RedAndCosmoteer
After some time, they come to a planet. It's green in appearance, probably a gas giant from the looks of things. But without a scanner to tell, it's impossible to see the scale of the planet.
A black dot can be seen against the green planet. It gets larger and larger as the group gets closer. Then, as they almost reach it, many more UNiDef rockets can be seen. Some are the same as the UNiDef ship they were found by, small, light rockets. Others are larger, bulkier. Some even have a scary amount of lasers on them.
Then, a massive station suddenly leaps into the field of view. Massive bay doors open, revealing lines of rockets. Shuttle racks move around, fed out of and into huge launcher tunnels. Smaller docking areas can be seen, as some ships fly over and connect, refuelling before taking off once again. Massive laser turrets turn towards the Illateri, turning away as they register that the ships are neutral.
The Helix AI ships have mysteriously disappeared, leaving no trace of even following the group. Meanwhile, the group that led them there move to one of the larger docking areas, which is empty.
They make movements with their thrusters to show that the Illateri should follow them into the docking bay.