yeh, other than the Spartan program their standard ROP for dissident colonies before the Human-Covenant war was to "nuke em til they glow". Don't forget ONI too! basically the amalgam of CIA and Mossad's reach/oversight, with the fear level of KGB, NKVD, and Stasi combined.
yup, for anyone who didn't know, the Spartan program was originally designed to turn indoctrinated, genetically enhanced child soldiers into super assassins… and presumably to "clean up" the other dirty works by the UNSC-ONI, eesh
Not to mention, all the kidnapped kids were from colonies, none from Earth. The plan was for Spartans to be used against the colonies. Kidnaps kids from colonies, to unknowingly fight their homes and families.
Also, these children were the genetic cream of the crop, so likely from successful and influential families. This means future prodigies in athletics and sciences
He committed a war crime against a group of terrorists attacking Starfleet ships and trying to start a war between the Federation and the Cardassians, but did so in a way that:
Allowed all of the victims plenty of time to escape safely even after the attack.
Mirrored an attack they themselves had used in such a way as to make it possible for the two groups to switch planets
Stopped a threat of the repeat of that tactic, and so prevented more war crimes
It's like the ideal justification for a war crime - the sort that could never occur in reality.
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u/lennykrevits 10h ago
I think this is a common sci-fi trope. The UNSC in Halo is a bit of a fascist authoritarian government.
I believe also that Gears of War has something like this too between the CoG and UIR