I can confirm what Resi is saying as far as what happened. After I broke into the OR, I headed to the bar after Gonzo fired me. Reeves stumbled across me, we both headed for cargo in the hopes they could smuggle me on to the shuttle. Long story short, I was given a suit, explained how to use it, and we were off on our way to the shuttle.
Our plan failed, and I was very quickly told to take my helmet off. I stopped, complying, as Thea is not robust in the slightest and at this point knew well that she wouldn't be getting out of this situation. I made some story that I was worried surface might be vented, tried explaining it, saying I had nothing to hide, when Willow dragged me into the shuttle and buckled me to a chair. In-character, mind you, I wasn't complaining. I was out of the way, and the focus was on Willow.
From an out-of-character standpoint, it didn't make sense. We were surrounded with what had to be around five security, about to be in the shuttle with them, and had no reason to go back to Cargo.
Instead of complying, though, Willow continued to be obstinate. I agree with Resi's sentiment in her closer completely, and don't see anything to add on in relation to that.