"Yes. Squid gate. Damaged though. Nothing comes out. Only in. Nothing to defend. I'll try to lead you to it, but it is nearly impossible to find. Someone left a destroyed ship nearby though. Something to help."
He seemed done with the subject, satisfied with the fact that the gate posed no real threat. "Think deeper. The area erodes our hulls, yes. That gives us limited time within the field. However..."
He takes his pencil and writes a question mark in the field. "What can be repaired without a shipyard? What can be hidden within a field that ships cannot enter to find?"