The Almina and the Neheda were deployed to this star system together. After our crew, Bilchis would be the next closest; it also has a much bigger ship than ours, as Bilchis has a crew of two thousand at last check. Between us we could have accommodated maybe half of the Almina's crew, or hosted them on the planet until we could evacuate.

[ But she didn't. ]

They were not transmitting from an official channel. There was no crash report from HQ about their ship, the emergency warning system was not triggered for their ship despite the issues that crews like ours were experiencing — all the signs pointed to the Almina going rogue.

I would have risked this crew if I had helped.

I could never risk that.

[ She adjusts Dagger's thermal sheet, straightens out the creases. ]

I reported the signal instead.