@SJohnRoss
I think my personal main thesis as a storyteller is "In any conflict, there are always more than the two options that the two opposing sides both claim to be the only possible outcomes. Do what you think is right, not what you are told has to be done."
In Space Opera and Cyberpunk, this is a fairly straightforward theme to follow. How to do something with this in S&S is something I'll have to explore further.