That's a whole lot of speculation.

Bristol only affects humans. Chances are good that this is an alien lifeform, they probably aren't even affected by it. It'd be sort of stupid to send one to a situation like this one. And while I'm at it, burn the world types probably aren't super caught up on collateral damage.

( he scrubs at his forehead. ) All I'm saying is we can't count on answers. We didn't get any last time, and the mission suffered because of it.