Not necessarily. As long as you do not do much of note, you will not appear in history records or official recounts. You might have better luck trying to get some information from the criminal underside.

And if you know they will surface again, it simplifies hings. Wait for them to do so, and make sure to get ahold of either one of the pilots or their machines.

[Samus doesn't probe further. Ichitaka is not really very good at hiding stuff, being the honest boy he is, but there are things one really shouldn't ask]