The General nodded approvingly at the goal of the less lawful mining mission. "Sounds like we may have found ourselves a source of material. And if we cannot get it from the UFP... well, I am sure we have other means", he shared with his sister with a voice that carried no hint of malice, nor will to cooperate. He was simply stating facts. He turned back to the newcomer, the face of his exoframe as expressionless as ever and twiddled his thumbs a bit. "And then there's what comes to you. Well. You know where these raiders of yours are. If UFP has not dealt with the threat, and we will assume they haven't, this close to our territory, your vessel could not have come from that far... well, we've simply got to take care of it ourselves. A pre-emptive countermeasure to prevent intrusion. If we happen to gather a bit of metal on the side, all the better. But again, you know the most of them. Do share with us, please", the General demanded politely, clicking a button that revealed a hologram image of the sector Delta 14 as UFP called it. Only one spot was marked in any way, that being where Jace's pod had been picked up. "You arrived from there, angled like this...", Creft explained, pointing at the hologram while ACASIAS filled in the details, "and so you would be from... one of these", he finished by having the biocomputer draw a sphere around a small group of planets. "Question is... which one? And how much defences?" The exact type of metal they could find out later. The fact raiders could mine it with slaves for profit had to mean something all on its own. [@Gordian Nought][@scifidude47]