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Wait, wasn't the original mission plan to colonize the planet and live amongst the wildlife in harmony? Isn't wiping out certain species, and then turning the planet into a barren, empty ocean kind of against the plot?
How would hypothermia and frostbite be realistic at all in a 23rd century diving suit? If modern diving suits intended for cold-water diving let you notice only a moderate effect, I'm sure diving suits a few hundred years into the future would prote…