Major Prequel Novel Spoiler

Ingeniero, I guess "...would not live to confirm the ship’s arrival at Origae-6..." refers to Yutanis age. Wich should be "considerable", remember the part when he was dining with his daughter and the following "talk" to his dead wife (Covenants travel time + comm delay).

Yes Tiwaz, that reference.

I took it as potential impending event that gives Hideo Yutani a final, complete number on the amount of years he lived. I thought, from that the way that was worded, that he is killed later on.

This certainly could also be explained as an older man looking upon a long-term project that will outlive him.

Captain Branson's Death

Does anyone think that Captain Jacob Branson's death was upon an order from corporate after his review?

or

AI responding after an override ("reprogramming") action taken by Branson to protect the Covenant in orbit when destroying the second lander craft (page 335)?