Wardroom
Eden sighed, then turned to look at the view screen. It showed the hostile Reaper armor during several different parts of combat, then went back to the hinomaru and mission number two debriefing signage.
She looked to Saki, golden eyes locking onto Saki's violet ones as she said, "They're not getting it."
She then turned back around fully, saying, "The NMX soldier we have some intel on. The Nepleslians have it on file that she has operated as a bounty hunter in their space for some years, now. She is not the enemy we face today. The enemy we face is itself faceless."
She turned around and spoke while facing the large hinomaru, saying, "We have no name by which to call it. We have no resources which we have made to specifically defeat it. We are not up against a bounty hunter. We are not fighting a war against one NMX that likely deserted during the war. We are up against far greater threats. Yes, we will go through with unearthing what she is doing here and why she ruined mission objectives but, frankly, she did us all a favor, in some sense. She ended a losing battle. She ended for us something that could not be won easily. What she cannot end is this war, though. This war we all fight for the Star Army of Yamatai."
She opened a box that had been in front of her. "To all of you, the exploration award. Come forward and collect them. We have accomplished the requirements for this, if nothing else."