"Maria?"
Maria turns and sees one of the younger people in the clan
"John what is it?"
"they're dead Maria, the entire clan is dead"
(shocked whisper) "what?" (louder) "how do you know they're dead John?"
"I came home from a mission the day after you left your message for them and found everyone including the elders slaughtered and the equipment almost completely in ruins"
"and the living facilities?"
"in the same state as the rest of the place, the only reason I know when you left your message is because of the fact that we have a hidden recording device that they had no knowledge of" (slightly quieter) "that's how I knew you were probably still alive"
"do you know who all was on a mission John?"
"besides you?, there was no one on a mission Maria because of the fact that we were all to be on planet for the anniversary of the final battle"
"and I'm the only exception to that rule because of my racing career"
"exactly, and as you know we also have no one amnesic that needs to be watched either"
(sighs) "I know, I saw the obituary on the final amnesic person who hadn't regained their memories the day before I tried to report in"
Jody decides to speak up then
"forgive me for interrupting but just how did you know Maria would be here John?"
John hesitates to answer her
"it's OK John, she's my new boss, I'm finally back in the pros and she's team captain"
"I looked up where the next F-Zero race was being held and when and once I had that information I came here"
"well, you always were the best of your group at information gathering, do you know who killed the clan?"
"yes I do it was them, the Mesanic Brothers"
"did you find out how they escaped cryo?"
"yep, turns out that the facility was broken into by a petty criminal who had escaped police custody and had just wanted to create a distraction for him to escape. They caught the petty crook but unfortunately the damage was already done and the police have yet to capture the Mesanic Brothers, you heard the stories just as I did"
"yeah I have, they're too good to be caught by police"
"and we're the only ones left of the Red Hall so we can't do a thing to stop them either"
Rick speaks up this time