In message 200105021935_MC2-CEA8-D988@compuserve.com, Leia Fee Sha_Ka_Ree@compuserve.com writes
I think part of it is his highly developed sense of self preservation...in the Liberator he can outrun and outgun most of what the Federation can send after him.
Of course, this backfires on him in the long run. Servalan keeps on after him partly because *she* wants to have a play with his pretty toy. (And no, I did *not* mean that the way I would have on The Other List, so get your minds out of the gutter.)