Are journalists covering BE required to only ask bland/uninteresting questions?

[WiseGreen]

There is a middle ground between not completely hard sci-fi and completely muddling the theme with an alien faction.

(For reasons that many have previously stated.)

Who says the atmosphere is breathable (by humans)?

It isn't. The quest for the Primordial Marvel involves searching the world for exotic (in this world) nitrogen to make the atmosphere breathable for a short amount of time, allowing your workers to not carry heavy survival equipment while outside and making them overall more efficient.