[I would prefer to hand Josh & Sonny over the Reavers and let them try to talk their way out of that situation. 
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"If [Reavers] take the ship, they'll rape us to death, eat our flesh, and sew our skins into their clothing and if we're very, very lucky, they'll do it in that order." -Zoe, Firefly
And... we come full circle... another Josh into the mix.
Eh?