In the aftermath of the explosion, Max focused all of his thoughts on trying the determine if anyone on the station knew more about the mysterious ship or the vessel that they had been decommissioning before it exploded.
They might have been busy with other things before, but now that both ships had been destroyed and every warning alarm within two planets was blaring, it was the perfect opportunity to look for spies and sailors who knew a bit more than they were letting on.
The obvious place to start was with the crews aboard the other ships along the docking rings since they had access to sensors and would have seen the ship leaving with enough time to get a warning out to bring in another ship to attempt to retrieve it.