Board Thread:Episodic and Issue Discussion/@comment-47881-20130219235909/@comment-34954086-20130222233205

He's a diplomat. Even if he doesn't like it, he's got to do things by the book as the Reach haven't technically done anything wrong that could be proved. Publicly, Captain Atom is buying into the Reach too, he's not a robot.

That, or he's afraid of being ripped in half by Lobo.