Victor, clearly tense after Commander Matok's outburst, nervously grabbed two shots from the bar and drank them, "Commander, I meant no disrespect to you or your wife." Holding the picture of the Commander's wife and looking at it, "I can't know the feeling of lose you have over your wife, I haven't found someone I care for like you did for your wife. I have found a life that I care deeply for. Would I love to see Aurelia's head on a pike? Looking at Matok directly, "As much as you, my friend. I however cannot condone entering a war with an enemy that we cannot hope to prevail against. Especially when the loss of life, credits, and property would be over the actions of one women. One. You want us to endanger many lives to bring one to justice? I won't be part of that. I won't have the blood of other Zoners on my hands, just for the chance at having Aurelia's blood on my hands, too."
Handing the picture back to Matok and returning to his seat, "If the GRN forces us into a war that is one thing; I won't be manipulated by Aurelia into a war with her father's army. You don't think us going to war with Gallia is what Aurelia wants? Why she keeps pestering us? If we make war with Gallia we play directly into her hands. Not only do we stand to loose material objects, we loose what we are. We forfeit our way of life in the name of revenge. Is that worth one woman's head?"
Looking at the Admiral, "If the ZDF needs funds to find and train new pilots to defend the Zoner way of life, OSI will heed the call."
