...I'd like to avoid it, if at all possible. I have no doubts that they'd be willing to throw themselves under the bus, but I'm hoping that won't happen.

[Please don't fuck things up for him this one time, Yuri. PLEASE...]

With that said, I'm not particularly fond of that idea, but I believe it will buy us plenty of time. I don't think anyone is going to kill the gunners at this point, so painting a target on you won't involve too much of a risk. Shelley seems to think that if we hand the gunners over we won't be sending them to their deaths, but I'm not sure how anyone can be stupid enough to genuinely believe that.