Ben crossed his arms over his chest as he thought about it. "I'm not thrilled," he said finally, "but Peter had access to the court-martial and everyone on his planet now saw at least a truncated version of what happened. I can't stop history from repeating."

He learned that the hard way.

"I can't vouch for how rational I'd be if someone decided to broadcast the footage for everyone to see, but you're not going to do that."