It would. [ While this is only an island chain's worth of people, it's still dwarfing the residential capacity of Thesa; maybe they could get a sizable portion of people, but maybe not. And if they power the whole thing up, what about the unknown variable that's lurking out there, spooking the Natha themselves..? ]

The logistics alone would be a nightmare. No one knows of its existence, they think we're all backwater weirdos from some far-off village, not extra-dimensional visitors whose home base is high-tech space station masquerading as their moon. And yet abandoning them is unthinkable.