Unlike some people, I don't feel the need to respond to every single thing that annoys me even a little with violence. [ Which is why she pretends not to have noticed that pinch and doesn't retaliate even though her nose wrinkles in pain. She is making a point here!! ]

We have plenty of options worth at least exploring. If we just keep in contact maybe we can figure out how they're contacting us and use it to track them, or get into their systems, or contact somebody else. Maybe we can convince them to send us stuff, maybe we can find out more about where we are, more about what they know, or about how the ship works. Just because they won't volunteer all their secrets or fall over themselves doing exactly what we'd like doesn't mean the only alternative is attacking them immediately. Honestly, try a little imagination.