"Even though my species is mighty, they have earned their place in the galaxy! Our ships are fast and mighty! Nothing can stop them," Algidus scoffed, but it was out of habit. As much as he hated to admit it, AJ had a point. He couldn't just blindly call his people in and involve them in this without solid intel...

"We move ahead with the plan," he resolved, "We need to move quickly to secure whatever technology might aid us before anyone else in this place. When we have it safely in our possession so that no one else can tamper with it, then we wait. We gather information. And we find out if anything here is capable of posing a risk to them... and proceed accordingly." Now he actually gave AJ an approving look; for a human, she was proving to have a remarkably good head on her shoulders.