The shields Beta team needed to take down were on the inside of the facility as well, protecting the relic. Too bad, maybe the planet would've been salvageable if they'd done their job right.

(a tap at the side of her nose, before reaching into the vending machine for another bag of pretzels.

they're handed to sasuke with a smirk.)

It wasn't Eluvio who instigated those thermonuclear detonations either, so not this ship. But they knew this was gonna happen.