"You were going to let Merc fly the ship?"

"Of course. I had no idea what anyone could or couldn't do. It was trial and error. It was stumbling around in the dark and hoping to bump into something solid, something true. It was putting my faith in fate."

"One could argue it was attempting to sabotage a billion-dollar mission."

"And my motive?"

"Revenge."

"...Don't be ridiculous."