Was Sam Yeager justified in revealing the American involvement in the attack on the Race's colonization fleet?
In 1962, as the Race's colonization fleet approached Earth, an unidentified human-built satellite nuked part of the fleet, destroying twelve ships. Approximately two million defenseless Lizard colonists, almost all of whom were in cold sleep, were killed in the attack. The Race immediately sought to identify and severely punish whichever of the three Tosevite nuclear powers were to blame -- the US, Germany, or the USSR (the latter two were highly suspected, but of course, no one fessed up). Curious about who had committed such unprovoked mass murder, Sam Yeager investigated the matter, despite the US government sternly warning him to mind his business. Eventually, Yeager illegally obtained documentation which incriminated the US and entrusted it to the former shiplord Straha (then still residing in the US in exile from the Race after his failed coup against Atvar) with instructions to give this evidence to the Race should anything happen to Sam.
The US government attempted to assassinate Sam and wound up abducting and secretly imprisoning him indefinitely. With Sam mysteriously absent, Straha obediently -- and eagerly -- revealed the evidence to the Race in exchange for amnesty and a return to Race society. Consequently, to avoid war and settle the issue, President Earl Warren negotiated a deal with Atvar to permit the Race to nuke the city of Indianapolis (without warning the residents) as revenge for the loss of their colonists. Warren then hanged himself, leaving behind a note confirming that he alone was responsible for the attack. As part of the deal, the Lizards had Yeager freed and warned the US not to allow any "accidents" to befall him.
So what do you think? In Yeager's shoes, would you have tried to figure out who was behind the attack? And if you did, would you inform the Race?
(thread inspired by discussion here)
In 1962, as the Race's colonization fleet approached Earth, an unidentified human-built satellite nuked part of the fleet, destroying twelve ships. Approximately two million defenseless Lizard colonists, almost all of whom were in cold sleep, were killed in the attack. The Race immediately sought to identify and severely punish whichever of the three Tosevite nuclear powers were to blame -- the US, Germany, or the USSR (the latter two were highly suspected, but of course, no one fessed up). Curious about who had committed such unprovoked mass murder, Sam Yeager investigated the matter, despite the US government sternly warning him to mind his business. Eventually, Yeager illegally obtained documentation which incriminated the US and entrusted it to the former shiplord Straha (then still residing in the US in exile from the Race after his failed coup against Atvar) with instructions to give this evidence to the Race should anything happen to Sam.
The US government attempted to assassinate Sam and wound up abducting and secretly imprisoning him indefinitely. With Sam mysteriously absent, Straha obediently -- and eagerly -- revealed the evidence to the Race in exchange for amnesty and a return to Race society. Consequently, to avoid war and settle the issue, President Earl Warren negotiated a deal with Atvar to permit the Race to nuke the city of Indianapolis (without warning the residents) as revenge for the loss of their colonists. Warren then hanged himself, leaving behind a note confirming that he alone was responsible for the attack. As part of the deal, the Lizards had Yeager freed and warned the US not to allow any "accidents" to befall him.
So what do you think? In Yeager's shoes, would you have tried to figure out who was behind the attack? And if you did, would you inform the Race?
(thread inspired by discussion here)
