Ya know...
<div class="IPBDescription">All this talk of conflict got me thinkin</div>If the United States had to put up with an alien race, they would simply nuke the facility and deal with the consequences, or try and talk to them, depending on the president, Bush would prolly nuke, Gore..talk. Why am I saying this? Because total frag counts on this mod in CLQ will be well over into the millions pretty soon and it seems funny how simple it would be to solve in real life, and don't start that "This isn't real life stuff" I know, this is more of an irony and a joke than a complaint. In fact it isn't a complaint
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Better suited to off-topic.
Thinking realistically (if we must), there are several reasons why the Trans-System Authority wouldn't want to just nuke the whole place:
1) I imagine that the cost that it must take to build one of those things is enormous, much more important than the lives of a few marines.
2) There could be valuable equipment or information aboard the stations or ships that could be vitally important.
3) If the humans have intact bodies of the aliens, they could study them and learn things, like how best to fight back.
4) The inevitable loss of civilian life and property would be terrible PR for the TSA.
The marines that the TSA dispatches are sent as a "first effort" kind of thing--it's not until the easy way out fails that more drastic measures would be considered. Plus, the TSA probably doesn't know quite what it's dealing with--a message as simple as, "We have an unknown lifeform detected in SubSector 77" wouldn't immediately prompt a nukage.
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The 'Dont point out spelling mistakes' thing applies for everyone. You cheeky little man SBV. <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->
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And why are we talking about nuking aliens, and how republicans are somehow trigger-happy and democrats are the perfect "we love everyone" negotiators? When did this happen?
Kind of annoying when your trying to read.
I had to read through that about 4 times to finally understand the link between CLQ and the White House. :O