Outside of this island, the world and its people all belong to the United Earth. The Initiative is the remains of a force that rebelled against the United Earth some hundred years ago. They failed and were exiled here, and now they are bringing us in to aid in a second revolution. And they do have cause, I suppose. I've been out there, where the United Earth rules. It's a far more unpleasant place than here.

But if the Initiative is protecting us, it's only because we are useful to them.