[ WP ] Story about legal drama set in space

`` Does this count as treason?'' 
 
 `` Revolutions have always been seen as treason by some, and patriotism by others. Caesar committed treason when he crossed the Rubicon, and look how he is remembered. If we do this and succeed, we are not traitors, but patriots.'' 
 
 `` But if we should happen to fail...'' 
 
 `` Then the guillotine for us, just as Robespierre.'' 
 
 The two looked out the window, into the barren, starry night. The missiles had been primed, the vote had been cast, all that remained was the message to the council of earth. They had drawn the short straws, but now, waiting for the signal to be picked up, there was some time for thought. 
 
 `` Will they be understanding, do you think?'' 
 
 `` There is legal precedent, not of this scale to be sure, to be sure, but there is. All revolutions have been condemned, until they succeeded or were quashed. Ours will flourish or fail, as the fates will have it.'' 
 
 `` It is breaking the law though.'' 
 
 `` The law is the reason for us to rebel, if they want to tax us for oxygen both for breathe and for fuel, if they demand to set our trade quotas, if they do not give us a seat at the assembly of nations, what choice do we have. They left this station up here to police all the peoples of the world. Now it is fulfilling it's purpose.'' 
 
 The light on the console blinked green, and the two turned to gaze into the camera. The world turned below them, silently listening. 
 
 `` Hear us people of earth. We the free citizens of the Moon have seized control of the peace-keeping space station *Kilroy*. We have control of the warheads. These are our demands...''
