My group was the only one in this place that went on multiple expeditions that would span several days. Darelle's group could be said to be doing that as well but his team would always come back before sundown and their main purpose was just for gathering intel while being hands-off. I wanted a group that could do the same thing as us and Artem and his group was a perfect choice.
What I wanted for Artem and his team to do was to explore the places that Darelle's team have scouted and deemed to be an infested structure, a point of interest, or simply an untraversable road due to obstacles that needed to be cleared or the presence of the dead being multiple times greater than normal. My group had several jobs lined up but we couldn't simply abandon the ones that needed immediate attention.
"I wanted your team to make a dash for Iskoh's place but since the port had a water fiasco, I wanted to make sure the place where our water is mainly coming from being secure."