 Why is the crew of the Nadine not more upset that Moran stole their spacecraft?
The plans were thrashed out very painstakingly, in formal conference on the space-yacht Nadine , with Moran present and allowed to take part in the discussion. From the viewpoint of the Nadine's ship's company, it was simply necessary to get rid of Moran. A water-ice ice-cap said that there were no poisonous gases in the planet's atmosphere. But since there were ice-caps there would be temperate regions. In short, the ice-cap proved that a man could endure the air and temperature conditions he would find. Moran observed these things from the control-room of the Nadine , then approaching the world on planetary drive. Two of the Nadine's four-man crew watched out the same ports as the planet seemed to approach. Without rigid control of space-travel, any criminal anywhere could escape the consequences of any crime simply by buying a ticket to another world. Moran couldn't have bought a ticket, but he'd tried to get off the planet Coryus on the Nadine . The trouble was that the Nadine had clearance papers covering five persons aboard—four men and a girl Carol. Wherever the yacht landed, such a disparity between its documents and its crew would spark an investigation. Moran, at least, would be picked out as a fugitive from Coryus Three. In effect, with six people on board instead of five, the Nadine could not land anywhere for supplies. Blaster in hand, he'd made the Nadine take off from Coryus III with a trip-tape picked at random for guidance. Only people accustomed to desperate actions would have remained so calm when Moran had used desperate measures against them. If somebody were wrecked on an even possibly habitable planet, the especially developed seed-strains would provide food in a minimum of time. Moran wondered, momentarily, what sort of world they came from and why they had revolted, and what sort of set-back to the revolt had sent the five off in what they considered a strategic retreat but their government would think defeat. But space-travel regulations are especially designed to prevent such escapes. But Moran had waylaid the messenger carrying the Nadine's fuel-block back to that space-yacht. He'd locked two of the Nadine's crew in the engine-room, rushed to the control-room without encountering the others, dogged the door shut, and threaded in the first trip-tape to come to hand. But his present companions got the drive dismantled two days later and once the yacht was out of overdrive they efficiently gave him his choice of surrendering or else.
 They are fugitives just like Moran, and don't believe he has a motive to thwart their mission.
 They view Moran as a potential sacrifice to any predators or officials they may discover upon the alien planet.  They are fugitives just like Moran, and don't believe he has a motive to thwart their mission.  They have no space navigation experience, while Moran does, and view him as potentially useful.  They are not threatened by Moran because he does not have any weapons on his person.