Yeah, killing her seemed like a rather stupid thing to do for a DS, sure she was a jerk to work with - but she's a useful weapon. I keep burning too much cash on missions, finally succeeded in RE'ing an epic blaster for my tanking companion. That's a nice feature with the crafting system, I've found. Should probably be adventurous and ditch my tank for a DPS and see how that works (meta-tanking, woo).