Phil Coulson, Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.

It was all Director Coulson could do to walk past the Destroyer gun, using it the first time had been so gratifying in that "last thing you do before you die...but not really" kind of way.  He was still really sore about that particular day, both literally and metaphorically.  Even if executing the prisoner had been an option, the real sting came from acknowledging that they were still short-handed, too much to throw away any potential resource (no matter how smug and casually murderous).

Agents Koenig and May had argued strongly against this course of action, and were the situation not dire he would have needed little convincing; but the situation was dire and called for help beyond what his newly reborn agency could provide alone.  It was for this sole reason that he was unarmed as he entered the ante-chamber; it was for many others that he stopped and took several breaths while he listened to Agent Koenig giving the prisoner his prepared speech. All the reasons they had to kill him and the one reason they hadn't were laid out; then Billy entered the home stretch, saying it would be the new director who supervised the prisoner's term of service and who would have the only word on when (and how) it ended.  He concluded by telling the Asgardian that he would have leagues to go in getting himself free as the new director was "not a fan."

The Playground was not ideal for recruitment meetings, being a secret base and all.  With their numbers so low, it had been down to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s new director to take point on expanding the ranks.  This suited him as he had been recruited by Fury himself and had what Agent Koenig called "feels" for the personal touch.  Granted, his version of the "One Man" speech was not as riveting as his predecessors, but Phil had done alright so far.  Even now he had three fully operational teams spread around the globe, repairing the damage done by the HYDRA incident, but it was still nowhere close to enough.