dusting off an old friend -- now with some ST:ID spoilers

[maneuvers]

Okay, we're on a new platform, but the controls are pretty much the same. This shouldn't be a problem.

While we're doing some redecorating though, I'd consider putting in a Captain's chair. Just think about it.

Comments

[maneuvers]

I like to think so, but you'll have to excuse if I don't take your opinion to heart.

[tothelast]

And why shouldn't you?

[maneuvers]

I'm sure you know what they say about terrorists, always working the system to their advantage.

[tothelast]

Is that what they say about me? That I'm a terrorist? How conveniently Starfleet forgets about the circumstances that awakened my wrath.

[maneuvers]

That's what I say about you. It's not what makes a man but what he does once he's been made that matters.

spoilers y/n

[tothelast]

Then what does that make Starfleet? Your men in command?

go for it, obviously I've seen it.

[maneuvers]

Starfleet is a peace keeping armada, the mistakes of a few don't define the rest of us.

just makin sure

[tothelast]

"Armada." The term is used for a fleet of battleships, Mr. Sulu. If then you mean to say that Starfleet keeps peace by having the most might, then perhaps it is not peace they keep.

/thumbs up

[maneuvers]

Your definition of armada is outdated to say the least. There's a difference between civil authority and martial law.

[tothelast]

[well he is almost 200, Sulu. He can't be blamed for being archaic.]

So then what is the difference between a terrorist and a freedom fighter? Perspective.

[maneuvers]

The difference between a terrorist and a freedom fighter isn't perspective it's intent. A terrorist doesn't fight for the freedom of others, he fights for his own ideals at the expense of everyone else.

[tothelast]

I was fighting for the freedom of myself and 72 other people. Perhaps I should relate the circumstances of our captivity to afford you some perspective.

[maneuvers]

You know, a friend of mine said something for the history books once. The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, and you were ready to destroy the lives of millions for a handful. Sounds like terrorism to me.

[tothelast]

Mm, a Vulcan saying. Tell me, Mr. Sulu, how many lives would need to hang in the balance to tip the scales? I wonder if Vulcan logic takes into account the injustice of servitude.

[There is a small pause, where he lets his eyes fall slightly.]

I was prepared to take the lives of the people I felt took the lives of my crew. Starfleet were my captors, and I had every reason to believe Marcus had followed through with his threats to pop open each cryotube individually and let my people die. What I did-- [He takes a breath to try and keep himself composed.] was perhaps by most accounts, heinous, but it was done out of emotions I could not suppress. Unlike your Vulcans.