Sylvie led them smoothly through space toward the first location that she and the other AI systems had identified as a possible resting spot for ancient technology. Max was sure that he was going to get an earful from Mary for going out of communications range immediately after sending her a massive amount of video and sensor data with no further explanation, but that would at least give them something to do when they were looking through space for whatever might be hidden from the distant past.
The destination turned out to be an uninhabitable star system, with seven planets, but all outside the habitable zone, where water would be liquid on the surface. Now, that didn't necessarily mean that nothing could live there, they had seen some truly strange species over the course of their interactions with the Alliance, but the chances were very low.