"We believed this artifact to be dormant or destroyed prior to yesterday evening; and with the catastrophic events we’re seeing, it’s clear that we were mistaken, and this artifact is functioning. So, given its compromised state, we’re sending a team to dismantle the artifact." Kingsley finished speaking and allowed the room to turn into a haze of questions and mumbles of "he surely doesn’t mean us, does he?’ and a snide  "it's far too early in the morning to send us to our deaths’ from Ron. 