 How does Moran feel about the crew of the Nadine?
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. The Nadine was out of overdrive and all the uncountable suns of the galaxy shone steadily, remotely, as infinitesimal specks of light of every color of the rainbow. Now it lay astern, and Moran could see the planet that had been chosen for his marooning. 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. 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. 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 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. The yacht descended as if in the center of a sphere in which one could see clearly nearby, less clearly at a little distance, and not at all beyond a quarter-mile or so.
 Moran respects their decision. He is not happy, but he would do the same were he in their position.
 Moran is not impressed with the skills of the crew. He plans to kill one of them, then they'll be forced to take him, so they arrive at their destination with the correct number.  Moran wants to kill them.  Moran is very angry that they would leave him in this horrible place. It's inhuman.  Moran respects their decision. He is not happy, but he would do the same were he in their position.