If a war starts now, it'll be between Earth and space.

[Sniper says this with perfect confidence, as if there were no question at all about the fate of this Earth. To them, the irony of it was immense. Back in their own world, the Mardi's had feared the future conflict brought on by the Mars colonization so much, they had risked world war. And here was this Earth, proving their thesis.]

I want to have an eye on what the colonies are doing, and options when things start getting hairy.