Techie blushes bright pink and tries to hide it under his messy red hair, eyes on the ground. He decides now is as good as later to ask his burning question, especially since Commander Lea seems kind enough.
“Wh-when I was debriefed, I wasn’t given a whole lot of info about this mission… are there any blanks you can fill in f-for me?” Hux had dropped him into this totally defenseless and ill prepared. Possibly this was to remind him that he was only a lowly bug on the Hux pyramid, with himself at the top. Typical.