Jack stands there with his jaw set, picturing all the ways it can go wrong from here. Has -- has he really done anything bad if nobody finds out? It's such an arbitrary order anyway, to rescue.

But it's been impressed on him that if you mess up, you have to tell someone in charge. After all, the last thing anyone needs is a war machine that decides to start keeping secrets. And you can second-guess your instincts, sure, but without another point of reference you can only second-guess them so far.

He's on the radio to Sinclair, isn't he? That must mean he's already made up his mind?

"No, I, I... did something wrong."