What would be interesting to see pending which way the CG goals has effect on how the story is told, what would be interesting to see is possible 2 outcomes
First outcome. if the core is left in the hands of the Dredger when they escape they are not seen for months but the next time the ship is seen it is dead in space all crew lost and the Knowledge core is missing however around the ship there is destroyed black flight ship but the dredge was able to track the wake and when you can the Black flight ship there is something like they were told to decode the transmissions of mega ships to work out the next jump location. Then when you arrived at the wake located system, you have to scan mega ship find the code in the transmission and decrypt locations and work out the path to the next location then may be find a recently abandon base.
Second outcome. the core is share and they depart ways, but on the way back both ships are attacked, the Dredger is able to fend them off however the university ship isn't and the ships is disabled and left dead in space all crew lost and the data is missing, however around the ship there is destroyed black flight ship but the university sensors was able to track the wake and when you can the Black flight ship there is something like they were told to decode the transmissions of mega ships to work out the next jump location. Then when you arrived at the wake located system, you have to scan mega ship find the code in the transmission and decrypt locations and work out the path to the next location then may be find a recently abandon base.
or a possible 3rd option none related to azimuth saga is the core is destroyed in a hacking attempt and causes a error cascade and the data is lost for ever
First outcome. if the core is left in the hands of the Dredger when they escape they are not seen for months but the next time the ship is seen it is dead in space all crew lost and the Knowledge core is missing however around the ship there is destroyed black flight ship but the dredge was able to track the wake and when you can the Black flight ship there is something like they were told to decode the transmissions of mega ships to work out the next jump location. Then when you arrived at the wake located system, you have to scan mega ship find the code in the transmission and decrypt locations and work out the path to the next location then may be find a recently abandon base.
Second outcome. the core is share and they depart ways, but on the way back both ships are attacked, the Dredger is able to fend them off however the university ship isn't and the ships is disabled and left dead in space all crew lost and the data is missing, however around the ship there is destroyed black flight ship but the university sensors was able to track the wake and when you can the Black flight ship there is something like they were told to decode the transmissions of mega ships to work out the next jump location. Then when you arrived at the wake located system, you have to scan mega ship find the code in the transmission and decrypt locations and work out the path to the next location then may be find a recently abandon base.
or a possible 3rd option none related to azimuth saga is the core is destroyed in a hacking attempt and causes a error cascade and the data is lost for ever