Neris nodded slowly, still looking at the data in front of her instead of anyone else. "Then if we take what matters here, we also need to decide if this place is something we keep… or something we just strip and leave."
That comment seemed to surprise everyone for a second before they started thinking about it logically.
Because that was the real question sitting under everything they had been talking about.
It wasn't about whether the station had value. It clearly did.
It wasn't about whether it is related to a different civilization, but more in the line of how far away it is from Haven.
Then another question was simple in a different way. Did they need to use this as a launch board to the deeper parts of the universe on the opposite side, so that they have more ways to expand other than just fighting?
Aurelian didn't answer right away.
