Command and Consent Episode 12 -

With Earth temporarily safe, the argument over the Valari shifts from survival to control. Political leaders who see the fleet as technology rather than people begin pushing for a formal NATO command structure, while others warn that forcing the Valari into a human chain of command would betray the very freedom Daniel has spent years fighting to protect.

When Daniel is finally brought face-to-face with the proposal, the carefully constructed language of cooperation quickly gives way to a much more fundamental disagreement. Daniel makes clear that the Valari are a sovereign people, not ships he can simply sign over—and when political pressure turns into an attempt to physically stop one of their vessels, the debate over command and consent suddenly threatens to become something far mor ...