I remember working in a job where I had off-duty cops present as security, and talking with them. I learned a lot about rules of engagement. That's why I mentioned the idea of a cop "shooting to disable" a perp before. It's nonsense. You don't discharge your weapon unless you intend to kill what you're shooting at.The E wrote:...or 2, your opponent thinks he has something to even the odds regardless. In order to ensure his command's safety, Zavala had to engage, and engage hard, because the risk of possibility 2 being in effect outweighs other considerations.
[ Insert Theisman's rant at Honor's self-recriminations during the post-2BoM meeting here. ] If Zavala engaged the enemy without overwhelming force, then he too would deserve to be broken and beached, deemed unfit to command Her Majesty's Ships ever again.