- Cmdr DaeFaron
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- Fabled Legendary Member
A: The rebels groups who TRULY wanted to just be left alone got that, they fought in their system alone, the disappeared. Like the ones in the rubble, they wanted to be left alone and thus stayed to themselves.
B: The rebels who we hear about were the more populous, bigger groups that were nutjobs and terrorists. Nukes weren't a deterrent because the rebels were using theirs freely.
C: That 'formula' as I recall, was created and worked out AFTER the start of the rebel attacks. It looked at the trend, and predicted based on that. The trend being each attack got worse and worse. You know, first it's spacing a corvette crew and murdering the AI. Then it's horribly damaging three destroyers and killing most of the people there. Then it's destroying a cruise liner filled with civilians. Then nuking a colony that actually has been rebel-friendly. What's next? Setting off a slipspace bomb on the surface of Reach? The rebels we hear about ARE the damn terrorists who even if granted independence, would still keep attacking. The ones who would murder 100 civilians just to try to harm a squad of ODST's. The ones truly wanting to be left alone and self-govern, as I said, were the ones that disappeared. The ones that didn't murder civilians.
D: So what is morally better, to place a flash-clone that may die quickly, or might not (As we have proof of one that survived a good while), to replace the kid, thus giving closure to the families. Or to not place a flash-clone there, thus making the family wonder for years, if not forever, what happened to their child? Did John wander in a back alley and get murdered? Did Kelly get kidnapped and taken as a slave?
The only reason to not replace and give that closure, would be if the Spartans were planned to meet/reunite with their families later on. Which they weren't. After they started training, they could never go back and be accepted. Chief in palace hotel said that outright. If childhood friends found out what happened to the kids, it'd rip the UNSC and humanity apart.
Edit: I'd agree with the whole "Traviss doesn't say Halsey is evil, it's just the characters." If it wasn't for the fact they nearly EVERY. SINGLE. CHARACTER. who talks about Halsey is hateful/bashing/painting her as evil. There isn't an equal number going "Oh, these are the good parts!" Hell, Naomi, the Spartan II in the ONI group, as I know it, NEVER, ONCE defends Halsey. She just sits in the background while everybody bashes the doctor.
Just like the Elites. Previous lore clearly painted a large, growing movement (particularlly the youth), as coming to respect humans. In Glassland, there isn't a single Elite that respects humanity. ALL elites shown (Even Thel partly) are either "Humans deserve to die." or "We don't have the strength to fight the humans." Elites consider all humans to by lying vermin(where the heck did the lying part come from?). That large growing group of Elites who respect humans? Never, once, mentioned. As far as Glasslands is concerned, you only have two camps of Elites. Camp A: Humans can't be trusted really, but we can't fight them and win right now so we'll support peace until that time. and Camp B: Humans should be wiped out, this moment. Also any touching forerunner tech is worthy of being butchered.
So yeah, in point, glasslands loves showing ONLY one side of the thing. Traviss presents the BAD sides, but NEVER once the good. She never shows Thel and some Elites talking about how humans are honorable and trustworthy, that the hate is based on a prophet's lies, and humans can help the Elites regain their strength. She never shows the Spartan II's going "Now wait a minute, that might be true but Halsey also had some very good things she did." (BTW, Halsey did make sure that all Spartan II's had the best chance of surviving, so stop the bull-blam!- that she treated them like labrats and didn't give a damn.)
[Edited on 06.04.2012 1:55 PM PDT]