Sounds to him like good old fashioned sabotage, though he doesn't have all the facts and won't, not in the near future. He's familiar with such politics, considering what he was, who he was before - Gjallarhorn has embedded much of it in his bloodline.

Exactly what has already been established - a ship failed to answer a distress call. Deliberately or otherwise matters little for now. The fact is that it was meant for a destination and had never reached it.

Why did you all leave to begin with? He tilts his head in thought. Three years is a long time to be waiting here, and the way you've set up in this planet, it doesn't seem like you're in a hurry to leave.