Well, let's try. Here's the relevant conversion, from the original thread.
Bergher-Tanikawa Suites, Duchenne, New Berge, Hulldown Continent, Beta Aquilae
"Tell me why you did it."
"I don't owe you anything."
"You earned our trust, Thea. You were extraordinarily, painstakingly convincing. I would have sworn before a tribunal that you were as loyal as the day you left."
"Apparently you should find a new line of work, then."
"Is that a confession, Thea?"
"That's Rear Admiral to you, Captain."
"You were stripped of your rank and citizenship in the GTVA six hours ago. I could execute you summarily and you wouldn't even get a goddamn epitaph. So answer my question."
"I don't know what you're talking about. I will protest this injustice to the limit of my ability. Get your spooks out of my home."
"Don't play games with me. I'm here to offer you a chance at absolution."
"I wasn't aware that the Alliance had any morality left in its table of assets. Absolution seems like a stretch."
"My God. I don't know what those monsters did to you over there, but it really is as terrifying as they say, isn't it? You were the best, Thea. You knew who you were."
"Enlighten me."
"You were a patriot. You were...an honest-to-God champion of humanity."
"I wasn't aware I'd abrogated that responsibility."
"Abrogated? 'Abrogated'? You gave them the ****ing jump schedules, you traitorous piece of ****. There were ten thousand people in that - "
"Keep your voice down."
"Tell me why you did it."
"If I did something, I did it because I took an oath to secure the future of humanity."
"You are as irredeemably, unutterably lost as your commander was, aren't you?"
"I - "
"Shut up. Sergeant, secure Thea Carey and move her to the Blackbird Village site. She can still make up for the damage she's done...one way or another."
For those of you who don't remember (blasphemy!
), Rear Admiral Thea Carey was the CO of GTD
Temeraire in Age of Aquarius. She presided over most of the exploration of the alternate universe while
Orestes was holding position in Delta Serpentis, and was the first flag officer to make contact with
Sanctuary and see the Vishnans up close. Nonetheless, she was not among those who defected to the UEF in "Journey's End". Samuel Bei had a lot of respect for her as an officer and perceived her as quite professional and unlikely to entertain plans that involved him fulfilling his destiny and turning into a ship, which is why he stole a shuttle instead of asking nicely.
And with the summary out of the way, on to the conversation. Aside from telling us that Carey was the informant, it seems to imply that she spent some time in one of the UEF's infamous reeducation camps. Rather perplexing, as
Temeraire and the rest of the 14th were stationed as far as possible from the Sol theatre to prevent exactly this sort of thing from happening.
Hmm. It just occurred to be that Al'Faddil was captured by the UEF, too. So either the UEF was operating outside of Sol (unlikely in the extreme), or at least two 14th officers were allowed back in. In the latter case, the GTVA must have had very specific reasons.
My best guess is that Carey was selected by GTVI to stage her defection, got found out, and subsequently decided to defect for real. This still doesn't explain why she would have needed to know
Agincourt's jump schedule, though.
The hell with it. Vishnans.
