"Alicia? Send in Corporal Sutherland if you would please."
A few minutes passed, then two marines threw in a bedraggled man.
"This is a civilian pilot who accidentally stumbled upon the Trotsky. Now, he has broken our secrecy, and could reveal our position." Sasha stands up, takes her gun back, and hands it, butt first, to Eric. "You must choose. Kill him, or let him live. His life is in your hands."
Sasha's face was impassive.