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15. "RE: The IPO's Answer to the Magnificent Ten"
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>I have to admit, Vahlen has never struck me as outright villainous,
>just a little too eager to see where her research takes her.

In the context of X-Com, sure. In the context of X-Com in the context of UF (double context score!) if anyone in X-Com were going to be the bad seed, it would be Doctor Warcrimes. Without Vahlen being a loyal servant of the state without much of a moral compass, my hypothetical is a lot less interesting, at least to me.

(Also, goddamit, did I get her name wrong? Shit. I did.)

>The comparison to Halsey is apt, as she's not so
>much evil as she is convinced that what she's doing is right, the
>consequences be damned.

I'd like to note that I always saw Halsey as pretty damn evil. The SPARTAN-II program wasn't developed to fight the Covenant; it was developed in order to keep Earth's bootheel on the neck of the colony worlds. The fact that it ended up saving everyone was a happy coincidence; absent the Covenant showing up, John-117 spends his career killing other humans in dubious, deniable circumstances.

Really, the UNSC is... not a nice government, and the people who work for it aren't nice people.

-Merc
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   RE: The IPO's Answer to the Magnificent Ten Nathan Jan-19-14 1
   RE: The IPO's Answer to the Magnificent Ten VoidRandom Jan-19-14 2
      RE: The IPO's Answer to the Magnificent Ten Gryphonadmin Jan-19-14 4
   RE: The IPO's Answer to the Magnificent Ten Offsides Jan-19-14 3
   RE: The IPO's Answer to the Magnificent Ten Mercutio Jan-19-14 5
      RE: The IPO's Answer to the Magnificent Ten Nova Floresca Jan-20-14 6
          RE: The IPO's Answer to the Magnificent Ten Mercutio Jan-20-14 8
              RE: The IPO's Answer to the Magnificent Ten The Traitor Jan-20-14 9
      RE: The IPO's Answer to the Magnificent Ten Matrix Dragon Jan-20-14 7
      RE: The IPO's Answer to the Magnificent Ten CdrMike Jan-20-14 10
          RE: The IPO's Answer to the Magnificent Ten Mercutio Jan-20-14 13
              RE: The IPO's Answer to the Magnificent Ten CdrMike Jan-21-14 14
                 RE: The IPO's Answer to the Magnificent Ten Mercutio Jan-21-14 15
                      RE: The IPO's Answer to the Magnificent Ten Gryphonadmin Jan-21-14 16
                          RE: The IPO's Answer to the Magnificent Ten CdrMike Jan-21-14 18
                              RE: The IPO's Answer to the Magnificent Ten Gryphonadmin Jan-21-14 20
                      RE: The IPO's Answer to the Magnificent Ten CdrMike Jan-21-14 17
                          RE: The IPO's Answer to the Magnificent Ten Gryphonadmin Jan-21-14 19
                              RE: The IPO's Answer to the Magnificent Ten Mercutio Jan-23-14 21
      RE: The IPO's Answer to the Magnificent Ten Offsides Jan-20-14 11
          RE: The IPO's Answer to the Magnificent Ten mdg1 Jan-20-14 12


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