The team manage to get back to the ship with an opportunity to destroy the space station and eliminate the Brood for good. However, Brand argues against this, stating that in the galaxy's larger ecosystem, the Brood are necessary to take out the larger, more dangerous species. They then decide to take out the Brood Queens (multiple being allowed to exist to allow survival) to sever the mental connection between the species and allow the rest of the Brood to return home without any consequence.