But some things could not be avoided simply because one wished to avoid them. If Divine Matrix Civilization had its way, it would never fight as long as the Neutron War Star had not been properly patched.
That was clearly impossible.
Given the current situation, if a large-scale conflict truly broke out with the Heavenly Maiden Civilization, The Great Voyage Organization would have to rely on the Four Characteristic Technology Civilizations. Whether they wanted to fight or not, they would have to.
Of course, after Lyra Takes Action to "silence" them this time, fighting probably would not break out anytime soon. At least, that was what The Great Voyage Organization believed.
All three Heavenly Maiden Civilization lifeforms had been wiped out in one go, and no other members of the Heavenly Maiden Civilization had been found in this starfield. That indicated they likely had no one else here.
After all, judging by the Heavenly Maiden Civilization's attitude, if they still had forces here, they would never have stood by and done nothing.
What The Great Voyage Organization worried about now was that Four-Dimensional Jump belonged to some "Central System." The Heavenly Maiden Civilization members could freely perform Space Jumps here, perhaps because of the coverage of that "Network System." If so, there had to be a Network Node somewhere here.
With that in mind, the human leadership aboard Lyra discussed matters with Divine Matrix Civilization, Silver Heart Civilization, and the Awakeners, reaching a consensus with all three.
First, every civilization in The Great Voyage Organization had to mobilize and dispatch its own Probe Fleets to each spiral arm of the Andromeda Galaxy to gather information about it.
The Probe Fleets had three objectives: to search for traces of the Precursors, investigate intelligence on the Heavenly Maiden Civilization, and learn about