"I do not know that I would use 'kindly' to describe the UNSC. However, when our colonies are attacked, it cannot be ignored." He gets a ghost of a smile on his face. "York and I spent a great deal of time in the outer colonies. The culture is very different compared to elsewhere, but then, one can say that of any culture. There will always be those who fight within their own house, until they are united by an outside threat."

Maine? Yeah, he totally would. At least the Maine Delta knew, both at home and at Proles. Hell, he'd enrolled in the Proles army. "Beta would," he agrees instead. "It is her nature."