Once the last of the Terminus Mecha Battalions were back aboard the ship, they set course for their next target.
The Hunters had already cloaked their ship and were intending to meet them there since their mothership was significantly faster than Terminus, even when not using portals to skip large distances.
Max could have done that, but the trip would only be a few days, and they could use it to collect data on the stars that were within sensor range of the ship as they passed, checking for additional threats and signs of possible habitation.
They had done that once as they passed by the first time, but now they had more data on how the locals had hidden, so they had a better idea of what signs to look for that would indicate that there was life from the same expansion wave surviving in the region.
"It's late. Time to go to bed." Nico informed him just as the data screens throughout the ship signaled the graveyard shift to come on duty.