The comeuppance cometh. And the watchers don't care to hide their glee.
It's all going wrong now, as the Karmaic backlash lingers,
spreading a sense of futility and fear.
There's nothing to do.
The ship has been without a rudder for a very long time, and only luck and a certain sense of entropy have kept it afloat.
And now, well, let the sinking commence. Because those who should've been around to bail have jumped overboard. Because you forced them, you stupid git.
Lesson learned, perhaps- but not likely, is that you never get something for nothing. And all of that fancy new equipment cost more than just money. It cost you the esteem of everyone else.
No one wants to work for Nero.
Don't get the allusion? Look it up on Wikipedia.