No intelligent person likes to rely on "luck," because that means relinquishing control over the future.
With power comes responsibility, and with responsibility comes pressure... This immense, crushing weight of life and death constantly bore down on Jason, making it hard to breathe.
The others were fine; they had entrusted their lives and futures to him without hesitation. The people aboard the Noah had a near-blind faith in him, believing that Director Jason would find a perfect solution to the crisis. There is an old saying: "When the sky falls, the tallest among us holds it up." Right now, Jason was the tallest person on the Noah, not in physical stature, but in status. As the leader of the Federation, he had to shoulder the heaviest burden.
