The whole company moves slowly heading back towards the base. They first head back onto the rock troll village to pick the materials that the girls found. Including the remains of the high level dragon turtle beast corpse.
But after seeing how big it was, Jackson told some of the men to stay behind with the rock trolls to defend this corpse as well as the mines. Jackson wanted the rock trolls to come and live with them in the base to make for the lack of population.
Jackson believed that if the rock trolls came with them, ToolMaker would be able to create many types of builds and factories with their help. The physique of the rock trolls would be of great assistance to the future of the base.