After capturing two crew members of the "Second Chance" (one of them Bose), MorningLightMountain eventually discovers the location of the Commonwealth. Upon learning of the Commonwealth's existence, MorningLightMountain makes it its primary objective to destroy it. Having been in almost continual combat for its entire evolution, MorningLightMountain believes that it is necessary to eliminate all other life in the Universe in order to secure its survival into the distant future; it views all life that is not under its control as a potential threat.