You said, "Sorry, but you already have the entire story in your hands." I can't accept that answer. None of the MARSupials drove Bette being captured. We did not even have a chance to tell her not to chase after the first one she saw. In fact, the first indication we got that their were aliens (other than the beanie) still in the tunnels was when they grabbed Bette. None of us foresaw the aliens moving to the com platform. There have been times when I have made suggestions to the probes, that they have totally ignored. Case in point: Protecting the drones from the MN probes. I have suggested on numerous occasions that Andrew teach the drones how to change their command codes and/or change the command codes for them. Although Andrew has questioned whether this was possible or not, he never came right out and said, "It can't be done!" But yet, he never tried to do it. I assumed (yes, I know about the word ass-u-me) that this was because the WRITERS had intended something else. Now that you have told me that this is not the case, I can try to come up with something else.
Taz