 What likely happens to Crownwall after the story is over?
John Crownwall, florid, red-headed and bulky, considered himself to be a bold man. If they carried out the threats of their present attitude, Earth would have to send Marshall to replace him. And if Crownwall couldn't do the job, thought Crownwall, then it was a sure bet that Marshall wouldn't have a chance. Instantly, and unexpectedly to Crownwall, the threatening crowd dropped back fearfully, so that he walked the last fifty meters alone. 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. If you know what's good for you, you'll get out of here while you can still walk. "Just tell him that a man has arrived from Earth to talk to him. Crownwall sat on the steps, puffed alight a cigarette, and blew expert smoke rings toward the guards. Crownwall stamped out his smoke and ambled after the hurrying courtier along tremendous corridors, through elaborate waiting rooms, under guarded doorways, until he was finally bowed through a small curtained arch. What I meant was that I expected someone from Earth to break through our blockade and come here. "If you wanted someone from Earth to come here to see you, why did you put the cordon around Earth? When you showed up in the spaceways, it was decreed that you had to be stopped at once.
 He is left to help find a new path for the Earth government as his old work is no longer possible
 He has to find a new line of work because he messed up so badly  He works to rebuild the space travel technology that he eventually can share with other species  He is left to help find a new path for the Earth government as his old work is no longer possible  He is promoted for accomplishing his mission and continues to explore space