SHENANEGANS!
*Grieves... momentarily... sighs...* Ok. Moving on.
I can't say I blame him. I don't know his reasonings, but I'm sure we'll all miss Koval's presence. That said. Let's recap where we're at, where we're going and who we're going to do what to.
Draconis is headed into a hive whose shields will shortly begin to fail. The fighting defenders will have decided to scuttle the ship, as it were, and are not interested in letting the hive be "taken"...
Tigurio cares little for the hive being taken, he simply wants to eradicate all life in the system in a synchronous wave of death. The act, as the planets align, stands a chance to open a rift to the Warp that will never close, and most likely will swallow the system's star.
Draconis will not let that happen. Or so he thinks.
What shall we do with Koval's end of things?