[Meallan's less certain about that. He'd only just arrived recently but he hadn't gotten the impression they knew why there were here, but he also doesn't know what he's missed that those here longer would know.]

Was there a briefing that explained why we're all here and what our goals are? I only arrived recently and if there was something like that which I missed, no one's filled me in on it.

[He won't point out that if that were the case, it would have been easier for Koltira to say as much earlier as well.]