>>(Tangent: I thought Tremayne's superior was awfully lenient, letting
>>him sulk on the Moon like that. If I was Commandant and my subordinate
>>had just clusterfucked a blip capture operation in such a grandiose
>>manner, I'd dope him up on sleepers, stick him in a small cage and let
>>the teep kids poke at him with very sharp sticks. But that's me.)
>
>Maybe the boss is smarter than we take him for. If it was
>just a flub on a blip smash-and-grab, that would be one
>thing. But when the opposition includes:
>
>

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• The CFMF
  >
• A highly advanced non-Asimovian robot
  >
• Two robots that are either the galaxy's smallest security droids
  >or the galaxy's most overpowered toy bots.
  >
• The Crown Princess of Gamilon, and thus Mr. Planet Bomb Himself
  >
• The personal off-road sportship of a Benjamin D. Hutchins, living
  >legend on Earth and indirectly responsible for wiping Worcester off
  >the map twice, and keeping in mind that such sportship eluded
  >Earthforce by apparently breaking six seperate laws of physics
  >
• An RA with power armor that impresses Gryphon
  >

This is all true, but I don't think it excuses Tremayne in the least. The major problem is his initial response to finding out who the blip was on campus. If he had done it right the first time, none of this would have happened and they'd have Devlin (and only Devlin) scot-free.

What they -should- have done is sent in a small team of plainclothes Enforcers...they couldn't have possibly passed for students, but they could have passed for parents, if there were only two. They should have stayed and scoped out the place for a few days, find a place where Devlin went alone (Ironically, his practice sessions at Bancroft Tower would have been perfect), and nabbed him without anyone else being the wiser. People disappear all the time, the Psi Corps might never have been suspected by any but his allies in the Underground. Instead, Tremayne decided it would be more fun to flex his muscle. He ended up turning out an extremely unprofessional plan, one which nearly got every living being on Earth annihilated. What's worse, if he -did- have reports on Devlin's friends and chose to take them anyway (Sure, they resisted, but a lot of difference that makes to the Gamilon Emperor!) the fate of Earth would land most directly on Tremayne's shoulders.

All in all, Tremayne screwed the pooch. Repeatedly. That's the only conclusion I can come to.

--"I invoke the rites of fiery Muspelheim, and give thy soul up to the inferno's embrace..."