No, not at all! I've had to explain it to so many people from way out-of-sector that I know the kinds of questions they tend to ask.

[Tanya's conclusions aren't too far off, but the Tradelines are perhaps even more powerful, since there are no state-run spacefaring military organisations out there, just what Tayrey would call planetary militia.]

It's all about values. Long ago we fought a war against tyranny, and ever since we've been trying to maximise freedom. Joining the military means giving up a fair amount of your own to protect other people's, but there's no reason to make that worse than it has to be. Your army - what's the name of your Empire? - must have different fundamental values, to allow for conscription and the like. [Obviously she thinks hers are better, but it's a fairly neutral observation. Criticising your own organisation isn't the same as hearing an outsider do it.]

I miss so much about home. My ship was home, you know? Still. It can't be helped now, and at least I know that nobody there will be missing me, since my requirement [her wish] was that I return to the very moment I left.