...Wait, seriously? Now, I've got no care at all what happens to, with, or around Pyre... But why the HELL are you people dragging Scherezad-haani into this? Wheres the proof that she's a "Nation Loyalist"?

Anyone who so much as mentions our name without spitting on the ground in front of them is accused of being a Nation loyalist. It's hilarious to us and it just proves us right.

]For the record, Scherezad is considered compromised because she once sat at a table with us at a party. An I-Red party.

Well, that about figures... As I've said, my sole interest is in the well being of one individual in this affair. Your dealings are your own. Pieter and I spoke about it, at length, and my opinion remains ambivalent towards the arrangement. You and I, Tiberious, have spoken civilly in the past, and while I have no desire to join Nation in any capacity, I don't bear you any particular ill will.

If I come across as confrontational, it's due to the simple fact that the closest to family I have is ground zero for this mess, a situation that will never sit well with me under any circumstances. I'd be uninvolved if that were not the case, as my own reasons for disliking the majority of Pyre are personal, established months and months ago, and unrelated to TS-F's activities in any way. I prefer just to avoid them and their antics when circumstances permit. It's easier that way.

All that said... Were it not for Schere, I'd likely be a low functioning autistic at best, permanently comatose at worst. Some idiot trying to pull her into this stupidity isn't happening unchallenged. Not because of some stigma, real or imagined, attached to TS-F... But because she doesn't deserve to be pulled into such an idiotic exchange, by anyone, without a DAMN good reason.

You do realize that is more damning of your recruitment process than a defense right?

"Might have been converted, we'll have them anyway".

It's certainly interesting to know that you're much looser in your moral objectivity when it comes to recruiting new employees.

Not saying that's anything damning, it's just an interesting change from your usual public stance towards Nation.

Maybe you don't understand me, or cannot read what I am typing:

I do not think she is compromised by Nation.

She's also not an employee. She's a subcontractor.

... but are still trying to make the point that you've done nothing wrong and couldn't have possibly have made a mistake

You have a very funny way of showing that you are on his side when you have spent several threads doing nothing but attacking his family, rather than supporting him.

I never said anything of the sort. I said I don't think she is compromised by Nation. That's my subjective opinion, not some hard fact I am trying to impress as objective. I'm not sure why this is so difficult for you to understand

Yes, the very brief period she spent in my ship after we, in combination with several others, rescued her from being kidnapped by the Angels.

I believe she was in my custody, in a stasis container manufactured by those same angels, for all of fifteen minutes before I passed her off to other medical authorities.

For the record, it takes more than fifteen minutes to do any form of subtle implantation. It would take longer because of Scherezad's unique brain structure.

Considering there have been other documented interactions between I-RED and TS-F that were mutually beneficial for both parties..

Last I checked, Sophia was not in the employ of the foundations. She's not mine to reign in.

Citation please.

Or did you mean the free POCO we didn't ask for and didn't want that you randomly gave us without any prior contact in a region we no longer operate in?

The Foundations is neither as bad as you are imagining, nor as virulent.

Well if this is just about trolling, I'm out.

You guys can't even talk about the ships you fly without this turning into some **** fest, ah?

Everyone loves a good scandal. Pietergate has been pretty entertaining so far.

You guys can't even talk about the ships you fly without this turning into some **** fest, ah?

Did you actually read the Original Post? This thread was nothing but sharkbait from the outset.

Did you actually read the Original Post? This thread was nothing but sharkbait from the outset.

We've never tried to dehumanize our opponents by casting them as subhuman monstrosities!

We've never tried to dehumanize our opponents by casting them as subhuman monstrosities!