Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-25316824-20150108030729/@comment-4794494-20150119031645

"Shipmaster, you speak of saving lives, but what of the thousands more that you'll be submitting by leaving in the middle of a war?"

Shipmaster 'Kuram "This war was never ours! Did we care about the human casualties when the parasite ravaged the Halo rings? NO! We straight-up glassed a continent! Why? Because it was the most practical, and logical, solution! What lives are you talking about? The worms that crawl in their own filth waiting to side with whoever seems most likely to win? The universe is better without them!"

"You've seen the horrors of war! Entires planets are destroyed by the Chat! Thousands without families, even more without homes. The parasite was an unfeeling plague with the sole purpose of feeding on the entire galaxy. These people do not compare to the Flood!"

Shipmaster 'Kuram "This war would be no different had we simply decided to never interfere from the beginning!"

"You know that's clearly not true, shipmaster."

Shipmaster 'Kuram "Fine. We've won a few battles, but no victory has ever offset our losses! Why do we keep fighting? The Chat want order; let them have it! Clearly they'll crush the resistance! Let those upstarts perish so this suffering you describe will end."

"That's heresy you speak, shipmaster. Suffering does not end simply because the opposition is crushed."

Shipmaster 'Kuram "Oh, so is it heresy to disagree with you? Fleetmaster, YOU FIGHT TO BOLSTER YOUR EGO!"

"I FIGHT BECAUSE I MUST! Have you ever seen the resistance or the republic leave behind a trail of tears like the Chat?"

Shipmaster 'Kuram "Why is that important? This is not our war, as I've said, we should not care about it, nor its outcome."

"Don't tell me that four years of fighting in it, fool!"

Shipmaster 'Kuram "I fought in it because you DRAGGED me, and everyone else, into it!"

"And you've seen enough to know that the side we fight for has the right cause that is WORTH fighting for."

Shipmaster 'Kuram "Worth what!? They get peace and freedom, but what's in it for us, the Scouting Fleet? We'll have nothing to show for it except the casualties we've taken."

"Imagine if the Jiralhanae had won, how oppressed we would be now- no, we'd be dead because of the prophets' 'great journey.' Yes, we'll definitely go back home at some point, but-"

Shipmaster 'Kuram "How can you be so certain?"

UFM facepalmed as his elbow lied on the armrest, and let out a sigh. This shipmaster was clearly distraught from the illusion of hopelessness that he had inadvertantly set up. Battle after battle, with no end; even their shore leave ended up being a massive conflict. Their diminishing confidence was partly his fault.

Shipmaster 'Kuram "I'm leaving the fleet. My ship, the Blade of Veneration, will seek out anything that could possibly take us home. Anyone here is free to join me. Fire on me if you wish, fleetmaster, but you would only be proving my point of your extreme arrogance."

Shipmaster 'Kuram's holographic representation faded away, and surprisingly, two others disappeared with him. Conversation broke out among the Sangheili as they discussed the heated argument that had just taken place. UFM glanced out the viewing panes, and sure enough, noticed a Light Carrier and two frigates break formation and start to drift away from the rest of the fleet. He silently shakes his head.

K'lada "Fleetmaster, plasma torpedoes are locked and ready to fire on the rogue ships."