 How did Gwar Den feel about his work?
Gwar Den was finding that the actual observed positions of the planets thus far located agreed quite closely with his extrapolations from long unused charts of the Solar System. Den was jolted out of his happy abstraction. From his private office-cabin, he sent a message to Chief Astronomer Zost Relyul to notify him as soon as Earth's surface features became clear; then he sat idle, alone with his thoughts. "Looked at historically, such super-human outbursts of energy are the result of a population's outgrowing its room and resources, and therefore signalize the beginning of the end. The stars had claimed his heart—but he was still a part of Earth, and not even nine hundred years of space and time had been able to alter that.
 Proud that he was able to steer the ship home.
 Bored and depressed since the work wasn’t meaningful.  Ashamed since they didn’t find a hospitable planet.  Ready to retire because he had been traveling for so long.  Proud that he was able to steer the ship home.