In this chapter, Su chen makes a deal with the other fugitives: if they surrender, he'll let them go after they've landed. He's not worried about them, though, because he knows they'll all be killed if he doesn't. He wants to give his people an explanation of what happened, so he can explain himself to his people. He also wants to explain why the ship has been forced to stop, so the three of them can explain themselves. Su-chen points out that the pursuit team wants credit, while the fugitives just want freedom. Sometimes, officers will give information about worthless goods to the drug lords so that they can get a promotion or raise. In other words, the police and the bandits were never rivals, and Su-Chen wants to continue to escape with them. He thinks this is a better deal than mutual destruction.