Families are complex, yet simple.
The word itself holds more meaning than the next being, when we are joined together we all hold a sacred bond, a certain emotion which is over estimated. Love.
Be it your husband, your wife, son, daughter, grand parents, uncles ! Any member of your family will always hold a sacred bond, meaning you will do whatever it takes to ensure no harm is caused.
But how can one trust others around them? How can they ensure that the coffee they brought from the stand isn't poisoned? Or a bank your husband works in, doesn't get robbed? Or when your daughter gets killed in a crossfire, who do you trust to ensure that the person responsible gets punished accordingly?
Trust is all around us, yet these officers, these detectives have done nothing which means you can trust them.
They have a badge, they wear a uniform, what stops criminals from simply stealing one? Maybe like they stole a loved from you.
These uniforms are but a symbol of how untrust worthy these men can be to you, how their intentions are as clear as the very aliens which ripped family's wide open.
Do you trust the very weapons which were used against Liberty, during the Nomad War, the very weapons which are being used by Agents this very day !
You may argue that it is legal, very well, I understand.
However what happens if these weapons malfunction ? What happens if it's your cockpit which these weapons hit ?
These weapons may be classified as usable, yet, Liberty knows nothing more about this technology?
Do you really trust these strangers with weapons?
Do you trust that these pilots wont be overcome with insane power, and use these weapons for their own means?
Do you honestly trust the Navy when Pirate Cruisers roam freely in Manhattans orbit?!
Trust is all around us, yet no one can be trusted.
COMM ID:Commander Jane Hartman TARGET ID: Lewis Robinson SUBJECT:Trust ENCRYPTION:Low PRIORITY:Low
Lewis,
Usually I'd be right inclined to leave this sort of message spiraling off through the black, just as it deserves, but it so happens you scratched a nerve.
Trust's a funny thing, Robinson, and there's precious little of it to go around these days. Yet, you seem to be intent on sucking the few drops left clear away on the back of unjustified paranoia. You argue that those same officers who willingly put themselves in the firing line every day have somehow not proved their trustworthiness. You ask us to question those who hold power - a noble enough sentiment-, but not to question the message you deliver?
First, let me set the record straight. I won't speak for the LSF, but every Naval Officer in service spends at least eighteen months in training, during which time they can, and will, be removed from the academy if there exists any doubt at all as to their personal integrity or suitability to hold a commission, before they're so much as allocated a post. When our graduates come out of that training, they're every inch worthy of the faith placed in them. I'm not saying mistakes don't happen. They do, but I'm damn sure that I can trust every officer flying alongside me, regardless of the weapons they carry, and I would hope they would say the same of me.
Given that image, all I see is a security forces officer doing his job. One that I'll continue to support him in doing, unless given concrete evidence as to why I should no longer do so.