A new ramp (and guns)

Yesterday, we saw MINIMCOM sacrifice his life to eliminate the Darwin virus, strain 5 from ever endangering humans again. At this point, Rome and Rei's mission is done. All they have to do is get back to their home world of Deucado. But this may be easier said than done:

     “What do we do now?” Rei asked, looking down at her. “We have to get home.”
     “Pegus told me he was sending a transport here from Deucado,” she said, haltingly. “It will be arriving on Earth in about two weeks. We will have to hide out until it shows up. We can stow away on it for the return trip.”
     “You can stay with me,” Ursay said. “With your magic robes, we should have no problem keeping you safe until your transport arrives.”
     “Thank you,” Rome said. She looked up at Rei and he nodded. She slipped her arm around his waist and they turned to walk out.
     “Do you want to keep this?” Ursay asked, holding up the replica of the virus vessel. “Or should I just leave it here?”
     “I would like to give it to Junior,” Rome said. “As a remembrance of the sacrifice his father made.”
     “Wait,” Ursay said. “He was a robot spaceship. He has a son? How is that even possible?”
     “I know it’s crazy,” Rei said. “Just let it go.”
     “Very well,” Ursay replied, shrugging. Somberly, the three of them left the inner chamber. When they got to the start of the maze, Rome took one more look at the faded blood stains on the ground with the initials carved in them. Rei set the flashlight down. It only seemed appropriate.
     Slowly, they continued on down the corridor. When they got to the ramp, Rei had to hold his arm up to shield his eyes. They had adjusted to the dark of the buried chamber and his vision was blurry from the sudden brightness of the afternoon sun. Of course, with Rome’s advanced optics, she had no such problem.
     Rei just shut his eyes, figuring it was easier to let his eyes adjust that way. Rome reached up and tugged on his arm.
     “Rei,” she said.
     “Yeah, I’ll be OK. I just need a minute to let my eyes adjust,” Rei replied.
     “REI!” Rome said, insistently.
     “What?”
     Even though his eyes were blurry from the brightness, Rei blinked a few times until his vision cleared. There standing at the top of the ramp were eight armed men, all pointing laser pulse rifles at them.
     “Hold it right there,” said Captain Keller.

Oh no! Not again! Can't they ever go up or down a ramp without people standing there aiming guns at them? Oh well, they can't be in any real danger as the virus containment vessel is gone for good. Right?