 Why can't they transmit Umluana as planned?
Umluana was defying world law. They would enter Belderkan, arrest Umluana and try him by due process before the World Court. But then they would have spent hours flying over Africa, with Belderkan fighters in hot pursuit, other nations joining the chase and the world uproar gaining volume. By transmitter, if all went well, they could have Umluana in Geneva in an hour. From Miaka they would transmit to the Belderkan Preserve, a famous tourist attraction whose station could transmit to any point on the globe. "There's no military base near Miaka," Rashid said. I'll bet Umluana's lieutenants are hoping he'll become a dead legend. "Not yet. Umluana breathed like a furnace, still unconscious from the injection Rashid had given him.
 The controls at the Belderkan Preserve have been destroyed.
 The controls at the Geneva receiving station have been destroyed.  The controls at the Miaka station have been destroyed.  The controls at the UN receiving station have been destroyed.  The controls at the Belderkan Preserve have been destroyed.