[A sympathetic smile was offered and a hand was quickly raised in a peaceful gesture meant to soften the glare of the gentleman at the other end of the table. It was a wordless form of apology but it did soothe the temper of the other man who went back to eating without yelling anything derogatory in their direction. ]

I am aware of what happened before. Some how United Earth was able to attack that world.

[And completely destroy it... Millions of people wiped out with a single action.
They did have too much power. That needed to be changed.]

I do not know how this was possible but if we can discover the way we can prevent it from happening again.

These have been terrible defeats and too many people have been made to suffer due to them, but that does not mean that we stop fighting. If you want to go home you must find the strength in yourself to stand when every instinct in you tells you it is impossible.

[Strong words, sometimes they were not always felt, but he had a creed to uphold and a family at home to protect... friends to avenge. The losses here were painful, potentially crippling, but he had to keep fighting for the good of everyone. It would do no one any good to allow the UE to maintain their ability to so easily destroy lives.]