After the proclamation of academic achievements concluded, the meeting that followed was about some significant choices concerning the direction in which our civilization was moving.
Among these were the allocation issues of material resources and industrial capacity. At present, the fleet's material resources were not abundant; in any case, there could be no extravagant waste.
Humanity would not choose to leave hastily before squeezing all possible value from the trading market. After all, having spent so much time on the journey, it was normal to linger a bit longer.
It was clear that the rate of human progress during this period had been very great; there was no need to hurry away.
Moreover, the corresponding neutron star had yet to be found. People were anxious about it, but there was nothing to be done if it could not be located.
