1154 Shiny?

Max tasked a drone to go out and pass through the distorted area and report back everything that it found as it explored whatever the device was trying to hide. It might very well be a planet that had been hidden from the universe so that its occupants wouldn't be found, and that could be a wonderful addition to their data files. No matter what condition it was currently in.

The drone's speed was set to be slow enough relative to the location that Max believed was being hidden that a sudden impact shouldn't destroy the crab without providing them any sort of data, but fast enough that Max wouldn't have to wait all day for it to get there.

The problem was that there was no way of telling how much of their sensor feed was falsified with that device active nearby. 

Evidence suggested that it was likely to only be one region, as they had found the device easily enough, but it was always better to be safe.