The orbs are... fundamentally dangerous. They seek chaos, and they don't care who gets hurt in the process.

This station was made to contain them. And part of that was making sure it was in as remote a place as possible. It's hard to even see stars, out the window.

[And so far, it's worked, except for the mess with the Precursors. But no one had expected something else to crawl inside someone's mind. And they have precautions in place now.]