Vikarion
Caldari
BLACK 0RIGIN
Red Dawn Alliance
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Posted - 2008.09.11 06:54:00 -
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Edited by: Vikarion on 11/09/2008 06:55:50
Mistakes you have made:
1. Letting you sister pilot a shuttle
Shuttles are uniquely designed for pod pilots. They have next to no shielding or armor, and are generally considered flimsy. Furthermore, according to regulations, non-pod pilots are supposed to refrain from piloting shuttles. It is the very knowledge that shuttles die like flies that keep them completely automated save for the pod. Even frigates have a longer life expectancy.
Furthermore, as every pod pilot knows (I hope), shuttles are the most used scout craft for pod pilots. Cheap, expendable, and fast, they serve the purpose wonderfully.
2. Parking in the middle of a warzone.
So you had to stick your sister's admittedly flimsy craft in the middle of a warzone...why? To analyze mircowarp drives? Couldn't you simply get a few friends to zip by her? Or was safety less important than convenience?
Surprising as it may be, munitions are actually exchanged in battle. Sometimes those munitions hit people who weren't there for the battle. Everyone knows this. You know this. In this era of FOF weapons, target jammers, dampeners, disruptors, and more, no one who is not fighting has any business being near a warzone. There are thousands of planets, asteroid belts, and stations in Gallente space, but you chose the one that a war was raging outside of.
Even if the situation was necessary, why could you not have stationed her inside of a large ship...say, yours? You know, one with adequate space for equipment, excellent protection (at least compared to a shuttle), and an undistracted pilot?
3. Assuming that the pilot was Caldari
Plenty of Gallente pilots use missiles. Amarr, Caldari, and Minmatar ship types have all been known to fire missiles, and Gallente pilots are not restricted to flying Gallente ships. You already stated that CONCORD could not identify the ship that fired the shot...so, although it is more likely that the attacker was Caldari, It may not have been. Furthermore, making a decision to attempt the destruction of the State based off of one pilot's actions is irrational.
You actions are similar to those of a person who, having been cheated by a plumber, decides that all construction workers are thieves and liars.
Your sister's death was a result of your - and her - gross negligence and rather foolish assumptions. You parked a scout ship outside of a station in the middle of a battle and are somehow amazed that harm befell it? And you did not even bother to care for the safety of the crew (your sister)?
And then you blame the Caldari?
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