"But how will the beings of the universe view our resolve? I doubt they will understand what we did... the danger we barely averted. There will be tribunals and investigations. They will hold us responsible."

Poignant is a word for it. The shards of a planet. Different ways to look at it:

1. It's the same dust, just less tightly packed. Materialist, perhaps, but comforting.
2. It's the grave of countless souls, if every living thing be souled. Were there any living things left on SR388? Was anything that moved other than the playacting of the X?
3. Business as usual.

Put the power suit offline. No need to keep it active. It needs to heal. Feel naked without it. Sometimes actually naked. Hard to tell after mission.

Mission log is open. Cursor blinks. It's waiting for words. How to report this...

>>Destruction of B.S.L. was unavoidable due to X infestation. No way to prevent loss of SR388.
>>Destruction of B.S.L. and loss of SR388 the fault of X-Infected operators. No further elaboration.
>>Presence of Metroids necessitated the destruction of B.S.L. Loss of SR388 unfortunate, unavoidable.

It doesn't matter which. They'll know what really happened. They'll know who did it. They'll know why.

They'll want to tie up the loose end.