Of the battleships Luke had supplied them with, the cheapest were the mid-tier trash at over 1,000 credit points, while the most expensive were the third-class models that were worth over 10,000 credit points.
He didn't mind the youngsters being more ambitious, but there were only about 130 of these battleships.
If these guys threw themselves forward without a care, just for the sake of earning points, these biggest weapons for drawing fire might be lost too quickly.
At that time, Thanos wouldn't even need to move, and would be able to slowly crush Earth's allied army with his fleet.
Thus, it was necessary to impose the condition that any violation of orders would affect the reimbursement.
It couldn't be helped. Everybody knew that the points from this battle would definitely be very high.
Back in the Battle of New York, the Chitauri had only been Thanos's lackeys, and everyone had earned a lot of credit points.