Once they had returned, Jason had the Everest start work on Salvaging all the valuable components off the Reaver ship in preparation for cleansing it of any remaining demonic taint.  He had a long list of components now, and he was itching for a hull he could use to refit them onto.  Cortez's fleet would grow under his command, not shrink, not if he had anything to say about it.<br/><br/>With his cruiser busy with the relatively mundane and time consuming task, Jason flew over to the Kobras  Aquairre to consult with Cortez and his staff (Jason had made sure to let Cortez's senior staff know that he wanted a meeting) on their next move.<br/><br/>"The way I see it, we have several options for our next mission, sir."  Captain Harlock stood calmly in Cortez's office, 'at ease' although it was obvious that the man was very conscious of the chain of command.  "The Everest will be busy for several more weeks, perhaps even a month or more on salvage operations.  I intend to offer you some options on refitting that Reaver Torpedo boat once we've gotten her stripped down, but that'll be a while.  In the meantime, we might want to get some scouting done."<br/><br/>He called up a map of the local cluster on his data-pad and showed it to Cortez.  "I understand you have a large exess shipboard population on board the Aquairre, and they're interested in forming a colony.  I thought we might do some proper exploring and find a likely site?  Also, while it's not terrible likely that the planet we found in the middle of the nebula will make a good colony site, I have an interest in examining it closer.  Who knows?  We might find something really valuable."