The first thing that he had to do before he could get into the System and use up all of his points, was to get the Hringhorni moving around to their next location. He could let the ship sit rather motionless, or allow the pilots to use their judgment to move around until they picked up something that needed their help, but that wouldn't work for what he wanted. He wanted to make sure that they could go to something that wouldn't be too dangerous for the level of experience they were at as well as his progress through the System.
Taking mental note of the area that he had chosen from the map within his room, he headed down to the central deck to give the order to go there.
"What's there to warrant us going?" Karl asked. "It just seems like an area that we've lost to the Bloody Dawn."