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(Assuming your guys are human here, correct me if wrong and I'll rewrite.)
While it's hard to be sure given alien mannerisms and customs, the Solarics believe they are subjected to rude gestures and comments by the station's crew. Halfway there Ladislaus requires a crutch-like walking aid to compensate for the three fold heightened gravity, yet the Vulpines couldn't look more comfortable.
K: "Ignore the crew, the general populace is still not quite adjusted to xeno co-operation as we would like. Old scars take a while to heal..."
They eventually reach a 10x10 meter room, a holographic projection table dominating the center of the space. A heavy door slowly thuds shut behind them.