Just to see, Nick tries to draw and aim and fire something on his belt. He gets stuck at 'fire'. He swears and puts it away.

What counts as creative? Can he mess with the inertial dampers' settings, try to immobilize everything nearby? No, he can't, apparently that's 'creative'.

He can turn off his environment suit's microphone. That's not creative, really, it's a standard feature. He turns it back on so he doesn't end up suspiciously failing to notice orders, but he's ready to shut it off again.

"What do you want?"