Player: When you told us how many troops were in the navy base I thought they'd be almost all minions.
DM: It's a covert listening post and resupply in a disputed system. Veteran soldiers aren't mooks.
Player: And the commander won't talk to us!
DM: You snuck in, shot people, busted loose a murdering criminal, caused the power generators to implode, blew up a vehicle bay, and wasted eighty percent of the combat troops.
Player: He can still surrender. We'll let him go!
DM: Would you trust you guys if you were him?
Player: Heck no. We're murdering thugs.
DM: Blowing the nukes it is.