What is up with Charlie? He was a soldier but when his friends are captured he gives away all advantages by revealing his self, trash talking and not shooting. When he is captured and after his shipmates are killed by the slavers, he still talks to his captors in this stupidly open way. And he keeps going on and on how it can’t be science. It’s like no matter what he sees or hears he notes nothing. And all of his skills as a past soldier vanish. Scientists are supposed to observe but Charlie is mostly assuming instead. It’s annoying because the story at the start was quite good. And as the story progresses the clever, problem solving Charlie vanishes and becomes an childish idiot. It’s irritating. I’m listening for a few more minutes in the hopes the story will turn around.