Quote:Suspension of disbelief or willing suspension of disbelief is a term coined in 1817 by the poet and aesthetic philosopher Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who suggested that if a writer could infuse a "human interest and a semblance of truth" into a fantastic tale, the reader would suspend judgement concerning the implausibility of the narrative. Suspension of disbelief often applies to fictional works of the action, comedy, fantasy, and horror genres.
Ingame death and the lack of consequences thereof are the best example of this in disco. Sure, sometimes it's realistic to assume a vessel wasn't destroyed completely, and the crew didn't perish....say, a large ship dying within 2k of a friendly base, with friendly ships around.
Sometimes it isn't....being snac'd on a snub in hostile territory 200k from the nearest friendly base.
That's just the limits of the game. You're free to ignore such events inrp, as we all do from time to time.
