Miss Mearsheim shook her head. "The Kandrian Empire has absolutely no reason to sneak around like a rat. In the first place, they wouldn't even sell this information. They have the mining capacity to mine an entire infected world by themselves. They would keep it to themselves and milk the esoteric matter."
"Well, with that logic, the same can be said for the other powers as well, including the Esocline Federation," Director Seltis replied. "Remember, when the Esoterist found out that Planet X-167 was an infected world, he immediately monopolized it without selling it. That's just the logical move for powerful entities capable of undertaking planetary mining operations."
"…which means we can infer that whoever is responsible for this company is unable to mine infected worlds for themselves," she frowned. "That suggests individuals with limited means. Probably not a state actor. Probably not a massive corporation."
