If there's a way to chance the requirement, no one back home's figured it out yet. We only just learned about the genetics involved the day before we ended up here. Doesn't mean it's impossible, but figuring out how to do it would be tricky.

[Tricky isn't necessarily bad, though. He likes a challenge.]

I don't buy it either. Maybe something like that's in their programming, but that'd be a tough act to keep up for two months, even for robots. But what do you mean this isn't the first time? What'd he tell you?