SolusLunes
Caldari
Royal Hiigaran Navy
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Posted - 2008.05.20 23:08:00 -
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 Originally by: Hori To
since the man was a podder, he'll have a clone somewhere.
Quite right. Now the question is, where? If it is in the Gallente Navy's controlled systems, then there is the possibility that this was a "mistake". I use that term in the loosest possible manner- e.g. flashback, snapping and going crazy, heat of the moment sort of things. As such, I would expect him disciplined and removed from command, if not incarcerated/terminated.
If he is not incarcerated/terminated, that can be interpreted (quite easily, I might add) as Gallente-sponsored and condoned slaughter. If that is the case, let retribution be swift and painful for the Federation's underhanded tactics.
But the second possibility (and in all honesty, the one I see as more likely) is that if he wakes up in non-empire space one day, then we can assume that this was preplanned. By him alone or by the Federation itself, that would be unclear. But he would become kill-on-sight for just about everyone (with the exception of Gallente/Minmatar extremists that support his action. They must exist, there are always extremist groups. One may say that an entire faction is based off of the extremist group model.) But if he DOES wake up in non-empire space, then it is possible that it was merely preplanned by him and maybe a few co-conspirators. For which the Federation does not deserve the vengeful wrath of the dead.
As such, I would like to see cooler heads prevail. Let us see where he wakes up and what the Federation's response to that is. I can hardly imagine the Federation unplugging his clones, as such actions would not support President Foiritan's statements of an "exhaustive and ongoing investigation", and would, in fact, fall more under the category of "destroying the evidence". Which would point rather conclusively toward Federation complicity.
Let us see where and how he wakes up. This may be all the answer we need, without the necessity of wasting ammunition and blood.
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