Well spoken, Ratboy. Well spoken indeed.
I have nothing to add except this: Coercing the EU-probes away from the dark side may (and this is a highly cautious 'may') be easier than we think. They are not in any apparent contact with P&H. This may change, and if it does, it will do so rapidly and without warning.
But how much time will Brunel-Brauer have spent training their probes? They were in a BIG hurry to get them aloft. Therefore, I feel it is highly likely that there has been no indoctrination to any way of thinking. So, if 'our' probes can convince the EU-probes to change their command codes (or do it for them), there will be less harm in letting them listen to P&H and then make up their own minds about what course of action to follow. Should they choose poorly, well, we still have the backing of the Ipsolstai, and to paraphrase Uncle Bob, parts is parts and Enoch could use two more legs.
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