Rhiow didn't have the skills or physical ability to combat the Ohm directly - her skills were elsewhere and better put to use elsewhere, especially as the ranking representative of Stacy's crew to the refugees.

Trotting through the line of refugees made her ears pin back. If she could afford to waste the energy, she would set up a shield around these people, but that wasn't an option right now. So she found the person who looked most likely to be in charge and trotted right up to him. "Excuse me, I'm Councilor Rhiow of the Transmigration Nine. Are you in charge here?"