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Guys, I don't think such a country exists?
Comic transcript
Major: What’s the matter?
Iskra: Major, you are too fast to reject the proposal.
Iskra: If the extraterrestrial thinks she can help us find that lost passenger...
Iskra: Why not check out what she can bring to the table?
Major: Are you seriously suggesting to let an individual prone to escaping out of this classified facility?!
Major: I am absolutely against this!
Iskra: Major, I’ll remind you that you are now in charge of just the base.
Iskra: One phone call, and you could become a colonel Pronin...
Iskra: ...Or a private at some godforsaken northern border checkpoint with Tobolia.
Iskra: I suggest you to take that into account when making decisions.
Comments (10)
I see he's manipulated the agent quiet well. And playing up the anger at her threat as if he didn't think it would come to that. Well done sir. At this rate, I'll see you Knighted.
Huh. Did not occur to me that the Major might be using reverse psychology. Not entirely convinced yet that he is, though.
I have heard of this being done to make sure that everyone is aware of who was in charge and gave the orders if something goes really bad. It has even progressed to lower rank soldiers asking for an officer to be on site to make sure things go correctly. Being the officer on site will get the blame no matter what, or getting himself killed and problem solved. Happened a lot in Vietnam.
There is a whole alien fleet in solar system with tech that is vastly above human level, I can see logic in trying compromise... the current captured alien is sort of like an ambassador and holding captive holds risk of starting a war humans can't win.
The aliens for example could probably redirect asteroids to crash into earth wiping out billions of people and humans could not stop them... aliens could easily shoot down any attempts by humans to stop the asteroids or harm the aliens in spaceships.
In such a situation, trying to establish good relations with alien abassaddor is probably high priority. I think Iskra might be the smarter one in this situation. Alien escaping is least of their problems.
At the highest level (which we haven't seen) those who know about this see it as a great opportunity. Think of that technology which will advance the human race into a new era. Their task is to see that anything that could interfere with this smooth meeting doesn't happen. War is not an option.
Since both parties are guilty of something it should even-out. The aliens failed to recon the Earth enough to beware of any defensive systems in place, so it was their mistake (versus the mistake the Earth's defense made in thinking this was a hostile action.) Either way, it was a tragedy due to a lack of communication and couldn't be helped, so that's the level playing-field.
Out of interest, agent Iskra, what's going to be your next post and rank, once the extraterrestrial's nanites and implants had a friendly chat with whatever homing devices you put on her?
Yes Major, make any decisions you want only understand that she's the boss.
(Or is it that girls always stick together, no matter what?)
Well, if they always stick together, there'll be no escape attempt we'd need to take serious and prevent in the first place, right?
Rather than escape, the expert lady figured that she and the alien female might do a little bit of shopping. (It's What They All Do.)