Aurelian did not let the excitement around Auric Maw turn into action too quickly.
The damaged probe had returned with enough data to interest everyone, but not enough to make anyone safe.
Five stars, heavy energy clouds, dense beast signatures, possible planets, and a storm corridor that had destroyed most of the probes sent through it.
That was not a hunting ground yet. It was a warning wrapped around an opportunity.
So he called a combat meeting instead of giving a movement order.
The meeting took place on the Black Crown, with the main shipgirls joining through the secure fleet channel while Meridian and Neris reported from Glasswake Forward Site One.
The reconstructed image of Auric Maw hung above the table, flickering slightly where the probe data had been damaged, and the longer Aurelian looked at it, the more certain he became that rushing in would be foolish.
