The United Earth controls their own soldiers with.... with a drug of some sort. [ At least that's how he understands it. ] Sooner or later they'd sort out how to control Transports, too. Brilliant plan, haha! Minimizes their own losses, and makes us suspect one another, making us turn upon.......

[ Well, it was obvious, wasn't it? How could he not have seen it? Now the guilt and recrimination come crashing down around his ears. He is useless, powerless, a failure now as ever. He foresaw this, but he couldn't do anything about it... ]