This all sounds good to me! But man, Ellie might find him to be a tough nut to crack, but I could see it happening. Could be fun. :D

Also! About taking Mercury up above the clouds - do we wanna log that out or handwave it? I wasn't sure what we should do, since I didn't know how involved it was going to be. If they were just going to go up and be like "nope, all clear" or "WOW YEP, STUFF". Heh.