[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Quantam ^This. Spoilers in this post. Free Rider problem. If anything, what disturbs me the most is the bombardment. They take it for granted, as if the horrors of glassing never occurred. Either Traviss is setting up ONI as the bad guys and will portray them more negatively in the 3rd book, or this will be accepted by humans being dicks holding up flags shouting UNSC![/quote] I think Paragnosky has been put under a dark light, and made to look evil. While i believe infinity is mainly a card to get all other races to look again at humanity, and put them in that position of if you dare touch us, you are in for a whole world of pain. A political card, no one will want to mess with the humans, especially, if not seeing this comming, they do not know how many more are on the way. Another reason i believe is that the rebellion and this infinity looks like a great act. No joke, put up a rebellion, and give them false hope. Have them threaten your ally, and come in with cavalry to save the day, and wipe rebellion out of existence. Increases friendship between both humanity and elites, and not only that, helps them organize the enemies of humanity, and to make them an easy target, and easy to distinguish from the rest of the population. Annihilate them and you have less to worry about.