So from pro-xeno side, to pro xenocide...I used to be on the pro-xeno side of things as well, but frankly I'm not a big fan of their "exterminate the Humans" and "let's avoid peaceful talk" agenda
Salvation was fully supported by all three superpowers, who had been jointly commited to the war for years prior. The authorities of humanity were all for it, so effectively humanity was. In the face of that...if I were the Thargoids, the only strategy I would think suitable would be the one you just suggested for us. Push them until the powers finally value humanity's survival above profits. Unfortunately it doesn't look like we're going to get that far, if such a tipping point exists.
Politicians valuing human lives above power and wealth? Sounds optimistic....
Many of their early interactions with humans were violent, and even before the war refusing to consent to their "scans" resulted in hostile action. Let's not pretend just yet the Thargoids are capable of peace. If they didn't want to end up at the bad end of a strong bug repellent, they shouldn't have bullied us for the better part of a millennia. If you want my two cents, it's funny how the fact they withheld punches during the early 3300s has earned them sympathy among other pilots.
Just drop in at an Odyssey base and refuse to consent to the security scans to check how humans will treat other humans in that regard, will you? We need a control group for this experiment.
Don't care currently, but I would if it's a base known for coordinating unwarranted interdictions and destroying vessels for no good reason. Just look at some of the Beluga wrecks present at non-human signals. Don't tell me your analogy outpost is also targeting innocent cruise ships.
Every minor faction in the game will offer missions to massacre the civilian workers of other factions, and you can pick those missions up at almost any of the faction's stations, including these on-foot outposts. Cruise ships are a rarer mission target but certainly a possible one.
Sounds like the definition of "unwarranted" and "for no good reason" is the core issue. What would be a good reason for an interdiction, in your view? Maybe if the Thargoids specifically targeted them to those in Thargoid territory, who had been known to interact with Thargoid technology previously? Because that's what they did.
I'm not sure these Belugas were cruise ships... Or maybe some of them were, but the overworked, underpaid and undertrained non-union pilots panicked and boosted into the interceptor when they were scanned by it. E-rated unengineered 'Lugas those cruise lines operate will never outrun any interceptor and meld with a few volleys. Put it up with the greedy companies insisting on offering and wealthy spoiled brats demanding tours into dangerous areas.
I think we should be asking "why the murder spree in the 2800s?".
So this is no longer about the events of this war in specific? The Thargoids have just been damned since the events of 500 years ago in your view, and that justifies us unconditionally? Would you accept the opposite if it turned out that humans had actually been the first to shoot 510 years ago, so the Thargoids have rights to do whatever they want to us?
Sort of like how I "defend myself" from system authority vessels? Surely obliterating an authority vulture is justified given they fired a plasma shot first.
Where are you getting your information on who fired first? I think you are confusing that with who won the resulting fight. (Note: I still disagree with the idea of damning an entire species based on who shot first hundreds of years ago)
Maybe these Thargoids are unconnected with the ones from ~500 years ago because our earlier attempted at genocide worked and non of them got back to tell them about us.
