So nothing has really changed. "Sometimes, when your adversary is trying to precipitate dramatic change, stability is the best victory. - Charles E. Gannon

But then again, discipline and its trappings—ranks, protocols, traditions—did not define the difference between a soldier and a civilian. The difference was in outlook. Brilliant civilian researcher Hirano Mizuki stared into the shadowy reaches of alien underbrush and saw no reason for caution. Caine, on the other hand, saw an unguarded perimeter in unexplored terrain that might conceal unknown threats.

Riordan almost smiled. “You sound like another historian I know.”
“Historian?” She stiffened. “I am an observer. I do not claim to convey a unified story, just the pieces for which I have data.”

Careful now: just the way you rehearsed it. Use as much truth as possible: that’s how you’ll get away with the lies.