GUS: Captain, our intent was that your troops provide an on-the-ground deterrent.
If a hostile power desires to take this base intact, your troops' presence raises the cost of any such operation, hopefully pushing it all the way into the red.
You don't need to actually carry your weapons around the facility to deliver that.
TAGON: That's a pretty solid strategy. Thank you for explaining it to me.
GUS: Oh, good. I was worried for a moment there tha--
TAGON: *interrupting* We quit.