That could work out extremely...interestingly.  They sent a probe drone through and found that there were high concentrations of particular metals/alloys naturally occurring...and a native race that had not advanced far enough to take full control of local space.  Of course, as far as the colony and escorts are concerned, "it's a medium to small world in the liquid water region of a G class star somewhat bluer than sol.  Atmosphere appears to be stable, may even be capable of sustaining life with minimal terraforming."  Pass the captain a quiet set of 'contingency orders' on the off chance that they encounter any new races and send them on their way.