"Come now, General," he said, giving a laugh of his own, laced with the same sort of sentiments. "Decades we have danced this dance. It would not be the first time I have looked death in the eye. It is, perhaps, one of those things which I do most well. I will make a note of the time, thank you."
As he said this, he pulled out a PDA and tapped in the time and date. He would not need any sort of acclimation training, and so it was a matter of gear selection and a few arrangements locally. "Who, of note, will be taking this little sojourn with us?"