The High Chancellor left immediately after the repair vessel, but on a different course, one that would lead him one galaxy over from where the repair ship was headed, assuming he didn't change course once he reached open space.
[Nico, tell me what we lost. I'm certain he didn't leave without scrubbing the system.]
Max was already looking through the ship's computer, searching for missing or recently deleted data, in case something could be salvaged.
[It looks like the only thing he cleaned was surveillance logs of his vessel and his team. The data we scanned about it is gone, but everything else, including the repair logs of the yacht, is intact.
There are no glaring inconsistencies, they just changed their appearance to be nothing. I could find a few spots where others were clearly talking to nothing, but no sign of the High Chancellor.] Nico reported.
[And your own memory?] Max asked.