Annie had personally led the team, so naturally, the outcome held no surprises. She and the elite investigation team of twelve Marines had fulfilled their mission, uncovering the vast ruins of an ancient underground site deep beneath Rockspire City on the plateau, along with the Necrontyr hiding inside—the Necrons—and crucial information about the Old Ones, the War in Heaven, the C'tan, and more. They had also promptly delivered their report to Darius.
"..."
However, after reading the report compiled and organized by communications officer Liu Li and watching the footage of what had happened, Darius, the base's senior commander, couldn't bring himself to feel happy.
After all, a new outside threat had emerged, while a whole host of problems within Canopy Star remained unresolved!
The refugee resettlement, city planning and reconstruction, food production, economic recovery, military reorganization, and the handling of the rebels and certain "factions" within the military were all far from settled. They would take much more time to address and put in order.
At least they didn't need to worry too much about food for now. The quantum and food-synthesis technologies that their commander had brought back from the Orville meant that as long as they had enough energy and materials, nobody would go hungry. They didn't even need to farm or produce food for the time being!
Their two main bases—the mining base and the one north of Ruins City—could feed all the nearly ten billion survivors on the planet, and make sure they ate well and had their fill.
But the construction of residential areas and cities required enormous resources, energy, manpower, and supplies. Then there was reorganizing the military and eliminating disobedient rebel forces and certain "warlords" who wanted to build up their own power. That would consume a great deal of the base's