Max spent a few moments trying to think of ways that they could solve this issue, but in the end, it always came back to destroying the planet.
If the Klem landed here and made contact with their surviving Kin, then it wouldn't matter if the retrovirus worked, the Queens would know what the Humans had done here, and there was a chance that they would do it again.
That was a risk that Max was not willing to take, especially so near the border to one of their important allies.
This side of the Klem Territory was near many small nations that Max didn't care much about, but it was also near the territory that Cygnus was taking over and the innermost boundaries of the Death Wind Territory, where the Mercenary locals had long been allied with the Reavers.
[Prepare to Firestorm Bomb the planet. We will assess the need to continue once the extermination is complete.] Max ordered, bringing a round of rueful sighs to the room.