[ jyn was two seconds from simply sending this guy the middle finger emoji, and cassian knows via jyn via the ai that felix is one of the people who's been flagged as dangerous. given his immediately hostile reaction, cassian has to assume it's proof, it's part of why he's come out swinging, so he'll sweep in to do both damage control and maybe prompting. ]

If you are trying to initiate a dialogue, it helps to avoid being condescending. You say take it from you and offer nothing of your own experience while assuming there is nothing another perspective has to offer in return.

This is a conversation, not a lecture. Searching for more information, whether it confirms or denies a source, or adds more details, should always be a natural follow up. The Ximilia is not a military system. If I am not mistaken, we are supposed to come together as a team not a hierarchy. [ leaders are not the same as a ranked order of command. ]

Corrupted codes can be fixed, in case you do not have experience with that part. [ ok maybe that was unnecessary but he couldn't resist. ]