I Like Sloane

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@Kondaru/fudgietroll wrote:

I was pissed that after I let the Charlatan go and DIDN'T shoot him, his personal squad of elite minions still automatically get sicced on me.

Nope, You exclusively sided with Sloane, and then entered his secret base of operation. While he possibly does not treat Your actions "personal", he cannot trust You any longer as a possible ally. Would You just let Reyes enter SAM's core on Hyperion and Nexus hydroponics unrestricted after You foiled his plan? And actually I am quite sure that he would NOT tamper with those as far as I read the man...   ;-)

You claim you're trying to put together as many resources as you can and you decide to get your base wiped out and your stuff confiscated because after all the "white knight" missions you put me through I don't let someone get shot in the back. That's all I did. C'mon! What the heck man!?

Which means that You voted with Your action on an open war instead of pulling out one sore tooth. *I* do understand that You were simply adhering to Your sense of honor, but to Reyes You took a side in the conflict. He can still like, he can not take this personal, but he cannot trust his men and secrets to be safe with You anymore. I do not blame him for that.

If I don't shoot Reyes the base should still be on speaking terms with me, if potentially fairly irritated. So what if I don't act exactly like them, they already said I couldn't be in their little club

If You defended sheriff of Nottingham from Robin Hood, the Marry Men should still talk to You rather than treat You as their foe? I sympathize with Your opinion, and I would be really glad if they just stopped You at the entry to their cave with something like "You are no longer wanted here" once. But unfortunately it is not how it works, and it is not surprising to me they actively opposed You.

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Heh. When has Reyes ever trusted me? An honest line here or there is *not* trust. All three of us in the cave (four if the sniper has any sense) know this isn't going to completely solve anything; we're just chopping the head off the snake either way. Body is going to thrash around regardless. It'll be quicker and less messy than a full out war - but only some. To even have a hope of a showdown actually tamping things down it is held at high noon in the middle of the street.

If I don't shoot him I am no more or less an ally than I ever was AND all I did was prevent him from killing Sloane. The 'war' that follows is all on him/them - as is any cleanup action if Sloane dies. I can't claim credit for shortening any bloodshed - nor do I get the blame if blood flows. Not my war to start or stop. To even theoretically have that power I would have to be given the option of killing either or letting them both live.

He's still going to try and con/trick me into doing his bidding either way in the future... and he'll have to be a little more careful how he formulates those plans any which way.