[That... is quite a bit of critical information missing. Kirk isn't happy about what he needs to fill Hernan in on but there's no getting around. It's too important]

All three of us survive that battle. But beams that mimic a red sun can kill you and the US military full of those weapons. Project Fair Play works, Hernan.

[Kirk knows how arrogant Hernan can be and most of the time that arrogance is warranted. but Project Fair Play is the first time Hernan's met something that could hurt him so severely. It's something Kirk wants Hernan to keep in mind]

We're not dead or incarcerated because a bigger threat came up that we all had to work against.