Heh heh! About halfway through I basically gave up on trying to rescue prisoners and opted to focus on taking out all your guys instead. But in order to lure them out I had to try and keep up the pretence that I was sticking to Plan A, which was a difficult balance to strike. A great game, though, which I agree could have gone either way right to the very end.
Still a swapped-sides Stardrive up for grabs if you want it...