Your service in having shot down the stowaway renders it imperative that I show you some human recognition.

You gained admission to this force by deception, and you broke parole and escaped from the stateroom where I had imprisoned you.

But, as you have explained to me, you heard the explosion, you heard the outcry of pursuit, and you acted for my welfare.
"I can weigh relative values.

I grant your request.

The score is wiped clean.