us. [he hopes]

[being the beginning, though...]

I have to admit, I'm not a scientist nor a researcher, so there's probably more to this than what I can tell from a quick glance. This planet having unknown threats and dangers will stall progress if we're not prepared for those. I can imagine there might be several setbacks.

Besides, it's not a big crew at the moment, is it? I've seen children around, too. We have to work with what we have.

[he's been meaning to ask something, but he doesn't know how to get to it without sounding sorely invested in helping her to just get something out of it--]

How much do you know about this planet. Do you have radars, to locate our surroundings, or is that something we need to work on as well?