Cybernetic Council starships can go just about anywhere they want. Unlimited range to all intents and purposes. Me and all those game AIs I pulled back in the day have gone places no one has gone in ages. I’ve seen real aliens out there. Not humans from other worlds. Not failed or successful genetics testing subjects that survived the millennia. Real, true, Big A Alien species that have no genetic similarity with us. I’ve been to worlds where I can’t even eat the food. Seen words no human eye was meant to read. And wouldn’t you know it? I’ve got people at my side that are all geared up and ready to study this stuff. Combat archeologists and linguist types. Give them a ruin to dig through, or a language to learn, and they are overjoyed.