Elf: If there wasn't going to be a huge explosion, then why did they let us go?

I didn't have the planet held hostage. I just had us, and our ship.
Ennesby: . . .aaand the police officers on deck three. That must be the collateral that kept them from letting us disintegrate.
Elf: And it worked! Just like I planned it.
Kevyn: If Tagon makes me give you a medal, I'm going to pin it to your eye.