His grin spreads. He was hoping he'd catch onto that last point. He responds, however, in order.

"It might be worth considering adding a belly-based system for deploying small recording devices, though again we'd lose a little bit of agility. And you're right on the money with direct uplink - the benefit being we can run the antenna into the tail - it'll be both protected and conveniently stored."

"Alright, Pokey - what would you recommend for the feet? What factors do we need to consider for something in a moist environment that has to be stealthy?"