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was a narrow ledge to stand on with hull on four sides and Cozen had chosen it, Ram thought, because of the near impossibility of someone having line of sight to listen in on them up there. "What are the pilots saying about all this?" Cozen asked him.
    "I don't understand."
    "Our pilots," Cozen said. "Asa Biko and Kay D'Ambrosse. They have a lot of influence with the crew. Especially Asa Biko. What are they saying to each other about coming here and finding what we found? What do they think about it?"
    Cozen sounded as if he was plotting a coup, but Ram told him the truth to see what he would do with it. "Nobody believes in coincidences like this where management is concerned. No, Mr. Cozen. You're the only one who knew where Moriah was and they're not so naive as to think you had no idea what was here. Nobody believes you just stumbled on this. They're convinced you knew the alien ship was here all along. They probably think you knew it's what crippled Mohegan ." 
    "Is that so?"
    "It is," Ram said, and Cozen's eyes narrowed half a degree. "But...our pilots and miners are committed to survival. They'll do what they have to do."
    "What about you, Mr. Devlin? Do you think I knew the alien ship was here on Moriah?" 
    Ram didn't tell Cozen the truth. He said what Asa Biko had said. "Maybe you knew they were here, Mr. Cozen, and maybe you didn't, but it doesn't change what we're going to have to do to get off this rock." From the way Cozen looked at him, Ram thought maybe Cozen knew those weren't his words. The next ones were. "I've read plenty of history. This is how wars start."
    "This war has already started." Cozen said it without pause like he'd thought long and hard about it already. He sighed into his helmet mic. "It's already begun. But given the scope of the conflict unfolding, I imagine, Mr. Devlin, you're going to tell me that you actually want to walk up to that alien ship with open arms and empty hands and say, 'We come in peace'. But it's not just your life you'll be risking if you do that. To maximize our chances of a successful assault we'll need the element of surprise. Walk out there and try to make friends with them and you'll just get killed. And you'll blow our advantage. In case you haven't been keeping score, they've shot at us already. Twice." 
    Ram had been keeping score, but he still wasn't convinced Humanity been attacked – not by aliens. "For all we know, Mr. Cozen, the microwave beam that sabotaged our systems was an attempt at communication. We need more proof about their hostile intentions before we assume anything. I'd like t-"
    "Are you not convinced we were attacked, Mr. Devlin?" Ram closed his mouth and willed his face to blank itself and become inscrutable and reveal nothing. Cozen must have taken Ram's silence for an affirmation of his doubt. "If you find yourself questioning what's happened here and the necessity of what's about to happen on this rock... if you have doubts... then you'd better keep them to yourself. You don't want to go spreading those doubts around," he said. "Not if you care about your people. If you want your crew to survive today's assault, and I know you do, then you're not going to share any ideas you've got in your head about the necessity of making peace with the ETs. Do that, and you'll rob our people of their most valuable weapon." 
    "Surprise?"
    "No, Mr. Devlin – righteousness."
    "Mr. Cozen..."
    "Righteousness, Mr. Devlin." Cozen said it a second time with more emphasis as if this time, Ram would hear the word for true and understand. He didn't. Cozen said it again, "Righteousness. Confidence and true belief that their actions are justified, necessary, and in line with the moral code much of our planet still accepts as divine will. Righteousness. They're going to need it for this assault. If they go into a fight questioning themselves, full of hesitation and doubt or remorse, unwilling to kill until there's none of the enemy left, then they're going to lose.