A Bug's Life — Gini Koch

Is the cost of a few innocent lives worth risking everything? When the crew of the Hummingbird discovers Pilla Colony recently destroyed by the Diamanté Families, they're faced with the smart choice of leaving or the dangerous one of searching for survivors – and Roy and DeeDee aren't in agreement about their course of action. But the real question is – why would anyone be going out of their way to destroy the most helpless, fragile, and noncombative race in the galaxy?