NARRATOR: Five A.U. south of Earth, aboard the U.N.S. battleplate Morokweng...
EMM: Report, Krum.
KRUM: Pseudowalski Zero was very effective, but the second generation got disrupted. The program is--
EMM: *interrupting* Stop.
I don't want to hear you sing the praises of your super-soldier.
I don't want a slide deck explaining how your fork of the Laz'R'Us source aligns with what you think my objectives are.
EMM: I'm too old, too tired, and in far too much of a hurry to play C.Y.A. with an "A" that hasn't seen P.T. since whisky tangoed a foxtrot.
So... report, Krum.
KRUM: The Gavs have started communicating with the artifact, and the Toughs have begun shooting out the entertainment modules.
EMM: Pull the Pseudowalski trigger now, before we lose the trigger entirely.
KRUM: Thank you for the vote of confidence, Admiral.
EMM: I'm not expressing confidence. I'm giving you more rope in the expectation that you'll hang yourself.