They're suspicious, sure. And there are members of the expedition who don't trust them, but isn't it warranted? Yes, it's imperialistic and wrong, but they are working on a military hierarchy of "secure, train, expand the perimeter." They haven't cleared the Athosians yet and garnered a level of trust to justify full security on their part.
See, my problems with suspecting the Althosians has to do with two things: that they completely ignored the possibility of their own team being spies, and that the show itself/the writers supported them in that choice. And as for the military hierarchy, they spent the first chunk of episodes pressing the idea that this was a civilian lead expedition, with a large focus on science, which makes it ever more problematic that no one was calling them on acting so racist, in my mind.
All in all, yes they are less trusting of the Athosians and they DO get called on it.
When? I haven't seen the whole series (and I seriously doubt I will) but they certainly weren't called on it in this episode, and now that the Athosian are safely off growing and harvesting crops, I doubt that they will.
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See, my problems with suspecting the Althosians has to do with two things: that they completely ignored the possibility of their own team being spies, and that the show itself/the writers supported them in that choice. And as for the military hierarchy, they spent the first chunk of episodes pressing the idea that this was a civilian lead expedition, with a large focus on science, which makes it ever more problematic that no one was calling them on acting so racist, in my mind.
All in all, yes they are less trusting of the Athosians and they DO get called on it.
When? I haven't seen the whole series (and I seriously doubt I will) but they certainly weren't called on it in this episode, and now that the Athosian are safely off growing and harvesting crops, I doubt that they will.