The simple plot-line about a happily-married, middle-aged husband and wife, whose marriage was strained while serving as trial attorneys on opposite sides of the same headline-making, attempted murder, marital case (he as the prosecutor, she as the defender), served as the backdrop for the daring exposition of feminist principles, a display of archetypal male vs.In the ship""s mess hall, the crew discussed the fate of Zion.Supposedly, "someone screwed it up" - an EMP was triggered before Commander Lock""s pre-emptive, counter-attacking resistance ships could get into position, and five ships instantly went down.Just hold your breath." The mission disastrously failed when Ferdinand sneezed and Babe dropped he alarm clock - causing tremendous commotion...Joe died flying, didn""t he? That was his job.He just wasn""t good enough.That""s why he got it.Dutchy: I ain""t built like you are, Geoff.I shouldn""t be in such a business.We can""t go on like that...Oh, Geoff! You""re a hard man, much too hard.Geoff: Cut it out...Cut it out!..What""s the use of feeling bad about something that couldn""t be helped?...I told you, Joe just wasn""t good enough.If he hadn""t got it tonight, he was bound to get it sooner or later.Dutchy: Then you had no business to let him fly.Geoff: What, ground that kid? Say, he""d sooner be where he is than quit.Revealing his own deeper, inner feelings and sympathy, Geoff offers to send Joe""s sister in the States $100 that he owes him - but Dutchy knows better: "You don""t owe him no money, Geoff.