Sad.

Now I know that Pilot Diana Kim is just going to be jumping up and down with joy in this thread later, but...

I can't take pleasure in the downfall of another man, especially not like this, on civilian soil.

This is horrible.

The loss of civilian lives is always a tragedy, regardless of what empire it strikes.
Tonight we are all brothers and sisters mourning our lost together.

Tell that to the RSS which is planning to invade at 20:00

Tell that to the RSS which is planning to invade at 20:00

I don't understand why Roden refuses to meet our very reasonable demands. True, Gallenteans were injured in killed in this massacre, though I doubt any of them was a head of state.

It's not like this man won't be punished upon arrival in our Republic, it's more likely that being put on trial in the Republic will actually guarantee that he will be dealt with.

I don't understand why Roden refuses to meet our very reasonable demands

Its more likely that he will trip on a knife with a gag reel playing in the back ground. I just fail to see why one injured man is more important than 58 dead and their families.

First off our Chief is a woman, just for clarification.

Her life is just as valuable as the others. However, this is a major political figure. If a Minmatar gunman shot Mentas Blaque, Souro Foritan, or even President Roden himself, I am quite confident that the Gallente would want to handle the trial.

Perhaps but maybe wait more than 8 hours before demanding with ships?
Maybe a joint investigation since your people know your planets more, make sure it wasn't something by a fanatical cell; ect. We at least know to wait at least 24 hours before demanding anything.

I don't understand why Roden refuses to meet our very reasonable demands. True, Gallenteans were injured in killed in this massacre, though I doubt any of them was a head of state.

It's not like this man won't be punished upon arrival in our Republic, it's more likely that being put on trial in the Republic will actually guarantee that he will be dealt with.

Make no mistake; there can be no forgiveness for what has happened here. Not ever. These were not combatants in an active war who were fired upon - they were unarmed civilians. And there is no question the intent was to kill as many as possible. Perhaps that is the worst of it - that the victims will be denied justice, to assuage the conscience of fools. Extract the information as painfully as possible, and put the perpetrator to death.

That's fine. I don't think anyone is truly claiming that the criminal should go without the harshest of punishments, more along the lines of who should be the one to do it. As it stands, that's the Federation.

To be quite blunt? I am very doubtful the Federation has anyone with the stomach to inflict even a tiny fraction of the suffering that is deserved here.

There is an ancient method of capital punishment - truthfully can't recall where I read about it. They would attach a cage with a frightened animal to the face of the condemned, then apply flame so that the animal would literally claw through the skull of the one sentenced to death. A very painful and gruesome way to die, by any measure.

That? Should be the nicest thing the perpetrator gets to experience for the rest of their very short life.

To be quite blunt? I am very doubtful the Federation has anyone with the stomach to inflict even a tiny fraction of the suffering that is deserved here.

What does that kind of suffering serve, anyway? If you're going to execute a man, do it quick and clean and move on. Seems to me like setting him on fire in public is just a bloodthirsty, brutal spectacle that diminishes everyone involved. There's nothing noble about inflicting suffering purely for the sake of vengeance.

What does that kind of suffering serve, anyway? If you're going to execute a man, do it quick and clean and move on. Seems to me like setting him on fire in public is just a bloodthirsty, brutal spectacle that diminishes everyone involved. There's nothing noble about inflicting suffering purely for the sake of vengeance.

A bigger question is - with the Federation's recent history in gruesome murder as a form of punishment to satiate the baying masses, what makes the Republic think that they are going to miss out on this criminal being taken apart piece by piece? As much as I deride conspiracy theories, chicanery such as this 'due process' nonsense hardly does anything to dismiss it. Invite RSS to conduct their own interrogations under Federation conditions and hell, if they decide to go with the carcinogenic immolation for old times sake, let a Sebiestor administer the dose. You've both already shaken one another's blood covered hands. What's another lick of the red stuff between friends?

There is an ancient method of capital punishment - truthfully can't recall where I read about it. They would attach a cage with a frightened animal to the face of the condemned, then apply flame so that the animal would literally claw through the skull of the one sentenced to death. A very painful and gruesome way to die, by any measure.

Besides, this was work not of a professional, but amateur, who just splashed out his anger on the mob. Killing same number of military trained personnel or industry workers would be much more useful than just butchering random useless civilians.