Alex turned to his friends. "In that case, I think you guys should stay with the ship. I'm sure it won't be a long trip with the tug, and I don't want to put any of you in danger." He turned and gave Araxie a hug before looking across his crew. He turned back to Javier.
"If time is as valuable as I think it is right now, I'm guessing we don't have the time to load the Unicorn, and judging from the size of the shuttle I doubt it'd have enough space anyways."
He took a moment to look around the ship one last time before he walked to the side of the hall on which the airlock was, took a deep breath, and then spoke to all present.
"Evee, Araxie, Chi, Dyrad... All of you be safe."
The idea of leaving his friends and the ship behind clearly caused Alex discomfort, but he was decided on his course of action.
"All right" He said to Javier, "Let's go."