The Envoys were in a state of chaos when Max led Nico and her father in, which was really nothing new, but this time they were in chaos for the same reason that Max was. Spatial anomalies had opened in Alliance Territory, leading to the same unknown region of space but to the territory of another species.
They were currently discussing whether the Envoy group in charge of the mission was going to argue for the anomaly to be stabilized and closed or if they were going to work out a military aid deal, but they didn't know much of anything except for the name of the enemies that they were fighting.
The Arisen Army was there as well and was quickly overrunning the native population, with the intent to make it to the anomaly and pass through to a new region of space, namely the Alliance Territory.