 How does the Council feel about Crownwall's decision to go back in time to before the Vegans appeared?
"It was only decided yesterday, back on Earth, that I would be the one to make the trip here. There was even serious discussion of destroying Earth out of hand, while it is still possible. They had headed for that planet confidently and unsuspectingly, using the ion drive. Although far within the dangerous influence of a planetary mass, they had again activated the distorter drive, and they had beaten the odds. "Could we have done anything else that would have kept you from landing on Earth and taking us over?" asked Crownwall. Even if you could get down to the bottom of the ocean and tamper with the bomb, you would only succeed in setting it off, and that's what the Sunda had been in favor of in the first place.
 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.