"Oh?" Future Brachi asked, interested.
Future Xenest growled in agitation as he was searching through the data, finding nothing of interest. It was then that a Martian came to him.
"What is it?" Future Xenest asked.
"We're receiving reports from our outposts on the planets Ixion, Jeddart and Taphet, which surprisingly have some Martian staff remaining to operate the facilities. They've been attacked by remnants of Planet Trade Pirates whom are trying to take their resources. Our colonies' defenses are holding, but there is word spreading of the Pirates preparing an Orbital strike from their main warships, which they salvaged from their own and Metar technology." The Martian replied.
"Right. Send our escorts to assist our comrades at Jeddart and Taphet respectively. Take caution in that Jeddart could still be bothered by meteor showers however. We're going towards Ixion." Future Xenest said.
"And of this colony?" The Martian asked.
"That is entirely up to you. If you can still find some use for it as a potential listening outpost, feel free to make the arrangements. If you believe that we've done all we've can in here and the planet has no more use to us, then you can trigger its self-destruct sequence once you've extracted any useful data. Feel free to confer with your Elders if you need to." Future Xenest said.
"Understood." The Martian replied.