User blog comment:Glitchee123z/Addressing some of the criticisms towards Volume 6/@comment-1292715-20190522064826

In fairness, letting them go was probably Cordovan's way of thanking them for not straight up abandoning Argus when they had the chance and for holding off the Leviathan long enough for her to finish it off, and maybe for helping her realize that she went overboard. That being said, it's possible their gonna get arrested anyway once they land on Atlas, seeing how the cliffhanger ending kinda gave a sense of foreboding, and Cordo might've expected that.

I'm surprised people don't seem to put any blame on Adam, seeing how it was his interference that caused the situation in the first place. If he hadn't interfered with Blake's part of the mission, the plan might've gone off without a hitch and the whole situation could've been avoided. But seeing how he's dead now, I guess he already got his comeuppance. Plus that alone doesn't necessarily excuse one party's stealing nor the other's overblown behavior.