Comment

Comment on oh cool

pitiable_sandwich540@feddit.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

They’re not all that afraid of what’s out there.

That’s why they are always sending armed soliders first?

Milprop is often like that: Oh no we’re the diplomatic good guys forced to fight. Why are they making us do this? We could’ve been friends, if you just ~~allowed us to install our puppet~~ signed our trade agreement. Now we unfortunately have to raze your cities and salt your fields. I hope you’re sorry :'(

source

Sort:hotnew top

FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I mean, that argument can be applied against Star Trek too, they always send an armed warship to make first contact.

source
- pitiable_sandwich540@feddit.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  They don’t go in with guns/phasers ready, heck most of the times they don’t even raise shields beforehand.
  
  And they have a whole protocol and rules for this:
  
  Before engaging alien species in battle, any and all attempts to make first contact and achieve non-military resolution must be made
  
  source
  - FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Which is the same thing SG-1 did, make peaceful contact with weapons for defense.
    
    Even with shields down a federation starship is still a very capable warship.
    
    source
lath@piefed.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
They’re sending a robot with a camera first.
Then it’s two soldiers + two scientists.

source
- Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  isn’t daniel like, technically a civilian all the way through?
  
  source
  - lath@piefed.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    No, citizenship doesn’t apply to ascended beings.
    
    source