 How does the Council feel about Crownwall's decision to go back in time to before the Vegans appeared?
The sight of an Earthman on Vega III, where it was impossible for an outlander to be, brought angry crowds to surround John Crownwall as he strode toward the palace of Viceroy Tronn Ffallk, ruler of Sector XII of the Universal Holy Empire of Sunda. If they carried out the threats of their present attitude, Earth would have to send Marshall to replace him. A pair of guards, their purple hides smoothly polished and gleaming with oil, crossed their ceremonial pikes in front of him as he approached the entrance. "Just tell him that a man has arrived from Earth to talk to him. "It was only decided yesterday, back on Earth, that I would be the one to make the trip here. What I meant was that I expected someone from Earth to break through our blockade and come here. Still, if you were on your home planet only yesterday, that's astonishing even to me. "If you wanted someone from Earth to come here to see you, why did you put the cordon around Earth? And why did you drop a planet-buster in the Pacific Ocean, and tell us that it was triggered to go off if we tried to use the distorter drive? "We offer you partnership with us to take over the rule of the Galaxy from the Sunda—the so-called Master Race." "You upstart Earthlings are a strange and a frightening race," he said. When you showed up in the spaceways, it was decreed that you had to be stopped at once.
 They are horrified. They sent Crownwall to make a peace treaty not to commit genocide.
 They are scared. The Sundans will surely attack the Earth now.  They are horrified. They sent Crownwall to make a peace treaty not to commit genocide.  They are sad. They are all alone in the universe now.  They are ecstatic. All of their enemies are gone now.