...Something related to a Jaunt. Do we know what happens when we don't meet... whatever a given objective is?

If both the external and internal causes of death are relevant, that implies we have at least some control over the internal ones, on top of possibly being here to prevent the external.

I'm in no hurry to go up against another godly being, especially not eighteen of them. And anything that gets the rest killed may not bode well for us - as far as we know, that's killing our way home.