Sally M wrote:
And while it might be more sensible for him, as Leia says, to ask to be dropped off somewhere nice...
That was me actually. :-)
...it also makes sense that there doesn't seem to *be* anywhere that he thinks better than where he is (which, given his
lack
of enthusiasm for Fighting for Freedom in S1-2, and the company he is made to keep in S3-4, says something about what he came from, methinks). Maybe what they all came from.
The Federation certainly seems to value viciousness, ruthlessness and a complete lack of affection or consideration for others, but given that Vila just doesn't fit that mould, where he came from can't have been too bad or he wouldn't have survived as long as he did with such lousy defences. Perhaps the Delta levels have something going for them--among all the poverty and deprivation, some warm family life or friendships perhaps?
[An aside--Vila uses religious terms quite a lot for a society which has banned religion: God (twice), judgement day, hell. A thought--perhaps there are secret Christians among the downtrodden Deltas, which may modify their society's values.]
Even in series 4, Xenon seems to still be better than being alone anywhere else ...
I found that hard to believe, but Vila does seem terrified of being on his own, preferring at least twice to risk danger than stay alone in the base. Mind you, I bet it wasn't a nice place to be, having been inhabited by the evil Dorian for a couple of centuries... The vibes would not be pleasant.
Nico