My study leads me to believe there is little direct gain for us here. Any new solutions, would either be sub-par to what we've already scavenged from the Stellar Empire, or impractical to implement without access to manpower and infrastructure on a much grander level that we could possibly ever have. Why would we need fusion-powered equipment if we can buy or scavenge enough Hellerium to cover all our needs? However, the local govts and Reticulans may benefit from this. To help them out, we can start the 'Human-Reticulan Cooperation' project. The downsides are several - first, we need to do this work for free, second, the govts will protect the Reticulans and push some Faction traffic out of business, leading to less loot, third, it might make the govts more dangerous if we cross them... On the other hand, it will weaken the Star Gods and their stooges. Either way, once we complete the project, there will be no going back.