Outside 51: It's just a weather balloon

[Recaiden]

"An exchange of planets. The logistic implications there are astounding." And the moons are being left behind, Jaccalish implied? The possibilities are endless. The stakes of this whole things have just gone up.

"At that distance, the gravitational disturbances should be minor, even trivial depending on when in their respective orbits - this world and yours - the switch happens. Perhaps not so for the satellites, but that shouldn't...be much of a problem." If you can arrange for planets to change places, is it that much harder to arrange for a moon to be thrown at the Nexus like a cannonball, just as a coincidental side effect? That could put even their most far-flung cluster in danger.

Nathan lifts a hand slightly.
"Two reasons for asking. We would not like to see your species destroyed or imperiled if there should be disaster in the process. For the same reason, we hope to have some of the living to study or keep, irrespective of this plan."
"Secondly, there is the manner of what happens next if you succeed. With access to a sun, will you still be operating here on Nexus Prime? Will you focus on rebuilding, or will your military begin a new sort of invasion? The very fact that it is a strategic value suggests dangers to the rest of us."
"Of course you are concerned only with the survival of civilization, but that is not the priority of every group, is it?"

[Bone Hills - The Maw of Akarkhentkats]

Sadly for the trapmakers, rope isn't nearly as conductive as gold.
With the manticore holding the rope under her paws, Honeysuckle carefully climbs down the shaft.
At the bottom, she unfolds the bag stuffed into a pocket and starts filling it with coins. And once it's full, or not full but pretty heavy for her, she'll tie it to the end of the rope and call for it to be pulled up, before they do it again.

This is exactly where an unscrupulous adventuring partner would take the gold and leave. They're all thinking it, at least for a moment.
But they trust each other more than that. Maybe not the manticore quite as much, but Wave is also up there.