"Not like I don't believe for a second that none of you will listen to me just because I'm me," the book said rather cynically, "but can we not lose sight of the finish line? The Ohm, people. Social justice isn't our concern with the entire freaking cosmos at stake. I'm sticking to what I said. First, they have something we need to save our own asses down the line. Second, the people who sent us here to handle their problem control our ship. This was obviously a setup, but we might want to think twice before we piss them off."